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Tropical trouble possible for the Memorial Day Weekend
The 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season has already gotten off to an early start with Tropical Storm Alberto, which formed last weekend off of the South Carolina and Georgia coastlines. However, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is now monitoring a...
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Wetter weather possible in Tampa Bay by Memorial Day
Low relative humidity values over eastern areas of Hillsborough and Polk Counties forced the Tampa Bay Area National Weather Service to issue another Red Flag Warning on Wednesday afternoon due to the low relative humidity values and breezy conditions away...
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Air quality and fire threats may diminish as precipitation chances increase
The Tampa Bay Area National Weather Service issued a Red Flag Warning and an Air Quality Alert for Tampa Bay on Tuesday. The Red Flag Warning highlighted the dangerous combination of dry vegetation, low relative humidity, and gusty winds...
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by Tony Pann
The reasons why you should not park your car under an overpass to hide from a tornado
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New NWS warning terminology
by H. Michael Mogil
The NWS is testing a new impact based warning system for tornadoes. The goal is laudable, but I fear the effort is misguided.
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Texas Tornado
by Mindy Hutchison
See damage from today's two twisters
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