Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this red flag warning at Feb 13, 2008, 1:24 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 13, 2008, 9:17 PM EST. It was in force for 21 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
- Feb 13, 2008, 1:24 PM EST (18:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2008, 9:17 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2008, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Counties DeSoto County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Polk County, FL, Sumter County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 49 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS82 KTBW 131824 RFWTBW RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 124 PM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW HUMIDITIES... FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060-061-141230- /O.UPG.KTBW.FW.A.0012.080214T1600Z-080214T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.FW.W.0013.080214T1600Z-080214T2300Z/ LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO- 124 PM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY FOR 4 OR MORE HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA TODAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE AREA BEHIND IT TONIGHT...BRINGING COOLER AND DRIER AIR. THE DRIER AIR WILL ALLOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 10S IN SPOTS OVER THE NATURE COAST AND INTO THE UPPER 20 PERCENT RANGE DOWN INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA. A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KTBW 140217 RFWTBW RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 917 PM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA... FLZ062-065-142300- /O.EXA.KTBW.FW.W.0013.080214T1600Z-080214T2300Z/ CHARLOTTE-LEE- 917 PM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY. THE LEADING EDGE OF COOLER AND DRIER AIR HAS REACHED THE FORT MYERS AREA AND WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHEASTWARD. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO CRITICAL LEVELS BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON ON THURSDAY...WITH THE LOWEST READINGS OF AROUND 28 PERCENT OCCURRING IN THE AFTERNOON. RIGHT NOW...IT APPEARS MOST AREAS WILL SEE BETWEEN 4 AND 6 HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT. A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. $$ FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060-061-142300- /O.CON.KTBW.FW.W.0013.080214T1600Z-080214T2300Z/ LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO- 917 PM EST WED FEB 13 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY. COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE REGION TONIGHT. THIS DRY AIR WILL REMAIN WITH US THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY...RESULTING IN 4 TO 6 HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT. THE LOWEST READINGS WILL OCCUR IN THE AFTERNOON...AND COULD APPROACH 20 PERCENT...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THE TAMPA BAY AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. $$
000 WWUS82 KTBW 142311 RFWTBW RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 611 PM EST THU FEB 14 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE EXPIRED... .AS THE SUN SETS...TEMPERATURES ARE BEGINNING TO FALL...WHICH IS RESULTING IN RAPIDLY RISING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-150015- /O.EXP.KTBW.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080214T2300Z/ LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 611 PM EST THU FEB 14 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ALTHOUGH A FEW LOCATIONS CONTINUE TO HAVE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT...THIS WILL QUICKLY END AS TEMPERATURES DROP OFF QUICKLY WITH THE LOSS OF THE DAYS HEATING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 8:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte | 23 min |
| Feb 13, 4:09 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter | 9 hr |
| Feb 13, 7:11 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 64 min | |
| Feb 13, 8:15 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 60 min | |
| Feb 13, 8:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Lee | 32 min |
| Feb 13, 9:00 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 58 min | |
| Feb 13, 1:20 PM EST | Freeze Warning | TBW | 19 hr |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.