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Fire Weather Watch 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

April 9, 2021Highlands County, Polk County, Sumter County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this fire weather watch at Apr 9, 2021, 5:51 PM EDT for Highlands County, Polk County, Sumter County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 10, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2021, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 10, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 10, 2021, 3:17 AM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Counties Highlands County, FL, Polk County, FL, Sumter County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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 fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at Apr 9, 2:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 2:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
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Sources

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