Fire Weather Watch

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
501 AM EDT TUE MAR 12 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR ALL BUT LEVY COUNTY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...

.VERY DRY AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BEHIND A COLD FRONT ALLOWING
FOR SEVERAL HOURS OF CRITICAL HUMIDITIES. MODERATE WINDS ALSO IN
PLACE WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

FLZ042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-130900-
/O.NEW.KTBW.FW.A.0007.130313T1600Z-130313T2300Z/
CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-MANATEE-
HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DESOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
501 AM EDT TUE MAR 12 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS
ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...CITRUS...SUMTER...HERNANDO...PASCO...
  PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...POLK...MANATEE...HARDEE...
  HIGHLANDS...SARASOTA...DESOTO...CHARLOTTE...LEE.

* WIND...NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT FOR 4 TO 6 HOURS.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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