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Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
558 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

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GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-102300-
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HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-
JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-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-
558 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 /458 PM CST TUE FEB 9 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 WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT  FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND
ADJACENT SOUTHWEST GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT UNTIL SOON AFTER SUNRISE...

..A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE WATERS...

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...
IN THE WAKE OF TUESDAY`S EXITING COLD FRONT...CLEARING AND MUCH
COLDER AIR WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION...WITH UP TO FIVE HOURS
OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE AWAY FROM THE COAST. WIND
CHILLS WILL ALSO BE ON THE COLD SIDE TONIGHT...WITH COLDEST
LOCATIONS DROPPING INTO THE MID TO UPPER TEENS. AS A RESULT..A
WIND CHILL ADVISORY WAS ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND ADJACENT
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.

INCREASING OFFSHORE FLOW AND RISING SEAS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
MARINE CONDITIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
A MOSTLY SUNNY...COLD...AND DRY DAY IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...AS
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER
50S FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. THIS COLD DAY SHOULD SET
THE STAGE FOR YET ANOTHER CLEAR AND COLD NIGHT ACROSS THE REGION
...AND WITH THE LIGHTER WINDS EXPECTED AS WE BECOME CLOSER TO THE
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE...WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE TO MONITOR
CONDITIONS CLOSELY FOR A POSSIBLE HARD FREEZE AWAY FROM THE COAST.
YET ANOTHER VERY CHILLY DAY IS ANTICIPATED FOR THURSDAY...AS
CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE FROM A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WHICH IS EXPECTED TO FORM IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO.

AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TAKES SHAPE ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF
MEXICO ON THURSDAY EVENING...PRECIPITATION WILL RETURN TO THE
FORECAST FOR FRIDAY. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK AND STRENGTH OF
THIS SURFACE LOW...SOME PRECIPITATION FRIDAY COULD FALL IN A
NON-LIQUID FORM. BASED ON THE LATEST MODEL FORECAST...THIS POTENTIAL
IS MAXIMIZED ACROSS OUR NORTHERN FORECAST AREA...ALONG AND NORTH OF
A LINE FROM DOTHAN TO MOULTRIE TO NASHVILLE. FUTURE MODEL RUNS WILL
LIKELY OFFER MORE CLARITY ON EXACTLY WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE
CONDUCIVE TO FROZEN PRECIPITATION ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY.

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.

$$

BLOCK/AUSTIN






Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
343 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

...A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TO 7 PM
EST /6 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES COUPLED WITH HIGH TRANSPORT WINDS
AND HIGH WIND GUSTS...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF VERY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...

A COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WILL USHER
IN MUCH DRIER AIR FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. ON WEDNESDAY...RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND BIG BEND REGION FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION VALUES
WILL ALSO BE RELATIVELY HIGH THROUGHOUT MUCH OF FLORIDA...WITH THE
HIGHEST VALUES IN THE EASTERNMOST COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND.
THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FOR SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA WILL HOVER
AROUND 25 PERCENT FOR A FEW HOURS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...HOWEVER...
WINDS WILL GUST AT 25 MPH FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE A
RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF OUR FLORIDA AND GEORGIA
ZONES FOR WEDNESDAY. FOR THURSDAY...IT APPEARS THAT RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES WILL FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR THE FLORIDA ZONES FOR AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF TIME...SO A WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

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CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-
WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-
343 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 /243 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TO 7 PM
EST /6 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TO 7 PM
EST /6 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN
ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

&&

$$



Fire Weather Watch

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
343 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

...A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TO 7 PM
EST /6 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES COUPLED WITH HIGH TRANSPORT WINDS
AND HIGH WIND GUSTS...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF VERY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...

A COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WILL USHER
IN MUCH DRIER AIR FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. ON WEDNESDAY...RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND BIG BEND REGION FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION VALUES
WILL ALSO BE RELATIVELY HIGH THROUGHOUT MUCH OF FLORIDA...WITH THE
HIGHEST VALUES IN THE EASTERNMOST COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND.
THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FOR SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA WILL HOVER
AROUND 25 PERCENT FOR A FEW HOURS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...HOWEVER...
WINDS WILL GUST AT 25 MPH FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE A
RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF OUR FLORIDA AND GEORGIA
ZONES FOR WEDNESDAY. FOR THURSDAY...IT APPEARS THAT RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES WILL FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR THE FLORIDA ZONES FOR AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF TIME...SO A WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

FLZ007>019-026>029-034-101230-
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/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0017.100210T1700Z-100211T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0016.100211T1700Z-100212T0000Z/
INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-
CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-
WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-
343 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 /243 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TO 7 PM
EST /6 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TO 7 PM
EST /6 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN
ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

&&

$$



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