Drought in Florida, December 21 to 31, 2010

Name: Drought in Florida, December 21 to 31, 2010
Start: 2010-12-21T00:00
End: 2010-12-31T23:59
Location: Florida

December 21 to 31, 2010 · NWS TAE · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Severe drought conditions (D2) expanded into Washington county once again on December 21st and continued into January.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.

Severe drought conditions (D2) expanded into Washington county once again on December 21st and continued into January.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Dec 20, 9:12 PM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 9:12 PM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
912 PM EST MON DEC 20 2010

.UPDATE...DECENT RADIATIONAL COOLING NIGHT ON TAP FOR THE REGION
WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. BULK OF
THE HIGH CLOUDS IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT APPEAR TO BE SHIFTING
EAST OF THE FORECAST THIS EVENING. KTLH HAS ALREADY DROPPED TO
39...WELL ON THE WAY TO THE LOWER 30S BY MORNING. IN-TOWN AREAS
SHOULD REMAIN A FEW DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING. CURRENT GRIDS HAVE
GOOD HANDLE ON TONIGHTS WEATHER WITH ONLY MINIMAL CHANGES PLANNED.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT THE TERMINALS THROUGH
THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH LIGHT WINDS. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO
SOUTHWEST BY THE END OF THE TAF CYCLE WITH A FEW MODERATE GUSTS
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON PERIOD TUESDAY. SOUTHERLY FLOW OFF THE GULF
WATERS WILL LEAD TO INCREASING MOISTURE AND LOW CLOUDS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING MAINLY OVER THE DHN AND ECP TERMINALS.

&&

.MARINE...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WATERS OVERNIGHT WILL KEEP WINDS
AND SEAS MINIMAL. NO CHANGES PLANNED WITH EVENING UPDATE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TALLAHASSEE   31  65  47  72  46 /   0   0   0   0   0
PANAMA CITY   41  65  53  70  48 /   0   0   0   0   0
DOTHAN        37  66  51  71  41 /   0   0   0  10   0
ALBANY        32  64  48  70  41 /   0   0   0  10   0
VALDOSTA      29  65  44  71  44 /   0   0   0  10   0
CROSS CITY    29  66  44  72  47 /   0   0   0   0   0
APALACHICOLA  38  63  52  70  48 /   0   0   0   0   0

&&

.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
FL...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TO 6 PM EST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: INLAND DIXIE...INLAND TAYLOR...LAFAYETTE...MADISON.

GM...NONE.
&&

CAMP/GIBBS

Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 20, 9:39 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
939 PM EST MON DEC 20 2010

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-
GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-211000-
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-
INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-
INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON-
COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-
COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE-QUITMAN-CLAY-
RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-
EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-
DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE
RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
939 PM EST MON DEC 20 2010 /839 PM CST MON DEC 20 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND
AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

A LIGHT FREEZE IS EXPECTED EAST OF THE APALACHICOLA/CHATTAHOOCHEE
RIVER OVERNIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S OR
LOWER 30S. AREAS OF FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

SOME AREAS OF FOG ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD
FRONT THAT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. LITTLE TO NO
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED WITH THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE...AND
TEMPERATURES WILL NOT FALL OFF ALL THAT MUCH BEHIND IT. THE SAME
CANNOT BE SAID FOR A FRONTAL PASSAGE SLATED FOR THE END OF THE
WEEK. WHILE THERE ARE SOME INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN VARIOUS MODELS
ON THE SEVERITY OF THE COLD AIR OUTBREAK OVER THE HOLIDAY
WEEKEND...THERE REMAINS AT LEAST SOME CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANTLY
BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE ALREADY HAD
SIGNIFICANT HARD FREEZES THIS DECEMBER...THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL
INTERESTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECASTS CLOSELY THROUGH
THE UPCOMING WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA
OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP.

CAMP/DVD

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Washington

When: December 21, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Washington forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 30.611, -85.665 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Drought: A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 2010 Every state in 2010 This day in weather history Warnings in Florida, December 2010

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 275295.