Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Jan 29, 2007, 1:44 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 30, 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
- Jan 29, 2007, 1:44 PM EST (18:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2007, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 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 18:41 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
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 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
- 1594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 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 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 THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS82 KMLB 301226 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 726 AM EST TUE JAN 30 2007 FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-302300- /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0005.070130T1700Z-070130T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 726 AM EST TUE JAN 30 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE VERY DRY AIRMASS THAT OVERSPREAD THE REGION ON MONDAY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 20S OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS TO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS... LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. $$ CRISTALDI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 4:26 AM EST | Freeze Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 28 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:10 PM EST | Frost Advisory | MLB | 18 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.