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Hard Freeze Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 18, 2016Holmes County, Walton County, Florida; 19 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this hard freeze warning at Jan 18, 2016, 1:40 PM CST for Holmes County, Walton County, Florida; 19 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 18, 2016, 11:00 PM CST. It was in force for 10 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: Jan 18, 2016, 1:40 PM CST (19:40 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 18, 2016, 11:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 19, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

All 26 counties

Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Holmes County, FL, Walton County, FL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lee County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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 hard freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this hard freeze warning went out at Jan 18, 9:07 AM CST, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 9:07 AM CST, 4 hours 33 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 17, 6:17 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	TAE		9 hr
Jan 18, 2:38 AM CST	Freeze Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	30 hr
Jan 18, 7:33 AM CST	Rip Current Statement	TAE	Bay, Gulf	16 hr

Nearby

Hard Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2016 Hard Freeze Warnings in Alabama, 2016 Hard Freeze Warnings in Florida, 2016 Every hard freeze warning in 2016

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.