Red Flag Warning 72, NWS Tallahassee, FL

Issued

May 6, 2007, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)

In effect from

May 7, 2007, 11:00 AM EDT

Expired

May 7, 2007, 9:00 PM EDT

In force

10 hr

Issued by

NWS Tallahassee, FL

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 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.

000 
WWUS82 KTAE 061910
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
310 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE TO A COMBINATION OF
RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 30 PERCENT...20-FOOT WINDS OVER 10 MPH AND
KEETCH BYRAM DROUGHT INDEX OVER 500...

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY
BELOW 35 PERCENT AND 20-FOOT WINDS OVER 15 MPH...

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS
OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON 
THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE TO POSSIBLE
LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 30 PERCENT...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON 
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND THE EASTERN 
FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE
HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA FROM
NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS
EVENING. IN ITS WAKE...CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL USHER IN 
UNSEASONABLY COOL AIR TO THE REGION ON MONDAY ALONG WITH MUCH
DRIER CONDITIONS. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL ALSO PICK UP. THIS
COMBINATION IS LIKELY TO CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS IN FLORIDA...
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA. ANOTHER RED FLAG EVENT IS POSSIBLE IN
FLORIDA AND ALABAMA ON TUESDAY. A LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS
AND THEN MOVE SOUTHWEST TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST. THIS LOW
COULD BRING SHOWERS TO EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA AT
MID WEEK...AND WILL ALSO KEEP WINDS ELEVATED.

ALZ065>069-071130-
/O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0062.070507T1800Z-070508T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0072.070507T1700Z-070508T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0063.070508T1700Z-070509T0000Z/
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-
210 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. A
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND WILL
ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS 
ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

$$

FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-071130-
/O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0062.070507T1700Z-070508T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0072.070507T1500Z-070508T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0063.070508T1600Z-070509T0100Z/
INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-
GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-
DIXIE-
310 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007 /210 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM
EDT /8 PM CDT/ MONDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM
EDT /8 PM CDT/ MONDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM
TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
AND WIND WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS 
ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

$$

GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-071130-
/O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0062.070507T1800Z-070507T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0072.070507T1800Z-070508T0000Z/
QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-
TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-
BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
310 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

JAMSKI

000 
WWUS82 KTAE 070854
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
454 AM EDT MON MAY 7 2007

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING...FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND 
AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND 20-FOOT WINDS OVER 15 MPH...

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM
EDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO 
EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH 
TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 
PERCENT ALONG WITH HIGH DISPERSION INDICES...

.DISCUSSION...A COOLER AND MUCH DRIER AIRMASS WILL FILTER INTO THE 
REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT THAT PUSHED THROUGH ON SUNDAY.
THE DRY AIR ALONG WITH BREEZY WINDS WILL COMBINE TO CREATE RED FLAG 
CONDITIONS IN FLORIDA AND GEORGIA TODAY. ANOTHER RED FLAG EVENT IS 
POSSIBLE IN FLORIDA ON TUESDAY. 

ALZ065>069-071000-
/O.CAN.KTAE.FW.W.0072.070507T1700Z-070508T0000Z/
/O.CAN.KTAE.FW.A.0063.070508T1700Z-070509T0000Z/
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-
354 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR TODAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS
BEEN CANCELLED FOR TUESDAY.

$$

FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-072030-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0072.070507T1500Z-070508T0100Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0063.070508T1600Z-070509T0100Z/
INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-
GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-
DIXIE-
454 AM EDT MON MAY 7 2007 /354 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/
THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/
THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
AND WIND WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

$$

GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-072030-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0072.070507T1800Z-070508T0000Z/
QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-
TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-
BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
454 AM EDT MON MAY 7 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 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 FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

BARRY

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