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Red Flag Warning 78, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

October 14, 2006Polk County, Sumter County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this red flag warning at Oct 14, 2006, 5:00 AM EDT for Polk County, Sumter County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 14, 2006, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 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: Oct 14, 2006, 5:00 AM EDT (09:00 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 14, 2006, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired: Oct 14, 2006, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Counties Polk County, FL, Sumter County, FL

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Oct 14, 3:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 3:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 14, 4:21 AM EDT, 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
421 AM EDT SAT OCT 14 2006

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-141300-
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
421 AM EDT SAT OCT 14 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

FAIR WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

FAIR WEATHER IS EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A WARM FRONT WILL
CROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...WITH SLIGHT CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY FROM TAMPA BAY NORTHWARD. AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY. AN APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM MAY PRODUCE
MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

BSG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 14, 1:41 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	TBW	Sumter	14 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.