Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Issued

Feb 11, 2007, 5:14 AM EST (10:14 UTC)

In effect from

Feb 11, 2007, 12:00 PM EST

Expired

Feb 11, 2007, 6:00 PM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Tampa Bay, FL

000 
WWUS82 KTBW 111014
RFWTBW

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
514 AM EST SUN FEB 11 2007

...DRY AIR MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE NATURE COAST TODAY...

.HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES
TODAY SPILLING DRY AIR ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN FLORIDA. THIS WILL
RESULT IN 4 OR MORE HOURS OF CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
FROM LEVY COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO PASCO COUNTY. THE LONGEST DURATIONS
WILL BE CLOSER TO THE GULF COAST WHERE IT WILL TAKE LONGER FOR
MOISTURE FROM THE ATLANTIC TO MODIFY THE DRY AIR. THE HIGH CENTER
WILL REACH THE MID ATLANTIC COAST BY THIS EVENING... BRINGING A
RETURN TO EASTERLY FLOW AND HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN ALL
AREAS.

FLZ043-051-052-111115-
/O.CAN.KTBW.FW.A.0011.070211T1700Z-070211T2300Z/
SUMTER-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
514 AM EST SUN FEB 11 2007

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS
CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SUMTER...POLK AND
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES.

WHILE SOME DRY AIR WILL AFFECT THESE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...THE
BULK OF THE CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN NORTH AND
WEST OF THE REGION TODAY. A FEW HOURS OF CRITICAL RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT DURATIONS SHOULD BE
LESS THAN 4 HOURS.

$$

FLZ039-042-048-049-112300-
/O.UPG.KTBW.FW.A.0011.070211T1700Z-070211T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KTBW.FW.W.0013.070211T1700Z-070211T2300Z/
LEVY-CITRUS-HERNANDO-PASCO-
514 AM EST SUN FEB 11 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS
ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

DRY AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY NOON TODAY. EASTERLY WINDS
WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN HUMIDITIES TO THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF
THE WARNED COUNTIES...BUT AREAS CLOSER TO THE GULF COAST WILL
EXPERIENCE AT LEAST 4 HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35
PERCENT TODAY.

A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR
THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN
24 HOURS.

$$

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