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Red Flag Warning 54, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

May 27, 2008

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this red flag warning at May 27, 2008, 3:42 AM EDT. It took effect at May 27, 2008, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 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 27, 2008, 3:42 AM EDT (07:42 UTC)
In effect from
May 27, 2008, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
May 27, 2008, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at May 27, 2:52 AM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 2:52 AM EDT, 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 4:51 AM EDT, 22 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
451 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2008

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-261430-
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
451 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY OR TONIGHT.
HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE REGION WILL SUPPORT AN EASTERLY WIND SURGE
OVER THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS AND TAMPA BAY WATERS TONIGHT WITH WINDS
INCREASING INTO THE 15 TO 20 KNOT RANGE THIS EVENING. MARINERS PLANNING
TRIPS INTO THE GULF OR NEAR SHORE WATERS TONIGHT SHOULD EXERCISE
CAUTION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
WARM DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. A GRADUAL INCREASE IN MOISTURE WILL BRING A
SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE GULF WATERS WILL SUPPORT ADDITIONAL EASTERLY
WIND SURGES TUESDAY NIGHT WITH WINDS AGAIN INCREASING INTO THE 15
TO 20 KNOT RANGE. LIGHTER WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY AS THE SURFACE HIGH SETTLES IN OVER THE REGION WITH A SEA BREEZE
DEVELOPING ALONG THE COAST EACH AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

MCMICHAEL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 3:42 AM EDTFire Weather WatchTBWPinellas24 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.