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Frost Advisory 5, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

March 26, 2013Highlands County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this frost advisory at Mar 26, 2013, 3:40 PM EDT for Highlands County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 27, 2013, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2013, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 27, 2013, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 27, 2013, 9:12 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL

County Highlands County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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 26, 10:39 AM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 10:39 AM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 26, 6:08 AM EDT, 9 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
608 AM EDT TUE MAR 26 2013

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-870-
873-876-262200-
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-
608 AM EDT TUE MAR 26 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT...
NEAR RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. A FREEZE IS
POSSIBLE NORTH OF TAMPA BAY...AND SOME FROST IS POSSIBLE ACROSS
MUCH OF THE INTERIOR BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO THE UPPER 20S OVER THE NATURE COAST AND
LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S ELSEWHERE.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT
THE BEACHES TODAY.

...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS TODAY.

...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL
RESULT IN FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREADING OF WILD FIRES
TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

...EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT...
IT WILL BE COLD AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH FROST POSSIBLE AWAY
FROM THE COAST.

...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER RISKS
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

JILLSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 8:11 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementTBWPinellas24 hr
Mar 25, 8:56 PM EDTFire Weather WatchTBWHighlands, Pinellas, Polk9 hr
Mar 26, 6:01 AM EDTRed Flag WarningTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter14 hr
Mar 26, 3:40 PM EDTFreeze WarningTBWSumter18 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.