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Freeze Warning 9, NWS Jacksonville, FL

March 14, 20186 counties in Florida; 12 counties in Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this freeze warning at Mar 14, 2018, 2:40 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida; 12 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 15, 2018, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 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: Mar 14, 2018, 2:40 PM EDT (18:40 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 15, 2018, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 15, 2018, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL

Counties Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Union County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Camden County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Echols County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Wayne County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 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 freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Mar 13, 7:55 PM EDT, 18 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 7:55 PM EDT, 18 hours 45 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
755 PM EDT Tue Mar 13 2018

.UPDATE...No changes planned in update. Will continue
mention of patchy frost toward dawn, with enough
wind/mixing and dry air preventing more widespread
frost. Current low temp forecast Tonight looks okay...
might be a degree or two too cool in some areas with
cold air advection pattern.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR next 24 hours with clear skies. May see
an occasional gust to 15-18kts in some areas Wed afternoon,
but left out of TAFs for now.

&&

.MARINE...No chnages planned in next CWF issuance. Will
maintain SCA late Tonight through Wed afternoon offshore
component, SCEC nearshore component.

Rip Currents: Low risk is expected for Wed.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  36  59  32  69 /   0   0   0   0
SSI  40  58  40  65 /   0   0   0   0
JAX  36  63  32  69 /   0   0   0   0
SGJ  40  63  36  66 /   0   0   0   0
GNV  35  65  31  70 /   0   0   0   0
OCF  36  66  31  70 /   0   0   0   0

&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...None.
GA...None.
AM...Small Craft Advisory from 5 AM to 3 PM EDT Wednesday for Waters
     from Altamaha Sound GA to Fernandina Beach FL from 20 to 60
     NM-Waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL from 20
     to 60 NM-Waters from St. Augustine to Flagler Beach FL from
     20 to 60 NM.

&&

Wolf/Sandrik/Elsenheimer

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 14, 2:56 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	JAX	Baker, Bradford, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau and 2 more	16 hr
Mar 14, 3:20 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	JAX	Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee, Union	11 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.