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Frost Advisory 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

March 13, 2013Sumter County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this frost advisory at Mar 13, 2013, 3:39 PM EDT for Sumter County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 14, 2013, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 2013, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 14, 2013, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 14, 2013, 8:11 AM EDT
In force: 4 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 19:40 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 frost advisory 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 frost advisory went out at Mar 13, 2:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 2:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 5:36 AM EDT, 10 hours 3 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 3:46 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	TBW	DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter	15 hr
Mar 13, 3:50 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	TBW	Polk	5 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Florida, 2013 Every frost advisory 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.