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Frost Advisory 6, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

March 27, 20134 counties in Florida

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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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 EDTFreeze WarningTBW18 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Florida, 2013Every 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.