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Fire Weather Watch 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

January 14, 2012

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this fire weather watch at Jan 14, 2012, 12:38 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 15, 2012, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 14, 2012, 12:38 PM EST (17:38 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 15, 2012, 11:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 14, 2012, 7:12 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this fire weather watch went out at Jan 14, 9:09 AM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 9:09 AM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 14, 4:15 AM EST, 8 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
415 AM EST SAT JAN 14 2012

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-141400-
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
415 AM EST SAT JAN 14 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...COLD IMPACT...
FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FROM BROOKSVILLE NORTH UNTIL 9 AM.
ISOLATED AREAS MAY DROP TO 31 DEGREES FOR A FEW HOURS TONIGHT. EXPECT
PATCHY FROST IN THE TYPICAL COLD SPOTS FROM LEVY COUNTY SOUTH TO
INTERIOR CHARLOTTE COUNTIES. IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA THAT MEANS EAST
OF 75 AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 17 IN POLK COUNTY.

...MARINE GUST IMPACT...
FOR TODAY A SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION HAS BEEN POSTED 20 TO 60
MILES OFFSHORE OF FORT MYERS TO TAMPA BAY FOR NORTH WINDS 14 TO
17 KNOTS AND SEAS OF 4 TO 5 FEET.

...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR LEE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON.
PINELLAS...POLK...SARASOTA AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES ARE ON THE DRY
SIDE BUT BELOW CRITICAL CRITERIA.  HUMIDITIES AWAY FROM THE COAST
WILL DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 5 HOURS OR MORE THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
EXPECT A REPEAT OF SATURDAY CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY...THEN MOISTURE
INCREASES WITH THREATS REDUCED.

...MARINE GUST IMPACT...
WINDS REMAIN A BIT GUSTY SUNDAY SO BE SURE TO CHECK THE FORECAST
BEFORE HEADING OFFSHORE. CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER MONDAY AND
TUESDAY...BUT ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA LATER ON
WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

NOAH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 14, 5:29 AM ESTRed Flag WarningTBW14 hr
Jan 14, 3:18 PM ESTFreeze WarningTBWSumter17 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.