[LARC-CQ] Fwd: FIRE WEATHER AND BURN BAN ISSUED
John Stanford
johnstanford819 at gmail.com
Fri May 28 07:40:58 PDT 2021
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> From: "Drainville, Kathryn" <KathrynDrainville at polk-county.net>
> Date: May 28, 2021 at 10:35:21 EDT
> Subject: FW: FIRE WEATHER AND BURN BAN ISSUED
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> From: Abernathy, William <billyabernathy at polk-county.net>
> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2021 5:53 AM
> To: Abernathy, William <billyabernathy at polk-county.net>
> Subject: FIRE WEATHER AND BURN BAN ISSUED
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> Polk Fire Rescue Issues Burn Ban
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> Bartow, Fla. (May 27, 2021) — Due to lack of rain, Polk County has experienced dry weather conditions for an extensive period of time, therefore Polk County Fire Rescue has issued a burn ban.
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> The increase in risk of brush fires and uncontrolled fires are a threat to the public health, safety and general welfare of Polk County. There are also no signs of abatement of these dangerous
> fire conditions anytime soon.
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> The burn ban includes, but is not limited to:
> Campfires
> Bonfires
> Unpermitted controlled burns
> Burning of yard and household trash
> Burning of construction debris
> Burning of organic debris
> Igniting of fireworks
> Noncommercial burning of material other than for religious or ceremonial purposes which is not contained in a barbecue grill or barbecue pit and the total fuel area does not exceed 3 feet in
> diameter and 2 feet in height.
> “We have held off as long as we possibly can on issuing this burn ban,” said Fire Chief Rob Weech. “But conditions are favorable for the rapid development and spread of brush fires and we need to
> take every step necessary to ensure the safety of everyone. We also don’t want anyone to lose property or investments due to fire.”
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> Currently the average on the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) for Polk County is at 508 with a minimum of 420 and a maximum of 597. The KBDI index is used as an indicator to determine the
> likelihood and severity of brush fires. While high KBDI values are an indication that conditions are favorable for the occurrence and spread of wildfires, drought is not by itself a prerequisite for such
> fires. Other weather factors, such as wind, temperature, relative humidity and atmospheric stability, play a major role in determining the actual fire danger.
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> The burn ban applies to all unincorporated Polk and all municipalities except Lake Wales.
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> Anyone who refuses to comply or violates this burn ban shall be in violation of County Ordinance 08-015 and can be punished by a fine not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment by a term not to exceed
> 60 days in the county jail or both.
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> 3 DAY PRECIP FRCST
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> 7 DAY PRECIP FRCST
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> Dry air with humidity values falling into the 30 to 40 percent range combined with high ERC`s will again support
> elevated fire dangers across interior sections of west central and southwest Florida today through Saturday, but
> Red Flag conditions are not expected. High mixing heights combined with 20 foot winds and transport winds in the
> 10 to 15 mph range will support locally high dispersion indices across the region today and again on Saturday.
> During the latter part of the weekend and into early next week increasing moisture combined with a mid level
> trough moving into the southeastern U.S. and eastern Gulf and an attendant cold front sinking south into the area
> will help to increase much needed rain chances with scattered diurnal sea breeze driven showers and storms expected
> each day during the afternoon and early evening hours.
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> Today Tonight Sat
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> Cloud Cover Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy
> Chance Precip (%) 30 20 20
> Weather Type Tstms Tstms Tstms
> Temp 93 67 92
> RH % 35 100 36
> 20ft wind mph(AM) S 3 SW 6 G15
> 20ft wind mph(PM) W 7 G16 W 4 W 9 G16
> Precip duration 1 1 1
> Precip begin 2 PM Continuing 2 PM
> Precip end Continuing 11 PM 8 PM
> Precip amount T-.25 T-.25 T-.25
> LAL 2 2 2
> Mixing hgt(ft-AGL) 8600 300 8100
> Transport wind (mph) W 5 W 5 SW 10
> Dispersion index 57 1 93
> Max LVORI 9
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> Currently the average KBDI for Polk County is at 516 with a Min/Max of 431/603
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> Billy Abernathy FPEM
> Polk County Emergency Management
> Emergency Operation Center EM01
> 1890 Jim Keene Blvd. Winter Haven Fla. 33880
> O. 863-298-7001 C. 863-860-8002
> billyabernathy at polk-county.net
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