Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this red flag warning at Mar 27, 2013, 9:08 PM EDT for Highlands County, Pinellas County, Polk County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 28, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 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
- Mar 27, 2013, 9:08 PM EDT (01:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 28, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Counties Highlands County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Polk County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 1858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
801 WWUS82 KTBW 280108 RFWTBW URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 908 PM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THURSDAY FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW HUMIDITY VALUES WITH HIGH ERC VALUES ACROSS PINELLAS...POLK...HIGHLANDS...SARASOTA...AND LEE COUNTIES... .A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF THE REGION THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN VERY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES WITH ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER DANGER FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. FLZ050-052-057-065-290000- /O.UPG.KTBW.FW.A.0013.130328T1500Z-130329T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.FW.W.0021.130328T1500Z-130329T0000Z/ PINELLAS-POLK-HIGHLANDS-LEE- 908 PM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR PARTS OF THE AREA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR UP TO 9 HOURS. * 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. && $$ FLZ060-290000- /O.NEW.KTBW.FW.W.0021.130328T1500Z-130329T0000Z/ SARASOTA- 908 PM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR PARTS OF THE AREA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...SARASOTA. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR UP TO 9 HOURS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
617 WWUS82 KTBW 280840 RFWTBW URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 440 AM EDT THU MAR 28 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW HUMIDITY VALUES WITH HIGH ERC VALUES ACROSS PINELLAS...POLK... HIGHLANDS...SARASOTA...AND LEE COUNTIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FRIDAY FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW HUMIDITY VALUES WITH HIGH ERC VALUES ACROSS PINELLAS...POLK... HIGHLANDS...SARASOTA...AND LEE COUNTIES... .A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF THE REGION THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN VERY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES WITH ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER DANGER FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. FLZ050-052-057-060-065-291100- /O.NEW.KTBW.FW.A.0014.130329T1500Z-130330T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.FW.W.0021.130328T1500Z-130329T0000Z/ PINELLAS-POLK-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-LEE- 440 AM EDT THU MAR 28 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LONG DURATIONS OF CRITICAL HUMIDITIES ALONG WITH DRY FUELS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR LONG DURATIONS OF CRITICAL HUMIDITIES ALONG WITH DRY FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHEAST UP TO 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR UP TO 9 HOURS. LOWEST VALUES WILL BE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$
356 WWUS82 KTBW 290009 RFWTBW URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 809 PM EDT THU MAR 28 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW HUMIDITY VALUES WITH HIGH ERC VALUES ACROSS PINELLAS... POLK...HIGHLANDS...SARASOTA...AND LEE COUNTIES... .A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN VERY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES WITH ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER DANGER FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. FLZ050-052-057-060-065-300000- /O.EXP.KTBW.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130329T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KTBW.FW.A.0014.130329T1500Z-130330T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.FW.W.0022.130329T1500Z-130330T0000Z/ PINELLAS-POLK-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-LEE- 809 PM EDT THU MAR 28 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR LONG DURATIONS OF CRITICAL HUMIDITIES ALONG WITH DRY FUELS... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHEAST UP TO 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR UP TO 9 HOURS. LOWEST VALUES WILL BE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 4:40 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TBW | Highlands, Pinellas, Polk | 15 hr |
Nearby
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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.