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Red Flag Warning 26, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

May 14, 2013Pinellas County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this red flag warning at May 14, 2013, 5:11 AM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It took effect at May 14, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT. 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: May 14, 2013, 5:11 AM EDT (09:11 UTC)
In effect from: May 14, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 14, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
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 09:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at May 13, 3:21 PM EDT, 13 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 3:21 PM EDT, 13 hours 50 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 9:53 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	TBW		12 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2013 Every red flag warning in 2013

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.