Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this red flag warning at Feb 18, 2008, 2:06 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 19, 2008, 2:13 AM EST. It was in force for 16 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 18, 2008, 2:06 PM EST (19:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 19, 2008, 2:13 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2008, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 16 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 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2008Every red flag warning in 2008
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.