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Red Flag Warning 64, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

October 21, 2010Polk County, Sumter County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this red flag warning at Oct 21, 2010, 1:35 PM EDT for Polk County, Sumter County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 22, 2010, 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
Oct 21, 2010, 1:35 PM EDT (17:35 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 22, 2010, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Oct 22, 2010, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
7 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 17:36 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
Oct 21, 2:57 AM EDTFire Weather WatchTBWSumter11 hr
Oct 21, 2:57 AM EDTRed Flag WarningTBWSumter16 hr
Oct 21, 1:35 PM EDTFire Weather WatchTBWPolk13 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2010Every red flag warning in 2010

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.