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Freeze Warning 10, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

November 24, 2012

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this freeze warning at Nov 24, 2012, 4:45 AM EST. It took effect at Nov 25, 2012, 2:00 AM EST. It was in force for 6 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: Nov 24, 2012, 4:45 AM EST (09:45 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 25, 2012, 2:00 AM EST
Expired: Nov 25, 2012, 8:00 AM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning 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 freeze warning went out at Nov 24, 2:57 AM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 2:57 AM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 24, 4:18 AM EST, 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
418 AM EST SAT NOV 24 2012

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-870-
873-876-242130-
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DESOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
TAMPA BAY WATERS-TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM-
ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM-
BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM-
TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
418 AM EST SAT NOV 24 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS GULF WATERS TODAY WILL SUPPORT EXERCISE
CAUTION CONDITIONS ON THE OFFSHORE WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD NORTH TO
SUWANNEE RIVER THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO
20 KNOTS...BECOMING NORTH. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET.

...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LEVY...CITRUS...AND
SUMTER COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FIRE SPREAD.
OUTDOOR BURNING ACTIVITIES THAT CAUSE OPEN SPARKS OR FLAMES ARE
DISCOURAGED...INCLUDING BURNING YARD WASTE...COOKING OVER OPEN
FIRES AND TOSSING CIGARETTES ON THE GROUND.

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

DRY AIR CONTINUES SUNDAY BUT THEN MODERATES THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
WHEN ANOTHER FRONT MOVES THROUGH WITH A FEW SPRINKLES LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE IN
THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL PRODUCE ROBUST WINDS AND SEAS ON THE
COASTAL WATERS.

...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT SUNDAY FOR PINELLAS...
SARASOTA...AND LEE COUNTIES. SEVERAL HOURS OF CRITICALLY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY FUELS ARE ANTICIPATED TO
PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS. ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY
SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

09/RKR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 24, 2:58 AM EST	Fire Weather Watch	TBW	Pinellas	10 hr
Nov 24, 12:33 PM EST	Freeze Watch	TBW		25 hr
Nov 24, 12:36 PM EST	Red Flag Warning	TBW	Pinellas, Polk	29 hr

Nearby

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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.