Red Flag Warning

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

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 THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.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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