Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 101, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Jun 17, 2007, 5:29 AM EDT for 7 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jun 17, 2007, 2:00 PM EDT. 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
- Jun 17, 2007, 5:29 AM EDT (09:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 17, 2007, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2007, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Dixie County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:29 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 447 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 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 KTAE 170929 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 529 AM EDT SUN JUN 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE INLAND EASTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .DISCUSSION...VERY WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY WILL COMBINE WITH DRY AIR MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. ON MONDAY...DRY AIR WILL LINGER OVER EASTERN PARTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND BORDERING THE SUWANNEE RIVER AS DRY AIR WILL BE SLOW TO RETREAT. ELSEWHERE...INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REDUCE THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT. FLZ026-027-171030- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.A.0079.070617T1800Z-070618T0000Z/ LIBERTY-WAKULLA- 529 AM EDT SUN JUN 17 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THIS AFTERNOON. $$ FLZ019-028-029-172300- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0079.070617T1800Z-070618T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0101.070617T1800Z-070617T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0080.070618T1800Z-070618T2200Z/ MADISON-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- 529 AM EDT SUN JUN 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE THE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ FLZ016>018-172300- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0079.070617T1800Z-070618T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0101.070617T1800Z-070617T2300Z/ GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON- 529 AM EDT SUN JUN 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE THE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ FLZ034-172300- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0101.070617T1800Z-070617T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0080.070618T1800Z-070618T2200Z/ DIXIE- 529 AM EDT SUN JUN 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER IS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE THE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ JAMSKI
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS82 KTAE 171949 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 349 PM EDT SUN JUN 17 2007 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE INLAND EASTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .DISCUSSION...VERY WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH DRY AIR MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND THROUGH THIS EVENING. ON MONDAY...DRY AIR WILL LINGER OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AS DRY AIR WILL BE SLOW TO RETREAT. ELSEWHERE...INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REDUCE THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT. FLZ016-017-172100- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.W.0101.000000T0000Z-070617T2300Z/ GADSDEN-LEON- 349 PM EDT SUN JUN 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAY BRIEFLY DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...THE DURATIONS WILL NOT EXCEED WARNING CRITERIA. $$ FLZ019-028-029-034-180000- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0101.000000T0000Z-070617T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0080.070618T1800Z-070618T2200Z/ MADISON-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE- 349 PM EDT SUN JUN 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE THE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ FLZ018-172300- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0101.000000T0000Z-070617T2300Z/ JEFFERSON- 349 PM EDT SUN JUN 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE THE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ GIBBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 5:29 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 23 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.