Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 40, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this red flag warning at Dec 22, 2012, 3:23 AM EST for Pinellas County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 22, 2012, 10:00 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
- Dec 22, 2012, 3:23 AM EST (08:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 22, 2012, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2012, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
County Pinellas County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 40 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1377 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
031 WWUS82 KTBW 220823 RFWTBW URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 323 AM EST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...VERY DRY AIR OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA... .RELATIVE HUMDITY VALUES WILL DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR OVER FOUR HOURS ACROSS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. ERC VALUES OF 35 OR GREATER COMBINED WITH THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS PINELLAS AND LEE COUNTIES. FLZ050-065-222030- /O.NEW.KTBW.FW.W.0040.121222T1500Z-121222T2300Z/ PINELLAS-LEE- 323 AM EST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...PINELLAS...LEE. * WIND...NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. && $$
3 follow-up statements
941 WWUS82 KTBW 220826 RFWTBW URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 326 AM EST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...VERY DRY AIR OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA... .RELATIVE HUMDITY VALUES WILL DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR OVER FOUR HOURS ACROSS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. ERC VALUES OF 35 OR GREATER COMBINED WITH THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS PINELLAS AND LEE COUNTIES. FLZ050-065-222300- /O.CON.KTBW.FW.W.0040.121222T1500Z-121222T2300Z/ PINELLAS-LEE- 326 AM EST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR... * AFFECTED AREA...PINELLAS...LEE. * WIND...NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. && $$
885 WWUS82 KTBW 221855 RFWTBW URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 155 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...VERY DRY AIR OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA... .RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS ACROSS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND LIKELY AGAIN ON SUNDAY. ERC VALUES OF 35 OR GREATER COMBINED WITH THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS PINELLAS AND LEE COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RED FLAG CONDITIONS SUNDAY. FLZ050-065-231100- /O.NEW.KTBW.FW.A.0020.121223T1600Z-121223T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.FW.W.0040.000000T0000Z-121222T2300Z/ PINELLAS-LEE- 155 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...PINELLAS...LEE. * WIND...NORTH AROUND 10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EASTERLY 5 TO 10 MPH ON SUNDAY. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND 25 TO 30 PERCENT SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD. && $$
939 WWUS82 KTBW 222257 RFWTBW URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 557 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...VERY DRY AIR OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA... .ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT VALUES OF 35 OR GREATER COMBINED WITH THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY MAY RESULT IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY. FLZ050-065-231100- /O.EXP.KTBW.FW.W.0040.000000T0000Z-121222T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.FW.A.0020.121223T1600Z-121223T2300Z/ PINELLAS-LEE- 557 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A HIGH ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A HIGH ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT... * AFFECTED AREA...PINELLAS...LEE. * WIND...EASTERLY AT 5 TO 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...25 TO 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 1:55 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | TBW | Pinellas | 8 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:52 PM EST | Frost Advisory | TBW | Polk | 18 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:52 PM EST | Freeze Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Sumter | 18 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:52 PM EST | Hard Freeze Warning | TBW | 18 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.