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Red Flag Warning 84, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at May 19, 2007, 3:30 PM EDT for 26 counties in Georgia; 16 counties in Florida; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at May 20, 2007, 6:16 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 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 19, 2007, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 20, 2007, 6:16 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 20, 2007, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 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 19:31 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, 7.5 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
- 1198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 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 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
4 follow-up statements
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
000 WWUS82 KTAE 201016 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 616 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT UNTIL 7 PM CDT TODAY FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OFRELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 30 PERCENT COMBINED WITH SURFACE WINDS ABOVE 10 MPH AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT UNTIL 8 PM EDT TODAY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ TODAY FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE TO POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 30 PERCENT COMBINED WITH WIND SPEEDS ABOVE 10 MPH AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA TODAY AND MONDAY. THE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN VERY DRY...WITH EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND STRONG DAYTIME HEATING. AS THE CURRENT AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WEAKENS AND SHIFTS EASTWARD BY MID WEEK...IT WILL BE REPLACED BY ANOTHER STRONGER AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE...WHICH WILL RESULT IN AN SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN WINDS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WITH LOW RAIN CHANCES BUT SOMEWHAT HIGHER SURFACE DEWPOINTS. ALZ065>069-201830- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0068.070520T1600Z-070521T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KTAE.FW.W.0084.070520T1600Z-070521T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0069.070521T1800Z-070522T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 516 AM CDT SUN MAY 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 30 PERCENT COMBINED WITH SURFACE WINDS ABOVE 10 MPH AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING DUE TO POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 30 PERCENT... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING 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. $$ FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-201830- /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- 616 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007 /516 AM CDT SUN MAY 20 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 RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING DUE TO POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... 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. $$ GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-201830- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0084.070520T1700Z-070521T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0069.070521T1800Z-070522T0000Z/ QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER- TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK- BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 616 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING DUE TO POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ DUVAL
000 WWUS82 KTAE 201816 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 216 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ FOR ALL OF 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 TODAY UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE TO RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 30 PERCENT CONCURRENT WITH SURFACE WINDS SPEEDS ABOVE 10 MPH AND THE KEETCH BYRAM DROUGHT INDEX ABOVE 500. ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ FOR ALL OF 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 FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1 PM EDT TO 8 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 11 AM CDT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE TO RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 30 PERCENT CONCURRENT WITH SURFACE WINDS SPEEDS ABOVE 10 MPH AND THE KEETCH BYRAM DROUGHT INDEX ABOVE 500... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN CONTROL OF THE WEATHER INTO THE COMING WORK WEEK. STRONGER EASTERLY FLOW ON TUESDAY WILL INCREASE SURFACE AND TRANSPORT WINDS...BUT ALSO INCREASE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE JUST ENOUGH TO PREVENT RED FLAG CONDITIONS ALONG THE FLORIDA COAST AND IN ALABAMA AND GEORGIA. FLZ007-009>011-013-016>019-026>029-034-211130- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0069.070521T1800Z-070522T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0085.070521T1600Z-070522T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0070.070522T1800Z-070523T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0084.000000T0000Z-070521T0100Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE- 216 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007 /116 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 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/ 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 EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ MONDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR AREAS AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. 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. $$ FLZ012-014-015-211130- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0069.070521T1800Z-070522T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0085.070521T1600Z-070522T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0084.000000T0000Z-070521T0100Z/ BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN- 216 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007 /116 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ MONDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ ALZ065>069-211130- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0069.070521T1800Z-070522T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0085.070521T1600Z-070522T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0084.000000T0000Z-070521T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 116 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY. THE A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 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. $$ GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-211130- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0069.070521T1800Z-070522T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0085.070521T1700Z-070522T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0084.000000T0000Z-070521T0000Z/ QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER- TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK- BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 216 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ 38-GODSEY
