Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 38, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Apr 29, 2007, 3:34 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 30, 2007, 3:10 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 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, 2007, 3:34 PM EDT (19:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 30, 2007, 3:10 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2007, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 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 19:36 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 12:00Z, 7.6 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 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 291934 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 334 PM EDT SUN APR 29 2007 ...DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AND EXPECTED AGAIN ON MONDAY... FLZ041-044>046-053-144-300930- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0038.070430T1700Z-070430T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0037.000000T0000Z-070430T0000Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA- SOUTHERN LAKE- 334 PM EDT SUN APR 29 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM EDT MONDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A DRIER AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA INTO MONDAY. LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR DANGEROUS WILDFIRES. THE DRIEST CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND AROUND ORLANDO NORTHWARD...WHERE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 30 PERCENT. 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. $$ FLZ047-054-058-059-064-141-147-300000- /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0037.000000T0000Z-070430T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD- 334 PM EDT SUN APR 29 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A MUCH DRIER CONTINUES TO SETTLE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR DANGEROUS WILDFIRES. THE DRIEST CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS... LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KMLB 300710 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 310 AM EDT MON APR 30 2007 ...DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON... FLZ058-302300- /O.EXA.KMLB.FW.W.0038.070430T1700Z-070430T2300Z/ OKEECHOBEE- 310 AM EDT MON APR 30 2007 ...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. LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON... WHICH WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR DANGEROUS WILDFIRES. THE DRIEST CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA...WHERE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 30 PERCENT. 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. $$ FLZ041-044>046-053-144-302300- /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0038.070430T1700Z-070430T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA- SOUTHERN LAKE- 310 AM EDT MON APR 30 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON... WHICH WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR DANGEROUS WILDFIRES. THE DRIEST CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA...WHERE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 30 PERCENT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS... LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. $$
000 WWUS82 KMLB 300807 CCA RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 406 AM EDT MON APR 30 2007 ...DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON... FLZ058-302300- /O.COR.KMLB.FW.W.0038.070430T1700Z-070430T2300Z/ OKEECHOBEE- 406 AM EDT MON APR 30 2007 ...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. LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON... WHICH WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR DANGEROUS WILDFIRES. THE DRIEST CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA...WHERE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 30 PERCENT. 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. $$ FLZ041-044>046-053-144-302300- /O.COR.KMLB.FW.W.0038.070430T1700Z-070430T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA- SOUTHERN LAKE- 406 AM EDT MON APR 30 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON... WHICH WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR DANGEROUS WILDFIRES. THE DRIEST CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA...WHERE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 30 PERCENT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS... LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. $$
000 WWUS82 KMLB 302301 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 701 PM EDT MON APR 30 2007 FLZ041-044>046-053-144-011100- /O.EXP.KMLB.FW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-070430T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.A.0034.070501T1600Z-070502T0000Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA- SOUTHERN LAKE- 701 PM EDT MON APR 30 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON... WHICH WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR DANGEROUS WILDFIRES. THE DRIEST CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. 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. $$ FLZ058-010015- /O.EXP.KMLB.FW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-070430T2300Z/ OKEECHOBEE- 701 PM EDT MON APR 30 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$
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.