Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 79, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this red flag warning at May 30, 2006, 9:55 AM EDT for Gilchrist County, Suwannee County, Florida. It took effect at May 30, 2006, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2006, 9:55 AM EDT (13:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 30, 2006, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 30, 2006, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
Counties Gilchrist County, FL, Suwannee County, FL
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at May 29, 2:50 PM EDT, 19 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 2:50 PM EDT, 19 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 250 PM EDT MON MAY 29 2006 .CURRENTLY...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS DRIER AIR OVER THE REGION THAN YESTERDAY WITH PWATS NEAR 1.25 INCHES AND SUBSIDENCE ABOVE 800 MB. MID-UPPER LEVEL LOW LOCATED NEAR 31N73W MOVING SW AND AN UPPER RIDGE NEAR CAROLINAS ARE HELPING TO PRODUCE NE FLOW THROUGH 500 MB. MORE COMFORTABLE TEMPS THIS AFTERNOON THAN YESTERDAY WITH MID 80S ON COOLER NELY FLOW...REACHING GUSTS OF AROUND 25 MPH ALONG NE FL COASTAL ZONES. .SHORT TERM...NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF RAIN CHANCES THROUGH TUE WITH VERY DRY AIR IN MID LEVELS AND SUBSIDENCE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN TO THE N OF THE AREA WHILE NE TO E FLOW WILL CONTINUE. ISOLD SHOWERS POSSIBLE IN THE COASTAL WATERS ON 10-20 KT ENE FLOW. TUE NIGHT INTO WED...MID/UPPER LOW OVER WRN ATLC WILL CONT TO MOVE SW WITH WEAK INVERTED SFC TROUGH DEVELOPING NEAR THE BAHAMAS THAT WILL EXTEND NWD TO NEAR 30N. THIS FEATURE IN CONJUNCTION WITH BETTER MOISTURE AVAILABLE WILL SPREAD ISOLD SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE COASTAL WATERS EARLY WED. WED...SFC FLOW BECOMES MORE ELY WITH SUBSIDENCE WANING. WILL MAINTAIN 20% PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE ALTHOUGH INLAND ZONES OVER SUWANNEE VALLEY AREA MAY SEE SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCES WITH TEMPS REACHING THE LOWER 90S. THU...SFC HIGH PRES WORKS OFFSHORE OF MID ATLC AND MORE SLY COMPONENT TO LOW LEVEL FLOW DEVELOPS. WILL CONTINUE WITH 20% MOST ZONES TO NEAR 30% SRN ZONES. PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE INLAND AREAS EACH NIGHT THROUGH WED WITH DRY MID LEVELS AND LIGHT TO CALM WINDS OVERNIGHT. .LONG TERM...FRI-MON. SFC HIGH PRES WILL WEAKEN OVER THE AREA AS ERN U.S. TROUGH AMPLIFIES BY FRI. AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE SE STATES WITH POPS INCREASING BY FRI AND SAT. FRONT APPEARS TO DROP SWD INTO NRN FL ON SAT BUT LOOSING ITS PUSH AS MID LEVEL SUPPORT IS LOST. THIS MAY RESULT IN SCT POPS EACH DAY DURING THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS FRONT BECOMES STALLED OVER THE REGION. TEMPS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S/NEAR 90 AND LOWS UPPER 60S/70. && .MARINE...NE FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WATERS AT AROUND 15 KT OR LESS. SEAS HAVE BEEN BUILDING SLOWLY TODAY WITH 3-4 FT OFFSHORE AT THIS TIME. HAVE ALREADY RAISED RIP CURRENT RISK TO MODERATE CATEGORY AS NE FLOW AND WIND/SWELL SURF INCREASES. MAY ALSO BE A SMALL 1-1.5 FT SWELL MIXED INTO SEAS AT 8-10 SECONDS. PERSISTENT NE TO E FLOW THROUGH WED BECOMES MORE SLY BY THU AND FRI AS HIGH PRES SHIFTS OFFSHORE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 66 91 67 89 / 5 0 5 20 SSI 70 83 72 83 / 5 5 5 10 JAX 66 86 67 86 / 0 5 5 20 SGJ 71 83 72 82 / 0 10 10 20 GNV 65 89 66 89 / 0 5 5 20 OCF 66 90 67 90 / 0 5 10 20 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && PUBLIC...SHASHY MARINE/FIRE WX...ZAPPE
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.