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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

April 19, 202210 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this red flag warning at Apr 19, 2022, 3:54 AM EDT for 10 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 19, 2022, 1:00 PM 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
Apr 19, 2022, 3:54 AM EDT (07:54 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 19, 2022, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 19, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Counties Charlotte County, FL, DeSoto County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Lee County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Polk County, FL, Sarasota County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:58 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 red flag warning 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 red flag warning went out at Apr 18, 2:08 PM EDT, 13 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 2:08 PM EDT, 13 hours 46 minutes before
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.