Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 49, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Apr 29, 2006, 3:15 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 29, 2006, 12:51 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 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 29, 2006, 3:15 AM EDT (07:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2006, 12:51 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2006, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 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 07:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 7.3 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 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 290715 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 315 AM EDT SAT APR 29 2006 FLZ044-045-053-144-292300- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0040.060429T1700Z-060429T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0049.060429T1700Z-060429T2300Z/ NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SOUTHERN LAKE- 315 AM EDT SAT APR 29 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS 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. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER INTERIOR CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR MORE THAN 3 HOURS MAINLY WEST OF THE METRO ORLANDO AREA. ELSEWHERE...ONSHORE FLOW FROM THE ATLANTIC WILL KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS FOR COASTAL SECTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. 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. $$ TES
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS82 KMLB 291651 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1251 PM EDT SAT APR 29 2006 FLZ041-046-047-054-058-059-064-141-147-292300- /O.EXA.KMLB.FW.W.0049.060429T1700Z-060429T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE- ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD- 1251 PM EDT SAT APR 29 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. DRY CONDITIONS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS SEMINOLE...OKEECHOBEE AND THE COASTAL COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. THE DRY AIR COMBINED WITH WINDS NEAR 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED FIRE THREAT...MAINLY WEST OF I-95 THROUGH THIS EVENING. ANY NEW OR ONGOING WILDFIRES WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS... LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. $$ FLZ044-045-053-144-292300- /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0049.060429T1700Z-060429T2300Z/ NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SOUTHERN LAKE- 1251 PM EDT SAT APR 29 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER INTERIOR CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR MORE THAN 4 HOURS. THE DRY AIR COMBINED WITH WINDS NEAR 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED FIRE THREAT. ANY NEW OR ONGOING WILDFIRES WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2:11 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | MLB | Volusia | 50 hr |
Nearby
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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.