Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Jan 28, 2007, 2:05 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 29, 2007, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 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
- Jan 28, 2007, 2:05 PM EST (19:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2007, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2007, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 8 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 19:10 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
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 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
- 118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 404 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 281905 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 205 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007 FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-291100- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0004.070129T1500Z-070129T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0004.070129T1500Z-070129T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.A.0005.070130T1700Z-070130T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 205 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS UPGRADED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING ON MONDAY ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. IN ADDITION...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY MONDAY MORNING. DESPITE MUCH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES...RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 35% FOR 4 TO 8 HOURS. SEVERAL HOURS WITH RH VALUES AROUND 25% ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 14 MPH ARE EXPECTED. 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 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. $$ KELLY
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KMLB 291037 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 537 AM EST MON JAN 29 2007 FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-292330- /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0004.070129T1500Z-070129T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.A.0005.070130T1700Z-070130T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 537 AM EST MON JAN 29 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON WAS OVERSPREADING THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS AIR MASS IS ALSO EXTREMELY DRY. RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 35% FOR MORE THAN 4 HOURS TODAY. SEVERAL HOURS WITH RH VALUES AROUND 25% ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS... LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL OCCUR TODAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. $$
000 WWUS82 KMLB 291844 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 144 PM EST MON JAN 29 2007 FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-300645- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0005.070130T1700Z-070130T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0005.070130T1700Z-070130T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070129T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 144 PM EST MON JAN 29 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE DRY AIRMASS THAT HAS OVERSPREAD THE REGION TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 3:27 AM EST | Freeze Watch | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 25 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:27 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 11 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:05 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 24 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:29 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 20 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.