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Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

February 5, 20096 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this red flag warning at Feb 5, 2009, 1:30 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 6, 2009, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 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 5, 2009, 1:30 PM EST (18:30 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 6, 2009, 11:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 6, 2009, 7:00 PM EST
In force
8 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 18:34 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 4:53 AM ESTFreeze WarningTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Polk28 hr
Feb 5, 4:53 AM ESTHard Freeze WarningTBWSumter28 hr
Feb 5, 3:24 PM ESTFreeze WatchTBW13 hr
Feb 5, 3:24 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter18 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2009Every red flag warning in 2009

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.