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Red Flag Warning 20, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

February 13, 2009Polk County, Sumter County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this red flag warning at Feb 13, 2009, 3:46 AM EST for Polk County, Sumter County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 13, 2009, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 6 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 13, 2009, 3:46 AM EST (08:46 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 13, 2009, 12:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 13, 2009, 6:00 PM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Counties Polk County, FL, Sumter County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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 12, 9:26 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk12 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.