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Extreme Cold Warning 1, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

January 30, 202612 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this extreme cold warning at Jan 30, 2026, 11:35 AM EST for 12 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 31, 2026, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 12 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 30, 2026, 11:35 AM EST (16:35 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 31, 2026, 10:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 1, 2026, 10:00 AM EST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Counties Charlotte County, FL, Citrus County, FL, DeSoto County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Levy County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Polk County, FL, Sumter County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 extreme cold 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 extreme cold warning went out at Jan 30, 6:43 AM EST, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 6:43 AM EST, 4 hours 52 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 29, 9:33 PM EST	Frost Advisory	TBW	Citrus, Hernando, Levy	10 hr
Jan 30, 10:49 AM EST	Gale Warning	TBW		47 hr
Jan 30, 11:35 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	TBW	Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota	46 hr
Jan 30, 11:35 AM EST	Freeze Warning	TBW	Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 8 more	46 hr
Jan 30, 11:35 AM EST	Wind Advisory	TBW	Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more	43 hr

Nearby

Extreme Cold Warnings in Florida, 2026 Every extreme cold warning in 2026

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.