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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
928 PM EST THU NOV 26 2009

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS...

.MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BEHIND A
COLD FRONT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE RED FLAG
CONDITIONS OVER ALL BUT THE IMMEDIATE COAST FROM LATE FRIDAY
MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF RED FLAG
CONDITIONS AGAIN ON SATURDAY IN AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 4.

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HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-
CHARLOTTE-LEE-
928 PM EST THU NOV 26 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EST
FRIDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EST
FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY
MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 

DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE REGION ON NORTHERLY WINDS.
THIS WILL RESULT IN 4 OR MORE HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW
35 PERCENT LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS OF
10 TO 15 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE ARRIVAL OF THIS DRY AIRMASS AND
WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. VERY
SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL EXIST AGAIN ON SATURDAY IN AREAS SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 4.

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.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD.

&&

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/O.CON.KTBW.FW.W.0070.091127T1600Z-091127T2300Z/
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-
928 PM EST THU NOV 26 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EST
FRIDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EST
FRIDAY. 

DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE REGION ON NORTHERLY WINDS.
THIS WILL RESULT IN 4 OR MORE HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW
35 PERCENT LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS OF
10 TO 15 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE ARRIVAL OF THIS DRY AIRMASS AND
WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE 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.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD.

&&

$$