Red Flag Warning
Issued by NWS Tampa Bay Area, FL

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
426 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

FLZ042-043-048>050-250930-
/O.CAN.KTBW.FW.A.0016.130525T1600Z-130525T2300Z/
CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-
426 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR A COMBINATION OF LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...AND HIGH ENERGY RELEASE
COMPONENT VALUES...

WINDS OF 15 MPH OR GREATER AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 35
PERCENT OR LOWER ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO OCCUR SIMULTANEOUSLY
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER
WATCH.

$$

FLZ051-052-055-056-060-061-260000-
/O.UPG.KTBW.FW.A.0016.130525T1600Z-130525T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KTBW.FW.W.0027.130525T1600Z-130526T0000Z/
HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-MANATEE-HARDEE-SARASOTA-DESOTO-
426 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY
WINDS...AND HIGH ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT VALUES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS
ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...MANATEE...HARDEE...
  SARASOTA...DESOTO.

* WIND...EAST AROUND 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE.

* HUMIDITY...30 TO 35 PERCENT.

* ERC...27 OR HIGHER.

* 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.

&&

$$
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