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Red Flag Warning 44, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

May 3, 20084 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this red flag warning at May 3, 2008, 4:03 PM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 3 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
May 3, 2008, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2008, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Counties DeSoto County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Polk County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.