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Freeze Warning 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 1, 201316 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this freeze warning at Feb 1, 2013, 12:29 PM CST for 16 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 1, 2013, 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: Feb 1, 2013, 12:29 PM CST (18:29 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 1, 2013, 9:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 2, 2013, 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 18:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Feb 1, 8:59 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 8:59 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 1, 4:57 AM CST, 7 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
557 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2013

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-
GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-021100-
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-
APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE
RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
557 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2013 /457 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND
AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING
FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

...A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING FOR
ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND...EXCEPT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
COAST...

A COOL AND VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION
THROUGH SATURDAY. LIGHT WINDS AND PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES HAVE ALLOWED
TEMPERATURES TO FALL BELOW FREEZING IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND
SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH SUB
FREEZING DURATIONS UP TO 3 TO 6 HOURS IN SOME LOCATIONS. FOR
TONIGHT...A LONGER DURATION AND MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD FREEZE IS
EXPECTED AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN
THE MID TO UPPER 20S. IN FACT...SOME OF THE NORMALLY COLDER
LOCATIONS COULD APPROACH HARD FREEZE LEVELS FOR THE FIRST TIME
THIS WINTER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY...BUT LOW TEMPERATURE
REPORTS WILL BE WELCOMED THIS MORNING AND SATURDAY MORNING.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA
OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP.

17-GOULD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 1, 3:42 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	TAE	Bay, Leon, Wakulla, Washington	22 hr
Feb 1, 3:42 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	14 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2013 Freeze Warnings in Florida, 2013 Freeze Warnings in Alabama, 2013 Every freeze warning in 2013

Sources

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