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Red Flag Warning 81, NWS Jacksonville, FL

May 29, 20075 counties in Florida

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.

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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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2007-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2007-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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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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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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 5:09 AM EDTFire Weather WatchJAXBaker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Suwannee, Union10 hr
May 29, 3:04 PM EDTRed Flag WarningJAXBaker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee, Union28 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2007Every red flag warning in 2007

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.