Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 81, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at May 17, 2007, 3:09 PM EDT for 26 counties in Georgia; 16 counties in Florida; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at May 18, 2007, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 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 17, 2007, 3:09 PM EDT (19:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 18, 2007, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 18, 2007, 7:56 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
All 47 counties
Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
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.
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 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 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 171909 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 309 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ FRIDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSION INDEXES FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIND...AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIND...AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... .A COLD FRONT WILL EXIT THE REGION THIS EVENING...USHERING IN A DRIER AIRMASS FOR THE WEEKEND. DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH THIS DRY AIRMASS TO CAUSE RED FLAG CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-181130- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0066.070518T1600Z-070519T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0081.070518T1600Z-070519T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0067.070519T1600Z-070520T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN- GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- DIXIE- 309 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2007 /209 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ FRIDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSION INDEXES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN BELOW THIS LEVEL FOR 4 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS. DISPERSION VALUES ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE 75. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON...EXCEPT THE DISPERSION VALUES WILL LIKELY BE A LITTLE LOWER. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY 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. $$ GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-181130- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0066.070518T2000Z-070519T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0081.070518T1800Z-070519T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0067.070519T1800Z-070520T0000Z/ QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER- TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK- BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 309 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP BELOW 25 PERCENT EARLY TO MID FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN BELOW THIS LEVEL FOR 4 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ ALZ065>069-181130- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0066.070518T1800Z-070519T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0081.070518T1700Z-070519T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0067.070519T1600Z-070520T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 209 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIND...AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIND...AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP BELOW 30 PERCENT EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN BELOW THIS LEVEL FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SURFACE WIND SPEEDS OF 10 MPH OR GREATER ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THE KBDI IS NOW WELL ABOVE 500. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE 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. $$ FOURNIER
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KTAE 172214 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 614 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE TO A COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 30 PERCENT...WIND AND KBDI ABOVE 500... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND WIND... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ FRIDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSION INDEXES FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIND...AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIND...AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... .A COLD FRONT WILL EXIT THE REGION THIS EVENING...USHERING IN A DRIER AIRMASS FOR THE WEEKEND. DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH THIS DRY AIRMASS TO CAUSE RED FLAG CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ007-009>014-181130- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0082.070517T2214Z-070518T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0081.070518T1600Z-070519T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0067.070519T1600Z-070520T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF- 514 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY 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. $$ ALZ065>069-181130- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0082.070517T2214Z-070518T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0081.070518T1700Z-070519T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0067.070519T1600Z-070520T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 514 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE 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. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ FLZ015>019-026>029-034-181130- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0081.070518T1600Z-070519T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0067.070519T1600Z-070520T0000Z/ FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR- LAFAYETTE-DIXIE- 614 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-181130- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0081.070518T1800Z-070519T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0067.070519T1800Z-070520T0000Z/ 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- 614 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY 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. $$ JAMSKI
000 WWUS82 KTAE 180008 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 808 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ FRIDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSION INDEXES FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIND...AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIND...AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... .A COLD FRONT WILL EXIT THE REGION THIS EVENING...USHERING IN A DRIER AIRMASS FOR THE WEEKEND. DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH THIS DRY AIRMASS TO CAUSE RED FLAG CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ007-009>014-181130- /O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0082.000000T0000Z-070518T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0081.070518T1600Z-070519T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0067.070519T1600Z-070520T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF- 708 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY 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. $$ ALZ065>069-181130- /O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0082.000000T0000Z-070518T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0081.070518T1700Z-070519T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0067.070519T1600Z-070520T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 708 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ FLZ015>019-026>029-034-181130- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0081.070518T1600Z-070519T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0067.070519T1600Z-070520T0000Z/ FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR- LAFAYETTE-DIXIE- 808 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-181130- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0081.070518T1800Z-070519T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0067.070519T1800Z-070520T0000Z/ 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- 808 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ JAMSKI
