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Freeze Warning 5, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this freeze warning at Jan 23, 2016, 2:49 PM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 24, 2016, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 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 23, 2016, 2:49 PM EST (19:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 24, 2016, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2016, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Counties Citrus County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Levy County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Sumter County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 194 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 99 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freeze warning 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 freeze warning went out at Jan 23, 10:39 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 10:39 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 546 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 FLZ043-050-052-056-057-061-139-142-148-149-151-155-160-162-165- 239-242-248-249-251-255-260-262-265-GMZ830-836-850-853-856-870- 873-876-241100- SUMTER-PINELLAS-POLK-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-DESOTO-COASTAL LEVY- COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL PASCO- COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE-INLAND LEVY-INLAND CITRUS- INLAND HERNANDO-INLAND PASCO-INLAND HILLSBOROUGH-INLAND MANATEE- INLAND SARASOTA-INLAND CHARLOTTE-INLAND LEE-TAMPA BAY WATERS- CHARLOTTE HARBOR AND PINE ISLAND SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 546 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...HIGH WIND IMPACT... STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS NEAR THE COAST WILL AFFECT THE REGION. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY BREAK SMALL TWIGS FROM TREES AND BLOW AROUND ANY UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING OVER BRIDGES OR HIGH OVERPASSES. ...COASTAL FLOOD IMPACT... STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND KEEP FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR COASTAL FLOODING. COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT AND TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... HIGH SURF WILL PRODUCE RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. ...MARINE IMPACTS... WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO GALE FORCE WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. ...EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT... FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS THE NATURE COAST FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT. MAKE SURE TO DRESS IN LAYERS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE COLD. BRING PETS AND COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS INDOORS. ...MARINE IMPACTS... WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 KNOTS BEHIND A COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY AND WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. HUBBARD
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 23, 10:46 AM EST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 4:14 AM EST | Freeze Watch | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Levy, Sumter | 11 hr |
| Jan 23, 10:47 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 23 hr | |
| Jan 23, 2:59 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee and 5 more | 18 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.