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Frost Advisory 6, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this frost advisory at Mar 27, 2013, 3:18 PM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 28, 2013, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
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
Counties DeSoto County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Sumter County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 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 27, 10:18 AM EDT, 5 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 10:18 AM EDT, 5 hours before
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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 8:06 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TBW | Highlands, Pinellas, Polk | 9 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:40 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TBW | Highlands, Pinellas, Polk | 16 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:40 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Highlands, Pinellas, Polk | 15 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:18 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | TBW | 18 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.