Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 56, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Nov 6, 2007, 5:10 AM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Nov 6, 2007, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 5 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
- Nov 6, 2007, 5:10 AM EST (10:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 6, 2007, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2007, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Lake County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:14 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 1517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 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 061010 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 510 AM EST TUE NOV 6 2007 FLZ041-044>046-053-144-062200- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0041.071106T1700Z-071106T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0056.071106T1700Z-071106T2200Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA- SOUTHERN LAKE- 510 AM EST TUE NOV 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN INTERIOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON WITH NORTHWEST WINDS TO 10 MPH. 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. $$ FLZ141-062200- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0056.071106T1700Z-071106T2200Z/ COASTAL VOLUSIA- 510 AM EST TUE NOV 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED ACROSS VOLUSIA COUNTY AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST THIS AFTERNOON WITH NORTHWEST WINDS TO 10 MPH. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS... LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS82 KMLB 061858 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 158 PM EST TUE NOV 6 2007 FLZ041-044-144-062200- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.A.0042.071107T1700Z-071107T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0056.000000T0000Z-071106T2200Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-SOUTHERN LAKE- 158 PM EST TUE NOV 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN INTERIOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON WITH NORTHWEST WINDS TO 10 MPH. 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. WEAKENING COLD FRONT FORECAST TO CLEAR CENTRAL FLORIDA OVERNIGHT. POST FRONTAL AIR MASS WILL BE DRY ENOUGH TO PRODUCE AT LEAST 2 TO 3 HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 35 PERCENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE DECISION TO EITHER GO WITH A RED FLAG OR DROP THE WATCH WILL DEPEND ON HOW FAR SOUTH AND EAST THE DRY AIR MASS PUSHES DOWN THE PENINSULA WEDNEDAY. 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. $$ FLZ045-046-053-141-062200- /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0056.000000T0000Z-071106T2200Z/ ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA-COASTAL VOLUSIA- 158 PM EST TUE NOV 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED ACROSS VOLUSIA COUNTY AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST THIS AFTERNOON WITH NORTHWEST WINDS TO 10 MPH. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS... LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 1:58 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, 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.