Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 40, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at May 2, 2007, 4:26 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 2, 2007, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 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 2, 2007, 4:26 AM EDT (08:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 2, 2007, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 2, 2007, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 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 08:25 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, 8.4 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
- 2079 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 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 020826 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 426 AM EDT WED MAY 2 2007 FLZ041-044>046-053-144-022030- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0040.070502T1600Z-070502T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA- SOUTHERN LAKE- 426 AM EDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE CONTINUED PARCHED SURFACE CONDITIONS WILL LIMIT MOISTURE RETURN FROM A LIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW TODAY. LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KMLB 021726 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 126 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2007 FLZ058-022300- /O.EXA.KMLB.FW.W.0040.000000T0000Z-070502T2300Z/ OKEECHOBEE- 126 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE CONTINUED PARCHED SURFACE CONDITIONS WILL LIMIT MOISTURE RETURN FROM A LIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW TODAY. LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON UNTIL THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE PASSES WEST OF THE AREA. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. $$ FLZ041-044>046-053-144-022300- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.A.0035.070503T1700Z-070503T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0040.000000T0000Z-070502T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA- SOUTHERN LAKE- 126 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE CONTINUED PARCHED SURFACE CONDITIONS WILL LIMIT MOISTURE RETURN FROM A LIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW TODAY. LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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. $$
000 WWUS82 KMLB 022307 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 707 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2007 FLZ041-044>046-053-144-030930- /O.EXP.KMLB.FW.W.0040.000000T0000Z-070502T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.A.0035.070503T1700Z-070503T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA- SOUTHERN LAKE- 707 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE CONTINUED PARCHED SURFACE CONDITIONS WILL LIMIT MOISTURE RETURN FROM A LIGHT EASTERLY WIND FLOW...THEREFORE LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 24 AND 72 HOURS. $$ FLZ058-030015- /O.EXP.KMLB.FW.W.0040.000000T0000Z-070502T2300Z/ OKEECHOBEE- 707 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ TES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 1:26 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 15 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.