Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this red flag warning at May 6, 2017, 3:54 AM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 6, 2017, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 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 6, 2017, 3:54 AM EDT (07:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 6, 2017, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 6, 2017, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Counties Citrus County, FL, Levy County, FL, Polk County, FL, Sumter County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:55 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 111 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
695 WWUS82 KTBW 060754 RFWTBW URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area - Ruskin FL 354 AM EDT Sat May 6 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON... .Dry air and breezy winds behind the front that moved through Thursday night will increase the fire weather risk Saturday afternoon. Red Flag Warnings may be needed. FLZ043-052-239-062000- /O.UPG.KTBW.FW.A.0001.170506T1700Z-170506T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.FW.W.0013.170506T1700Z-170506T2300Z/ Sumter-Polk-Inland Levy- 354 AM EDT Sat May 6 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW HUMIDITY...WINDS AND HIGH ERC VALUES... The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay Area - Ruskin FL has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 7 PM EDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA...Sumter...Polk...Inland Levy. * WIND...West to Northwest around 15 MPH * HUMIDITY...27 to 35 percent * ERC...36 to 42. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ FLZ242-062000- /O.NEW.KTBW.FW.W.0013.170506T1700Z-170506T2300Z/ Inland Citrus- 354 AM EDT Sat May 6 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW HUMIDITY...WINDS AND HIGH ERC VALUES... The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay Area - Ruskin FL has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 7 PM EDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Inland Citrus. * WIND...West to Northwest around 15 mph * HUMIDITY...30 to 35 percent * ERC...36 * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
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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.