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Red Flag Warning 81, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this red flag warning at May 29, 2007, 5:09 AM EDT for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 29, 2007, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 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 29, 2007, 5:09 AM EDT (09:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 29, 2007, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 29, 2007, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
Counties Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Union County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2128 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, 3:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 3:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 4:57 AM EDT, 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 457 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2007 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-300900- HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-NASSAU-DUVAL-UNION-BRADFORD-CLAY- ST JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION-COFFEE- JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING-WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY- INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN-ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 457 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2007 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...LARGE WILDFIRES CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... ...DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS IN STORE FOR THE SUWANNEE VALLEY TODAY... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA BEACHES WITH MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT SOUTHEAST GEORGIA BEACHES... .FIRE AND SMOKE IMPACT... SEVERAL LARGE WILDFIRES CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA WITH EASTERLY WINDS PUSHING SMOKE TO THE WEST OF THE FIRES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAYTIME. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES. PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS AND THE ELDERLY SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS IN AREAS WITH THICK SMOKE. DRIER AIR WORKING INTO THE AREA COMBINED WITH CONTINUED BORDERLINE BREEZY CONDITIONS FOR THE SUWANNEE VALLEY OF FLORIDA HAS PROMPTED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE AREA TODAY. .RIP CURRENT IMPACT... A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED AT NORTHEAST FLORIDA BEACHES...WITH A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK AT SOUTHEAST GEORGIA BEACHES. SURF CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED WITH BREAKERS AVERAGING 3 TO 4 FEET WITH UP TO 5 FEET POSSIBLE MAINLY SOUTH OF ST. AUGUSTINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... SMOKE PLUMES FROM LOCAL WILDFIRES WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA. IN ADDITION...DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA WITH DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS IN STORE FOR WEDNESDAY. AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. DEESE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:30 AM EDT, 39 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 5:09 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Suwannee, Union | 10 hr |
| May 29, 3:04 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee, Union | 28 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.