Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Mar 7, 2007, 3:08 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 7, 2007, 12:00 PM EST. 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
- Mar 7, 2007, 3:08 AM EST (08:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2007, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2007, 6:00 PM EST
- 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 08:07 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
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1258 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 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 070808 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 308 AM EST WED MAR 7 2007 FLZ041-044>046-053-144-081000- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0022.070307T1700Z-070307T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.A.0016.070308T1700Z-070308T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA- SOUTHERN LAKE- 308 AM EST WED MAR 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. DESPITE A SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND OF 5 TO 10 MPH...MODIFICATION OF THE DRY AIRMASS WILL BE VERY SLOW TO OCCUR. LONG DURATIONS OF CRITICAL RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY WITH 4 TO 6 HOURS BELOW 35%. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL NOT BE AS LOW AS THE PREVIOUS COUPLE OF DAYS BUT MAY DIP BELOW 30%. LONG DURATIONS OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY THURSDAY WITH NORTHERLY WINDS TRANSPORTING DRIER AIR DOWN THE SPINE OF THE PENINSULA. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE DURING THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...AS THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE DEVELOPS. 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. $$ FLZ058-072300- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0022.070307T1700Z-070307T2300Z/ OKEECHOBEE- 308 AM EST WED MAR 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. DESPITE A SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND OF 5 TO 10 MPH...MODIFICATION OF THE DRY AIRMASS WILL BE VERY SLOW TO OCCUR. LONG DURATIONS OF CRITICAL RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY WITH AROUND 4 HOURS BELOW 35%. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL NOT BE AS LOW AS THE PREVIOUS COUPLE OF DAYS BUT MAY DIP BELOW 30% IN SPOTS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS... LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. $$ KELLY/HIRSCH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS82 KMLB 072305 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 605 PM EST WED MAR 7 2007 FLZ041-044>046-053-144-081030- /O.EXP.KMLB.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070307T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.A.0016.070308T1700Z-070308T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA- SOUTHERN LAKE- 605 PM EST WED MAR 7 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR TODAY... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR TODAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LONG DURATIONS OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH NORTHERLY WINDS TRANSPORTING DRIER AIR DOWN THE SPINE OF THE PENINSULA. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE DURING THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...AS THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE DEVELOPS. 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. $$ FLZ058-080015- /O.EXP.KMLB.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070307T2300Z/ OKEECHOBEE- 605 PM EST WED MAR 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR TODAY... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 3:08 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 24 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.