Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this red flag warning at Mar 21, 2016, 4:24 AM EDT for 14 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 21, 2016, 11:00 AM 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
- Mar 21, 2016, 4:24 AM EDT (08:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 21, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Counties Charlotte County, FL, Citrus County, FL, DeSoto County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Lee County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Polk County, FL, Sarasota County, FL, Sumter County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 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 27 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
411 WWUS82 KTBW 210824 RFWTBW URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 424 AM EDT MON MAR 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM EDT FOR GUSTY WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY... .OVERVIEW...ERC REBOUNDED TO 29-33 ACROSS ALL BUT LEVY COUNTY. EXPECT 5 TO 8 HOURS OF HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED NORTH WIND 15 MPH POSSIBLE BETWEEN 11 AM TO 6 PM FLZ043-050-052-056-057-061-142-148-149-151-155-160-162-165-242- 248-249-251-255-260-262-265-212030- /O.NEW.KTBW.FW.W.0002.160321T1500Z-160321T2200Z/ SUMTER-PINELLAS-POLK-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-DESOTO-COASTAL CITRUS- COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL PASCO-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH- COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- INLAND CITRUS-INLAND HERNANDO-INLAND PASCO-INLAND HILLSBOROUGH- INLAND MANATEE-INLAND SARASOTA-INLAND CHARLOTTE-INLAND LEE- 424 AM EDT MON MAR 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. * WIND...BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH BUT SLOWLY DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...DROPPING TO 25 TO 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * ERC...29 TO 33 EXCEPT 26 IN LEVY COUNTY. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
054 WWUS82 KTBW 212001 RFWTBW URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 401 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 6 PM EDT FOR 15 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS AND HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .OVERVIEW...WINDS CONTINUE AROUND 15 MPH ACROSS THE AREA...THOUGH THE GUSTINESS IS DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE GENERALLY 25 TO 30 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. FLZ043-050-052-056-057-061-142-148-149-151-155-160-162-165-242- 248-249-251-255-260-262-265-212200- /O.CON.KTBW.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160321T2200Z/ SUMTER-PINELLAS-POLK-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-DESOTO-COASTAL CITRUS- COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL PASCO-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH- COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- INLAND CITRUS-INLAND HERNANDO-INLAND PASCO-INLAND HILLSBOROUGH- INLAND MANATEE-INLAND SARASOTA-INLAND CHARLOTTE-INLAND LEE- 401 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. * WIND...NORTH AROUND 15 MPH AND GUSTY. * HUMIDITY...25 TO 30 PERCENT. * ERC...29 TO 33 EXCEPT 26 IN LEVY COUNTY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 4:19 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 16 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:26 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Levy | 29 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.