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Red Flag Warning 79, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

December 5, 20105 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this red flag warning at Dec 5, 2010, 5:21 AM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 6, 2010, 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
Dec 5, 2010, 5:21 AM EST (10:21 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 6, 2010, 12:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 6, 2010, 6:00 PM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL

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

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 5, 5:21 AM ESTFire Weather WatchTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Polk, Sumter32 hr
Dec 5, 3:59 PM ESTFreeze WatchTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Polk, Sumter12 hr
Dec 5, 3:59 PM ESTFreeze WarningTBW16 hr
Dec 5, 3:59 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryTBWPolk17 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.