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Freeze Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this freeze warning at Dec 22, 2012, 2:04 AM CST for 16 counties in Florida; 5 counties in Alabama; 26 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Dec 22, 2012, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 11 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 22, 2012, 2:04 AM CST (08:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 22, 2012, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2012, 8:00 AM CST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
All 47 counties
Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 66 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
585 WWUS72 KTAE 220804 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 304 AM EST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 AM EST THIS MORNING AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE... ...A FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO COOL BELOW FREEZING OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AS A COLDER AIR MASS SETTLES INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. WHILE MANY AREAS ARE LIKELY TO SEE A FREEZE...LOCATIONS WITHIN A FEW MILES OF THE COAST SHOULD HAVE MORNING LOWS THAT ARE ABOVE 32 DEGREES. AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER FLORIDA TONIGHT...CALM WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES WILL SET THE STAGE FOR ANOTHER COLD NIGHT. ANOTHER LIGHT FREEZE APPEARS LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA. THE COLDEST LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE INTERIOR FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SUWANNEE RIVER AREA...WHERE TEMPERATURES MAY APPROACH THE MID 20S BRIEFLY AROUND DAYBREAK. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-222100- /O.UPG.KTAE.FZ.A.0005.121223T0600Z-121223T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FZ.W.0005.121223T0400Z-121223T1400Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-121222T1400Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF- INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON- COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON- COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE-QUITMAN-CLAY- RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN- EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY... COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS... HUDSON...BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS... MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...YOUNGSTOWN... BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...WEWAHITCHKA...QUINCY...CHATTAHOOCHEE... TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...MADISON...GREENVILLE... SWEETWATER...CRAWFORDVILLE...PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY... FREEPORT...SANTA ROSA BEACH...PANAMA CITY...PARKER... PORT SAINT JOE...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...SOPCHOPPY... SAINT MARKS...KEATON BEACH...STEINHATCHEE...SUWANNEE... GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON... MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY...DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG... SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN...TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA... DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM... MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS...NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE... BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE...QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 304 AM EST SAT DEC 22 2012 /204 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2012/ ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EST /10 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EST /10 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURE: LOWS 26 TO 32 DEGREES THIS MORNING. LOWS TONIGHT 25 TO 28 DEGREES IN THE INTERIOR FLORIDA BIG BEND...AND 27 TO 32 DEGREES ELSEWHERE. * HOURS BELOW FREEZING: 8 TO 10 HOURS TONIGHT IN MOST SPOTS. 6 TO 8 HOURS CLOSER TO THE COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ 08-LAMERS
2 follow-up statements
878 WWUS72 KTAE 221409 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 909 AM EST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...A FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER FLORIDA TONIGHT...CALM WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES WILL SET THE STAGE FOR ANOTHER COLD NIGHT. ANOTHER LIGHT FREEZE APPEARS LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA. THE COLDEST LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE INTERIOR FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SUWANNEE RIVER AREA...WHERE TEMPERATURES MAY APPROACH THE MID 20S BRIEFLY AROUND DAYBREAK. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-222100- /O.EXP.KTAE.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-121222T1400Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FZ.W.0005.121223T0400Z-121223T1400Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF- INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON- COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON- COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE-QUITMAN-CLAY- RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN- EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY... COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS... HUDSON...BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS... MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...YOUNGSTOWN... BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...WEWAHITCHKA...QUINCY...CHATTAHOOCHEE... TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...MADISON...GREENVILLE... SWEETWATER...CRAWFORDVILLE...PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY... FREEPORT...SANTA ROSA BEACH...PANAMA CITY...PARKER... PORT SAINT JOE...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...SOPCHOPPY... SAINT MARKS...KEATON BEACH...STEINHATCHEE...SUWANNEE... GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON... MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY...DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG... SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN...TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA... DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM... MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS...NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE... BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE...QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 909 AM EST SAT DEC 22 2012 /809 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2012/ ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EST /10 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ SUNDAY... * TEMPERATURE: LOWS TONIGHT 25 TO 28 DEGREES IN THE INTERIOR FLORIDA BIG BEND...AND 27 TO 32 DEGREES ELSEWHERE. * HOURS BELOW FREEZING: 8 TO 10 HOURS TONIGHT IN MOST SPOTS. 6 TO 8 HOURS CLOSER TO THE COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GODSEY
556 WWUS72 KTAE 221900 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 200 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... ...A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE WESTERN BIG BEND AND FLORIDA PANHANDLE AS WELL AS SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA... .COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS EVENING SETTING UP THE PERFECT SCENARIO FOR CALM...CLEAR AND COLD CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL QUICKLY BELOW FREEZING BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND LIKELY DROP INTO THE MID 20S IN THE NORMALLY COLDER AREAS OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. TOTAL DURATIONS OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD APPROACH 12 HOURS IN THE COLDEST LOCATIONS. FLZ017>019-027>029-034-GAZ146>148-158>161-231400- /O.CAN.KTAE.FZ.W.0005.121223T0400Z-121223T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.W.0005.121223T0300Z-121223T1400Z/ LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR- LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-THOMAS-BROOKS- LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL... MONTICELLO...MADISON...GREENVILLE...CRAWFORDVILLE...PERRY... MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY...MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS... NASHVILLE...THOMASVILLE...QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 200 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY. THIS HARD FREEZE WARNING REPLACES THE FREEZE WARNING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURE: LOWS TONIGHT 22 TO 26 AWAY FROM THE URBAN AREAS OF TALLAHASSEE AND VALDOSTA...27 TO 31 IN TOWN. * HOURS BELOW FREEZING: 9 TO 12 HOURS. HARD FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR 3 TO 5 HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES OF 26 DEGREES OR LESS ARE EXPECTED FOR MORE THAN 2 HOURS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ ALZ065>069-FLZ007>016-026-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>145-155>157-231400- /O.EXT.KTAE.FZ.W.0005.121223T0300Z-121223T1400Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF- INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LIBERTY-SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA- COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL- DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER- MITCHELL-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY... COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS... HUDSON...BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS... MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...YOUNGSTOWN... BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...WEWAHITCHKA...QUINCY...CHATTAHOOCHEE... SWEETWATER...FREEPORT...SANTA ROSA BEACH...PANAMA CITY...PARKER... PORT SAINT JOE...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...SOPCHOPPY... SAINT MARKS...KEATON BEACH...STEINHATCHEE...SUWANNEE... GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON... MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY...DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG... SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN...TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA... DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM... DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO 200 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2012 /100 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2012/ ...FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ SUNDAY... * TEMPERATURE: LOWS TONIGHT...27 TO 30 DEGREES INLAND...31 TO 33 AT THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * HOURS BELOW FREEZING: 7 TO 9 HOURS INLAND...AND 3 TO 6 HOURS NEARER TO THE COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ 38-GODSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 1:00 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | TAE | Dixie, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Madison, Taylor and 1 more | 19 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:08 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 15 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2012Freeze Warnings in Florida, 2012Freeze Warnings in Alabama, 2012Every freeze warning in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.