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Freeze Warning 9, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

March 27, 2013

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this freeze warning at Mar 27, 2013, 3:18 PM EDT. It took effect at Mar 28, 2013, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 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
Mar 27, 2013, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 28, 2013, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 28, 2013, 9:08 AM EDT
In force
5 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 Mar 27, 10:18 AM EDT, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 10:18 AM EDT, 5 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 5:22 AM EDT, 9 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
522 AM EDT WED MAR 27 2013

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-870-
873-876-272300-
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-
522 AM EDT WED MAR 27 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RESULT
IN FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILD FIRES TODAY.

...COLD IMPACT...
LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 30S FOR MANY LOCATIONS AWAY
FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH SUB FREEZING
TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED...AREAS OF FROST WILL BE A CONCERN
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
DRY FUELS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT
IN FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILD FIRES THROUGH
AT LEAST FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

MROCZKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 8:06 PM EDTFire Weather WatchTBWHighlands, Pinellas, Polk9 hr
Mar 27, 4:40 AM EDTFire Weather WatchTBWHighlands, Pinellas, Polk16 hr
Mar 27, 4:40 AM EDTRed Flag WarningTBWHighlands, Pinellas, Polk15 hr
Mar 27, 3:18 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Sumter18 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.