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Red Flag Warning 31, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

April 16, 20086 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this red flag warning at Apr 16, 2008, 1:27 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 17, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 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
Apr 16, 2008, 1:27 PM EDT (17:27 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 17, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 17, 2008, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
7 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 17:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 1:27 PM EDTFire Weather WatchTBWSumter39 hr

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.