Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this red flag warning at Mar 16, 2017, 4:05 AM EDT for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 16, 2017, 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 16, 2017, 4:05 AM EDT (08:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2017, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Counties Hernando County, FL, Lee County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Polk County, FL, Sarasota County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 1661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
841 WWUS82 KTBW 160805 RFWTBW URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area - Ruskin FL 405 AM EDT Thu Mar 16 2017 ...A RED FLAG WARNING AS BEEN ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON FOR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND ERC VALUES ABOVE 37... .Drier air arriving combined with ERC values above 37 will produce red flag conditions across portions of west-central and southwest Florida this afternoon. FLZ050-148-165-248-265-170000- /O.NEW.KTBW.FW.W.0002.170316T1500Z-170317T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hernando-Coastal Lee-Inland Hernando-Inland Lee- 405 AM EDT Thu Mar 16 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND ERC VALUES ABOVE 37... 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...Pinellas...Coastal Hernando...Coastal Lee... Inland Hernando...Inland Lee. * WIND...Sustained winds 5-10 mph. * HUMIDITY...Less than 35 percent. * ERC...37 or above. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
491 WWUS82 KTBW 161553 RFWTBW URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area - Ruskin FL 1153 AM EDT Thu Mar 16 2017 ...A RED FLAG WARNING AS BEEN ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON FOR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...high ERC VALUES...and wind. .Drier air arriving combined with ERC values above 37 will produce red flag conditions across portions of west-central and southwest Florida this afternoon. FLZ052-160-260-170000- /O.EXA.KTBW.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170317T0000Z/ Polk-Coastal Sarasota-Inland Sarasota- 1153 AM EDT Thu Mar 16 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND ERC VALUES ABOVE 27... The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay Area - Ruskin FL has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect until 8 PM EDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Polk...Coastal Sarasota...Inland Sarasota. Hernando...Inland Lee. * WIND...Sustained winds of 15 mph. * HUMIDITY...Less than 35 percent. * ERC...27 or above. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ FLZ050-148-165-248-265-170000- /O.CON.KTBW.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170317T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hernando-Coastal Lee-Inland Hernando-Inland Lee- 1153 AM EDT Thu Mar 16 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND ERC VALUES ABOVE 37... * AFFECTED AREA...Pinellas...Coastal Hernando...Coastal Lee... Inland Hernando...Inland Lee. * WIND...Sustained winds 5-10 mph. * HUMIDITY...Less than 35 percent. * ERC...37 or above. * 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. && $$
967 WWUS82 KTBW 161603 CCA RFWTBW URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area - Ruskin FL 1203 PM EDT Thu Mar 16 2017 ...A RED FLAG WARNING AS BEEN ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON FOR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH ERC VALUES... AND WIND... .Drier air arriving combined with ERC values above 37 will produce red flag conditions across portions of west-central and southwest Florida this afternoon. FLZ052-160-260-170000- /O.COR.KTBW.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170317T0000Z/ Polk-Coastal Sarasota-Inland Sarasota- 1203 PM EDT Thu Mar 16 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND ERC VALUES ABOVE 27... The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay Area - Ruskin FL has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect until 8 PM EDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Polk...Coastal Sarasota...Inland Sarasota. * WIND...Sustained winds of 15 mph. * HUMIDITY...Less than 35 percent. * ERC...27 or above. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ FLZ050-148-165-248-265-170000- /O.CON.KTBW.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170317T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hernando-Coastal Lee-Inland Hernando-Inland Lee- 1203 PM EDT Thu Mar 16 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND ERC VALUES ABOVE 37... * AFFECTED AREA...Pinellas...Coastal Hernando...Coastal Lee... Inland Hernando...Inland Lee. * WIND...Sustained winds 5-10 mph. * HUMIDITY...Less than 35 percent. * ERC...37 or above. * 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. && $$
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2017Every red flag warning in 2017
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.