Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 39, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Apr 4, 2006, 2:19 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 5, 2006, 5:15 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 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
- Apr 4, 2006, 2:19 PM EDT (18:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2006, 5:15 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2006, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Lake County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 690 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS82 KMLB 041819 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 219 PM EDT TUE APR 4 2006 FLZ058-041930- /O.CAN.KMLB.FW.A.0032.060405T1700Z-060405T2300Z/ OKEECHOBEE- 219 PM EDT TUE APR 4 2006 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ACROSS OKEECHOBEE COUNTY ARE FORECAST TO BRIEFLY FALL BELOW 35%...A 4 HOUR DURATION OF THESE CRITICAL VALUES IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED. $$ FLZ041-044>046-053-144-052300- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0032.060405T1700Z-060405T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0039.060405T1700Z-060405T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.A.0033.060406T1700Z-060406T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA- SOUTHERN LAKE- 219 PM EDT TUE APR 4 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS UPGRADED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY TO A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM EDT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. DRY NORTHERLY FLOW BEHIND A COLD FRONT...WHICH IS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY...WILL PRODUCE LOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ACROSS NORTHERN INTERIOR SECTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS... LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 24 AND 72 HOURS. $$ CRISTALDI
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KMLB 050915 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 515 AM EDT WED APR 5 2006 FLZ058-051715- /O.EXA.KMLB.FW.W.0039.060405T1700Z-060405T2300Z/ /O.EXA.KMLB.FW.A.0033.060406T1700Z-060406T2300Z/ OKEECHOBEE- 515 AM EDT WED APR 5 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. DRIER NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS BEHIND YESTERDAYS COOL FRONT WILL PRODUCE LOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BOTH TODAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS... LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 24 AND 72 HOURS. $$ FLZ041-044>046-053-144-051715- /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0039.060405T1700Z-060405T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.A.0033.060406T1700Z-060406T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA- SOUTHERN LAKE- 515 AM EDT WED APR 5 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. DRY NORTHERLY FLOW BEHIND A COLD FRONT...WHICH IS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY...WILL PRODUCE LOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ACROSS NORTHERN INTERIOR SECTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS... LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 24 AND 72 HOURS. $$ DWS
000 WWUS82 KMLB 051701 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 101 PM EDT WED APR 5 2006 FLZ041-044>046-053-058-144-052300- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0033.060406T1700Z-060406T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0040.060406T1700Z-060406T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0039.000000T0000Z-060405T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA-OKEECHOBEE- SOUTHERN LAKE- 101 PM EDT WED APR 5 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM EDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THURSDAY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. DRY NORTHERLY FLOW BEHIND A COLD FRONT...WHICH IS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN FLORIDA TODAY...WILL PRODUCE LOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ACROSS NORTHERN INTERIOR SECTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS... LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. $$ TES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2:19 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 23 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.