Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this red flag warning at Apr 9, 2016, 3:51 AM EDT for 15 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 9, 2016, 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
- Apr 9, 2016, 3:51 AM EDT (07:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 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, Levy 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 07:54 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 1682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
824 WWUS82 KTBW 090751 RFWTBW URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 351 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM EDT TODAY FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW HUMIDITY...HIGH ERC VALUES...AND BREEZY NORTH WINDS... .LONG DURATIONS OF HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH ERC VALUES OF 30 OR HIGHER...AND PERIODS OF SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 MPH...WILL LEAD TO RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA. FLZ043-050-052-056-057-061-139-142-148-149-151-155-160-162-165- 239-242-248-249-251-255-260-262-265-092000- /O.NEW.KTBW.FW.W.0004.160409T1500Z-160410T0000Z/ SUMTER-PINELLAS-POLK-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-DESOTO-COASTAL LEVY- COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL PASCO- COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE-INLAND LEVY-INLAND CITRUS- INLAND HERNANDO-INLAND PASCO-INLAND HILLSBOROUGH-INLAND MANATEE- INLAND SARASOTA-INLAND CHARLOTTE-INLAND LEE- 351 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM EDT TODAY FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW HUMIDITY...HIGH ERC VALUES...AND BREEZY NORTH WINDS... 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 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...ALL COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA. * WIND...NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 28 PERCENT * ERC...28 TO 30...EXCEPT 37 IN PINELLAS AND SARASOTA COUNTIES. * 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 3:51 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 16 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.