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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

January 16, 20264 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this freeze warning at Jan 16, 2026, 10:39 PM EST for 4 counties in Florida. 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 16, 2026, 10:39 PM EST (03:39 UTC)
Expired
Jan 17, 2026, 7:00 AM EST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Counties Citrus County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Levy County, FL, Sumter County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:41 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 198 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2026-01-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2026-01-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2500 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 16, 10:39 PM ESTFrost AdvisoryTBWCitrus, Hernando, Levy, Pasco8 hr
Jan 17, 12:25 AM ESTFreeze WatchTBWCitrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Levy, Pasco, Polk and 1 more25 hr
Jan 17, 2:45 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryTBW40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.