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Red Flag Warning 83, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at May 18, 2007, 2:33 PM EDT for 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama; 16 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 19, 2007, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 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 18, 2007, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 19, 2007, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 19, 2007, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 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 18:32 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, 6.6 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2010 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 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 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
4 follow-up statements
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
000 WWUS82 KTAE 191020 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 620 AM EDT SAT MAY 19 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ SATURDAY FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 FOOT WINDS AROUND 10 MPH...AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR EXPECTED LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR EXPECTED LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR EXPECTED LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 FOOT WINDS AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... .DISCUSSION...A COMBINATION OF STRONG DAYTIME HEATING AND VERY DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN ACROSS THE AREA. THE FLORIDA EAST COAST SEABREEZE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH JUST ENOUGH MOISTURE WESTWARD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA TO PREVENT CRITICAL DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY THERE. GAZ124>131-144>148-157>161-191830- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.W.0083.070519T1800Z-070520T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0068.070520T1700Z-070521T0000Z/ TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-BAKER- MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 620 AM EDT SAT MAY 19 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THIS AFTERNOON... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-191830- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0083.070519T1600Z-070520T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0068.070520T1600Z-070521T0100Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN- GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- DIXIE- 620 AM EDT SAT MAY 19 2007 /520 AM CDT SAT MAY 19 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING DUE TO EXPECTED LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ GAZ120>123-142-143-155-156-191830- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0083.070519T1800Z-070520T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0068.070520T1700Z-070521T0000Z/ QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-EARLY-MILLER-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- 620 AM EDT SAT MAY 19 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING DUE TO EXPECTED LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... 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. $$ ALZ065>069-191830- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0083.070519T1600Z-070520T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0068.070520T1600Z-070521T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 520 AM CDT SAT MAY 19 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS AROUND 10 MPH AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 FOOT WINDS AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ DUVAL
000 WWUS82 KTAE 191930 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 330 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING DUE TO RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 30 PERCENT COMBINING WITH SURFACE WINDS ABOVE 10 MPH AND THE KEETCH BYRAM DROUGHT INDEX ABOVE 500... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ SUNDAY FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE TO THE POSSIBLE OCCURRENCE OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 30 PERCENT COMBINING WITH SURFACE WINDS ABOVE 10 MPH AND THE KEETCH BYRAM DROUGHT INDEX ABOVE 500... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN NOW IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO LIKELY LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE TO THE POSSIBLE OCCURRENCE OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 30 PERCENT COMBINING WITH SURFACE WINDS ABOVE 10 MPH AND THE KEETCH BYRAM DROUGHT INDEX ABOVE 500... .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE SITUATED TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP A DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE INTO THE COMING WORK WEEK. EAST NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SEND SMOKE FROM FIRES IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. GAZ120>123-142-143-155-156-201130- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.W.0083.000000T0000Z-070520T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0068.070520T1700Z-070521T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0084.070520T1700Z-070521T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0069.070521T1800Z-070522T0000Z/ QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-EARLY-MILLER-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- 330 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY...SINCE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES REMAIN ABOVE 25 PERCENT. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUNDAY WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR MONDAY. 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. $$ FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-201130- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0068.070520T1600Z-070521T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0084.070520T1600Z-070521T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0069.070521T1800Z-070522T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0083.000000T0000Z-070520T0100Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN- GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- DIXIE- 330 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2007 /230 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR MONDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ GAZ124>131-144>148-157>161-201130- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0068.070520T1700Z-070521T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0084.070520T1700Z-070521T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0069.070521T1800Z-070522T0000Z/ TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-BAKER- MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 330 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR MONDAY. 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. $$ ALZ065>069-201130- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0069.070521T1800Z-070522T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0083.000000T0000Z-070520T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0068.070520T1600Z-070521T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 230 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING ALONG WITH A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ 38-GODSEY
000 WWUS82 KTAE 200110 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 910 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2007 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ SUNDAY FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE TO THE POSSIBLE OCCURRENCE OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 30 PERCENT COMBINING WITH SURFACE WINDS ABOVE 10 MPH AND THE KEETCH BYRAM DROUGHT INDEX ABOVE 500... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO LIKELY LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE TO THE POSSIBLE OCCURRENCE OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 30 PERCENT COMBINING WITH SURFACE WINDS ABOVE 10 MPH AND THE KEETCH BYRAM DROUGHT INDEX ABOVE 500... .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE SITUATED TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP A DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE INTO THE COMING WORK WEEK. EAST NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SEND SMOKE FROM FIRES IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-201130- /O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0083.000000T0000Z-070520T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0084.070520T1600Z-070521T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0069.070521T1800Z-070522T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN- GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- DIXIE- 910 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2007 /810 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY 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. $$ GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-201130- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0084.070520T1700Z-070521T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0069.070521T1800Z-070522T0000Z/ QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER- TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK- BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 910 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ ALZ065>069-201130- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0068.070520T1600Z-070521T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0069.070521T1800Z-070522T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 810 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING 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. $$ 12-WATSON
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 18, 2:15 PM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 2:15 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
215 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2007
.SYNOPSIS...STRATO-CU FIELD DEVELOPING EASTERN THIRD OF CWA AS
NORTHEAST WINDS BRING IN MOISTURE OFF THE ATLANTIC. OTHERWISE...VERY
DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WITH DEW POINTS AS LOW AS THE LOWER
TO MID 30S ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA.
