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Current Warnings and Watches
Lee County Current Weather Advisories
Red Flag Warning
RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 531 AM EDT WED MAY 14 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...EXCEPT PINELLAS COUNTY...FOR 4 OR MORE HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT... .THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION WILL BEGIN TO MODIFY TODAY...BUT ENOUGH DRY AIR WILL REMAIN OVER INLAND AREAS TO ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO REACH CRITICAL LEVELS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. FLZ039-042-043-048-049-051-052-055>057-060>062-065-142300- /O.UPG.KTBW.FW.A.0043.080514T1700Z-080514T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.FW.W.0050.080514T1700Z-080514T2300Z/ LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-MANATEE- HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 531 AM EDT WED MAY 14 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 OR MORE HOURS OVER INLAND PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. NEAR THE COAST THE SEA BREEZE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON THUS LIMITING THE NUMBER OF HOURS OF CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY. A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS.ALL CURRENT ADVISORIES:
Red Flag Warning
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Tropical Activity
National Hurricane Center (Atlantic)
Active tropical cyclones in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico
There are no tropical cyclones at this time.
Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook
000 ABNT20 KNHC 010302 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1030 PM EST FRI NOV 30 2007 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... AS THE 2007 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON APPROACHES ITS CONCLUSION... TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. ISSUANCE OF THIS PRODUCT WILL RESUME ON 1 JUNE 2008. SHOULD ANY SIGNIFICANT DISTURBANCES DEVELOP DURING THE OFF SEASON...SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENTS WOULD BE ISSUED...AS NEEDED. SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENTS CAN BE FOUND UNDER WMO HEADER WONT41 KNHC...AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIADSAAT. $$ FORECASTER FRANKLIN
