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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
400 AM EST SAT NOV 28 2009
...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL ZONES EXCEPT PINELLAS
COUNTY...
.HIGH PRESSURE IN THE REGION WILL KEEP THE COOL AND DRY AIR MASS
OVER THE AREA TODAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE LONG DURATIONS OF CRITICALLY LOW
HUMIDITIES OVER ALL BUT THE IMMEDIATE COAST FROM LATE THIS MORNING
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
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LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-MANATEE-
HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
400 AM EST SAT NOV 28 2009
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST
THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS
ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS
MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
DRY AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA TODAY WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES
TO PRODUCE 4 OR MORE HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT
FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON CONTRIBUTING TO
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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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