&&
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...UPPER LOW OVER THE
MID-ATLANTIC STATES AND ASSOCIATED TROUGH WILL MOVE OFF THE EASTERN
SEABOARD SATURDAY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY BUILDS IN FROM THE
NORTH THROUGH THE WEEKEND BRINGING A RE-ENFORCEMENT OF COOLER AND
DRIER AIR TO THE REGION. LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL VEER FROM NORTH TO
NORTHEAST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TO EAST ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL GRADUALLY
TRANSPORT THE SMOKE FROM THE DOWNSTREAM WILDFIRES BACK INTO AT LEAST
OUR FLORIDA AND SOUTHERNMOST GEORGIA ZONES BY THE END OF THE
WEEKEND.
&&
.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...THE EXTENDED PERIOD IS NOT TOO
PROMISING FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AS WELL...AS SFC RIDGING WILL
BECOME WEAK BUT UPPER RIDGING WILL BE REPLACING THE CURRENT TROF.
THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD ALLOW FOR SEA BREEZE DEVELOPMENT EACH
DAY...BUT IT IS STILL A BIT TOO EARLY IN THE SEASON FOR THE SEA
BREEZE CIRCULATION TO BECOME CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE ON ITS OWN...IN THE
ABSENCE OF ADDITIONAL FORCING. THE NEXT COLD FRONT MAY APPROACH THE
REGION BY THURSDAY OR FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK...BUT IT ALREADY LOOKS
QUITE FEEBLE AND MOISTURE STARVED 7 DAYS OUT.
&&
.MARINE...WILL KEEP THE SCEC HEADLINE UP FOR THE OFFSHORE SEGMENTS
OVERNIGHT. WINDS SHOULD DROP BELOW HEADLINE CRITERIA SATURDAY AND
REMAIN LOW THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD AS THEY VEER
TO THE EAST.
&&
.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT ALL THE TAF SITES FOR THE
REMAINDER OF TODAY AND SATURDAY. SOME SLIGHT VIS RESTRICTION IS
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AT KVLD AS THE AIRPORT MAY BE NEAR THE FRINGE OF
A SMOKE PLUME...BUT WE STILL EXPECT THE VIS TO BE ABOVE 5SM. AREAS
OF MVFR VIS IN SMOKE (FROM THE LARGE WILDFIRES IN SOUTHEAST GA) ARE
EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE TWEB ROUTES FROM KJAX TO KTLH...AND
KTPA TO KCTY AS NE WINDS PUSH THE SMOKE INTO THIS AREA.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...LOOKS LIKE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ONCE AGAIN THROUGHOUT
THE CWA ON SATURDAY SO WE WILL UPGRADE THE WATCH TO A RED FLAG
WARNING. SUNDAY LOOKS EVEN SLIGHTLY DRIER BUT THE ONLY QUESTION MARK
FOR OUR SE AL ZONES IS WHETHER OR NOT WE MEET THE WIND CRITERIA. FOR
NOW...WE WILL GO WITH A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR ALL ZONES SUNDAY.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TALLAHASSEE 54 85 52 87 55/ 0 0 0 0 0
PANAMA CITY 59 84 59 85 61/ 0 0 0 0 0
DOTHAN 53 83 56 86 59/ 0 0 0 0 0
ALBANY 52 84 51 87 52/ 0 0 0 0 0
VALDOSTA 54 82 51 86 53/ 0 0 0 0 0
CROSS CITY 57 85 53 86 53/ 0 0 0 0 0
&&
.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT ALL ZONES.
RED FLAG WARNING 1 PM CDT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY ALL
ZONES.
FIRE WX WATCH SUN AFTN ALL ZONES.
GA...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT ALL ZONES
RED FLAG WARNING 2 PM EDT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY ALL
ZONES.
FIRE WX WATCH SUN AFTN ALL ZONES.
FL...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT ALL ZONES
RED FLAG WARNING NOON UNTIL 9 PM EDT SATURDAY ALL ZONES.
FIRE WX WATCH SUN AFTN ALL ZONES.
&&
AVIATION/FIRE WX...FOURNIER
LONG TERM...GOULD
SHORT TERM/MARINE...BARRYHazardous weather outlook, May 18, 2:21 AM EDT, 12 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 221 AM EDT FRI MAY 18 2007 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-191000- 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- 221 AM EDT FRI MAY 18 2007 /121 AM CDT FRI MAY 18 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... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED...AS HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH TODAY...PROVIDING THE AREA WITH WARM BUT VERY DRY CONDITIONS. THIS DRY AIR WILL RESULT IN LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE REGION THAT WILL ENHANCE THE SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES THAT ARE ONGOING OR MAY DEVELOP. ANY SMOKE FROM THE BUGABOO FIRE SHOULD STAY TO OUR EAST TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... HIGH PRESSURE WITH DRY AIR WILL HOLD THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...BEFORE A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION BY THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE COLD FRONT WILL LIKELY BE STARVED FOR MOISTURE...AND MAY ONLY PRODUCE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE AREA LATE NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. 17-GOULD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2:33 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 40 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.