Wind Chill Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
450 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012
...STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND VERY
LOW WIND CHILL READINGS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...
.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION THROUGH
THE MORNING HOURS. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT A STRONG AND GUSTY
NORTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL USHER IN A MUCH COLDER AND DRIER AIR MASS
INTO THE REGION. THE MUCH COLDER AND DRIER AIR MASS WILL CAUSE
TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD SUB-
FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY ACROSS THE NATURE COAST TUESDAY
MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY WARMER FURTHER SOUTH HOWEVER
THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S AND 40S AND GUSTY
NORTH WINDS WILL PROVIDE HAZARDOUS WIND CHILL VALUES IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
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LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDAR KEY...CHIEFLAND...CRYSTAL RIVER...
INVERNESS...BUSHNELL...THE VILLAGES...BROOKSVILLE...SPRING HILL...
NEW PORT RICHEY...ZEPHYRHILLS...CLEARWATER...ST. PETERSBURG...
BRANDON...TAMPA...LAKELAND...WINTER HAVEN...BRADENTON...
WAUCHULA...SEBRING...AVON PARK...NORTH PORT...SARASOTA...VENICE...
ARCADIA...PORT CHARLOTTE...PUNTA GORDA...CAPE CORAL...FORT MYERS
450 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS
ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO
10 AM EST TUESDAY.
* WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 25 DEGREES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 4 AND
25 TO 35 DEGREES SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES WILL
DROP TO 35 OR LOWER...EXCEPT 25 OR LOWER ACROSS THE NATURE COAST
AND SUMTER COUNTY.
RESIDENTS VENTURING OUT SHOULD DRESS WARMLY. SEVERAL LAYERS OF
CLOTHING WILL INSULATE YOU BETTER THAN A SINGLE COAT OR JACKET.
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MJG
Hard Freeze Watch
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
520 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012
...SIGNIFICANT FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL
FLORIDA TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT...
.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SWEEP SOUTH ACROSS THE
REGION THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT A
STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL USHER IN A MUCH COLDER
AND DRIER AIR MASS INTO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET
AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES
LIKELY ACROSS THE NATURE COAST TUESDAY MORNING AND A HARD FREEZE
AT LEAST ACROSS LEVY COUNTY. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP EVEN MORE
DRASTICALLY TUESDAY NIGHT AFTER HIGHS ONLY REACH THE 40S AND 50S
DURING THE DAY. MOST OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA IS EXPECTED TO
EXPERIENCE A HARD FREEZE WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH LOWS RANGING FROM
THE UPPER TEENS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NATURE COAST TO THE UPPER
20S FOR INLAND SECTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST COAST BETWEEN FORT MYERS
AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE.
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PASCO-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-
CHARLOTTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PORT RICHEY...ZEPHYRHILLS...
BRANDON...TAMPA...LAKELAND...WINTER HAVEN...BRADENTON...
WAUCHULA...SEBRING...AVON PARK...NORTH PORT...SARASOTA...VENICE...
ARCADIA...PORT CHARLOTTE...PUNTA GORDA
520 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012
...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS
ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY
EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MID
TO UPPER 20S ACROSS MOST THE REGION WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER
TEMPERATURES ALONG THE COAST. HOWEVER...NEAR FREEZING
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE EVEN ALONG IMMEDIATE COASTAL
LOCATIONS. AROUND 7 TO 9 HOURS OF SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED.
* IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE
COLD TEMPERATURES. TENDER PLANTS CAN BE KILLED AT THESE
TEMPERATURES IF PROTECTIVE MEASURES ARE NOT TAKEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
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