000 WWUS82 KTAE 180653 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 253 AM EDT FRI MAY 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ TODAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSION INDICES FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT TODAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM CDT TODAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 10 MPH...AND KBDI INDICES ABOVE 500 FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE SAME CONDITIONS OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN OVER THE REGION FROM THE NORTH WILL USHER IN A DRIER AIR MASS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH THIS DRY AIR MASS TO PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS. FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-181930- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0081.070518T1600Z-070519T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0067.070519T1600Z-070520T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN- GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- DIXIE- 253 AM EDT FRI MAY 18 2007 /153 AM CDT FRI MAY 18 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY 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>161-181930- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0081.070518T1800Z-070519T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0067.070519T1800Z-070520T0000Z/ 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- 253 AM EDT FRI MAY 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ ALZ065>069-181930- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0081.070518T1700Z-070519T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0067.070519T1600Z-070520T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 153 AM CDT FRI MAY 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ GIBBS
000 WWUS82 KTAE 181833 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 233 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSION FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ SATURDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIND...AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIND...AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIND...AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... .DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH A VERY DRY AIRMASS TO PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AS AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-191130- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0067.070519T1600Z-070520T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0083.070519T1600Z-070520T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0068.070520T1600Z-070521T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0081.000000T0000Z-070519T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN- GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- DIXIE- 233 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2007 /133 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSION... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ SATURDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN BELOW THIS LEVEL FOR 4 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY 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. $$ GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-191130- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0067.070519T1800Z-070520T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0083.070519T1800Z-070520T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0068.070520T1700Z-070521T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0081.000000T0000Z-070519T0000Z/ QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER- TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK- BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 233 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP BELOW 25 PERCENT EARLY TO MID SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN BELOW THIS LEVEL FOR 4 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ ALZ065>069-191130- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0067.070519T1600Z-070520T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0083.070519T1600Z-070520T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0068.070520T1600Z-070521T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0081.000000T0000Z-070519T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 133 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIND...AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIND...AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIND...AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP BELOW 30 PERCENT EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN BELOW THIS LEVEL FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SURFACE WIND SPEEDS OF 10 MPH OR GREATER ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THE KBDI IS NOW WELL ABOVE 500. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE 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. $$ FOURNIER
000 WWUS82 KTAE 182356 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 756 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ SATURDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIND...AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIND...AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... .DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH A VERY DRY AIRMASS TO PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AS AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-191130- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.W.0081.000000T0000Z-070519T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0083.070519T1600Z-070520T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0068.070520T1600Z-070521T0100Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN- GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- DIXIE- 756 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2007 /656 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ SATURDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY 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>161-191130- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.W.0081.000000T0000Z-070519T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0083.070519T1800Z-070520T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0068.070520T1700Z-070521T0000Z/ 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- 756 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY 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. $$ ALZ065>069-191130- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.W.0081.000000T0000Z-070519T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0083.070519T1600Z-070520T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0068.070520T1600Z-070521T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 656 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ BLOCK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at May 17, 2:45 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 2:45 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
245 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2007
.DISCUSSION...THE FRONT HAS PUSHED INTO THE BIG BEND AND SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA. ISOLATED SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST
AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST. MOST INLAND LOCATIONS WILL BE RAIN FREE
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)...A CLOSED UPPER LOW
CURRENTLY CENTERED NEAR DETROIT WILL DROP TO THE SOUTHEAST INTO
VIRGINIA BY FRIDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL DEEPEN THE EAST COAST TROUGH.
THIS LOW WILL THEN TRACK EAST NORTHEAST OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST BY
SATURDAY NIGHT WITH DEEP NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW RETURNING TO THE
LOCAL REGION FRIDAY AS THE TROUGH AXIS MOVES TO OUR EAST. THIS SETS
UP A VERY DRY PATTERN FOR THE SOUTHEAST ALONG WITH COOLER THAN
NORMAL TEMPERATURES. MIN TEMPS WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S
INLAND AREAS THE NEXT SEVERAL NIGHTS. THE ONLY THING THAT MAY SPOIL
AN OTHERWISE NICE START TO THE WEEKEND...MAY BE SMOKE SPREADING BACK
INTO THE REGION AS THE LOW LEVEL FLOW VEERS TO THE EAST ON
SATURDAY.
