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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

January 31, 2013Sumter County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this freeze warning at Jan 31, 2013, 3:38 PM EST for Sumter County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 1, 2013, 2:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 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: Jan 31, 2013, 3:38 PM EST (20:38 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 1, 2013, 2:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 1, 2013, 9:00 AM EST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL

County Sumter County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jan 31, 1:43 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 1:43 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 31, 4:57 AM EST, 10 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
457 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-870-
873-876-312200-
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-
457 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...FREEZE IMPACT...
TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING ARE POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF THE
NATURE COAST TONIGHT. SEE THE LATEST FREEZE PRODUCT FOR MORE
DETAILS.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL BRING A RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AND
HIGH SURF AT AREA BEACHES. SEE THE LATEST BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT
AND HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR MORE DETAILS.

...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
ELEVATED WINDS AND WAVES BEHIND THE COLD FRONT HAVE PUSHED
PORTIONS OF THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATERS INTO A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...OR AT MINIMUM CAUTIONARY CRITERIA. SEE THE
LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST OR SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR MORE
DETAILS.

...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
WILL CREATE AN ELEVATED FIRE RISK. SEE THE LATEST RED FLAG WARNING
FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
WINDS AND SEAS WILL CALM TO BELOW ADVISORY AND CAUTIONARY CRITERIA
INTO THE WEEKEND BEHIND THE DEPARTING COLD FRONT.

...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN LOW THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...PRESENTING THE POSSIBILITY FOR AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER
IF WINDS CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

GARCIA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 30, 9:15 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		90 min
Jan 31, 3:30 AM EST	Red Flag Warning	TBW	DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter	16 hr
Jan 31, 3:37 AM EST	High Surf Advisory	TBW	Pinellas	15 hr
Jan 31, 3:36 PM EST	Fire Weather Watch	TBW	DeSoto	12 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Florida, 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.