.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...HIGH PRESSURE AND DRIER AIR
WILL BE THE MAIN STORY THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND
INTO THE UPCOMING WEEK. MONDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD...
EXPECT TEMPS TO WARM BACK UP TO NEAR NORMAL AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS
BACK ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. AND THE SURFACE WINDS VEER AROUND
TOWARD THE EAST-SOUTHEAST OVER THE FORECAST AREA.
&&
.MARINE...WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE TO EXERCISE CAUTION CONDITIONS
ACROSS THE OFFSHORE SEGMENTS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. OVER THE
WEEKEND WINDS AND SEAS SHOULD BE BELOW HEADLINE CRITERIA THROUGHOUT
THE MARINE AREA AS THE WINDS SHIFT AROUND TO THE EAST.
&&
.AVIATION...SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND THIS EARLY AFTERNOON...NEAR
A SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT AND SEA BREEZE FRONTS. WE EXPECT ALL TAF
SITES TO HAVE PREVAILING VFR CONDITIONS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
DAY. WE DO EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE
ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM KABY TO KAAF UNTIL SUNSET. MVFR TO
LOCAL IFR VIS AND CIGS WILL OCCUR IN THESE SHOWERS. WE CURRENTLY DO
NOT HAVE RAIN AT ANY OF OUR TAF SITES...BUT WE WILL WATCH THE LATEST
SATELLITE AND RADAR TRENDS CLOSELY TO SEE IF WE SHOULD ADD SHOWERS
TO ANY OF THE EASTERN TERMINALS. WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE
NORTH FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT SLOWLY
MOVES EAST. THE VIS AT KVLD IS FORECAST TO OCCASIONALLY DROP TO 5 OR
6SM IN SMOKE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE VISIBILITY WILL BE MORE REDUCED
ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF TWEB ROUTE 112.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT WAS IN PLACE FOR ALL OF
OUR CWA FRIDAY HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING. LOOKS LIKE
SIMILAR CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY SO WE WILL ISSUE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH
FOR THE ENTIRE TRI-STATE REGION.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TALLAHASSEE 56 84 54 85 53/ 00 00 00 00 00
PANAMA CITY 60 84 60 84 59/ 00 00 00 00 00
DOTHAN 54 81 54 81 55/ 00 00 00 00 00
ALBANY 55 83 53 82 50/ 00 00 00 00 00
VALDOSTA 58 83 53 82 52/ 20 00 00 00 00
CROSS CITY 62 86 56 85 55/ 20 00 00 00 00
&&
.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING ALL ZONES.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING ALL ZONES.
GA...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING ALL ZONES.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING ALL ZONES.
FL...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING ALL ZONES.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING ALL ZONES.
&&
AVIATION/FIRE WX...FOURNIER
LONG TERM DISCUSSION...GIBBS
SHORT TERM/MARINE...BARRYHazardous weather outlook, May 17, 5:20 AM EDT, 9 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 520 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2007 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-180930- COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN- CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL- IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 520 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2007 /420 AM CDT THU MAY 17 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...FLORIDA...SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION TODAY USHERING IN A SLIGHTLY COOLER AND MUCH DRIER AIRMASS. NORTHERLY WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT SHOULD KEEP SMOKE FROM THE SOUTHEAST GEORGIA FIRES EAST OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY DRIER AIR WILL COMBINE WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ACROSS THE AREA BEGINNING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL ENHANCE THE SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES THAT ARE ONGOING OR MAY DEVELOP. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS THIS WEEKEND WILL LIKELY BRING THE SMOKE FROM THE FIRES BACK OVER THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GIBBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 3:09 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 23 hr |
| May 17, 6:14 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more | 106 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Georgia, 2007Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2007Red Flag Warnings in Alabama, 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.