000 WWUS82 KTAE 210124 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 924 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ FOR ALL OF 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 FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1 PM EDT TO 8 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 11 AM CDT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE TO RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 30 PERCENT CONCURRENT WITH SURFACE WINDS SPEEDS ABOVE 10 MPH...THE KEETCH BYRAM DROUGHT INDEX ABOVE 500 AND THE STATE OF ALABAMA FIRE ALERT. ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN CONTROL OF THE WEATHER INTO THE COMING WORK WEEK. STRONGER EASTERLY FLOW ON TUESDAY WILL INCREASE SURFACE AND TRANSPORT WINDS...BUT ALSO INCREASE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE JUST ENOUGH TO PREVENT RED FLAG CONDITIONS ALONG THE FLORIDA COAST AND IN ALABAMA AND GEORGIA. FLZ007-009>011-013-016>019-026>029-034-211300- /O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0084.000000T0000Z-070521T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0085.070521T1600Z-070522T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0070.070522T1800Z-070523T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE- 924 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007 /824 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ MONDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR TODAY OVER THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND ... 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. $$ FLZ012-014-015-211300- /O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0084.000000T0000Z-070521T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0085.070521T1600Z-070522T0100Z/ BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN- 924 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007 /824 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ MONDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR TODAY OVER BAY GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ ALZ065>069-211300- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0085.070521T1600Z-070522T0100Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 824 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR TODAY OVER SOUTHEAST ALBABAMA... 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. $$ GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-211300- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0085.070521T1700Z-070522T0000Z/ QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER- TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK- BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 924 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR TODAY OVER SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
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 19, 2:35 PM EDT, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 2:35 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
235 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2007
.SHORT TERM...HIGH PRESSURE TO BE THE MAIN PLAYER ACROSS THE
REGION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. DEEP UPPER LOW IS LIFTING
NORTHEAST EXITING THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. IN THE WAKE OF THIS
LOW...UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE EASTERN CONUS WITH
TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARMING UP THROUGH TUESDAY AS SURFACE RIDGE
BUILD SOUTHEAST INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. WITH RIDGING IN
PLACE...MOISTURE WILL REMAIN DISPLACED TO THE SOUTH WITH LITTLE
TO NO CHANCE OF RAIN FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
ONLY OTHER ISSUE WILL BE THE SMOKE. FIRES APPEAR TO HAVE WANED
SOMEWHAT OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA...BUT WILL STILL SEE PERIODIC...
AND DIFFICULT TO FORECAST...EPISODES OF REDUCED VISIBILITY
DEPENDING ON THE WIND DIRECTION.
.LONG TERM...CURRENT GUIDANCE KEEPS DEEP LAYER RIDGE IN PLACE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE COMING WEEK. THEREFORE...WEATHER TO REMAIN DRY
AND WARM FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
&&
.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILING ACROSS THE REGION WITH A NICE
CU FIELD DEVELOPING ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A VLD TO PFN LINE. SMOKE
IS STAYING SOUTHEAST OF ALL TERMINALS AT THIS TIME...BUT AFFECTING
TWB ROUTES 112 AND 117. EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY.
TONIGHT IS A LITTLE TOUGHER. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL AT ALL
TERMINALS EXCEPT VLD TONIGHT. DECIDED TO GO FOR A PERIOD OF
PREVAILING MVFR CONDITIONS AT VLD WITH A TEMPO FOR IFR VIS AROUND
SUNRISE DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE FIRES. I EXPECT ONCE MIXING
COLLAPSES THIS EVENING FOR SMOKE TO GRADUALLY DRIFT WSW TOWARD VLD.
IF THIS DOES OCCUR...MY 2SM FCST FOR VLD TOWARD DAYBREAK MAY BE TOO
OPTIMISTIC. BY 14Z...VLD BACK UP TO VFR CONDITIONS WITH VFR
PREVAILING ELSEWHERE. WINDS WILL BE A LITTLE LIGHTER TOMORROW...BUT
STILL OUT OF THE ENE...SO HZ/FU MAY BE A CONCERN ALONG THE TWB
ROUTES AGAIN.
&&
.MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS TO REMAIN MINIMAL THROUGH TUESDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE SETTLES IN OVER THE REGION. FRESH SURGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
COMBINED WITH LOWER PRESSURE OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS BY MIDWEEK
WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...VERY DRY AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION OVER THE
NEXT TWO DAYS AS HIGH PRESSURE DROPS SOUTH. FLORIDA AND GEORGIA
APPEAR TO BE PRETTY SURE BETS FOR RED FLAG CONDITIONS FOR SUNDAY
SO WILL GO AHEAD AND UPGRADE CURRENT WATCH. ALABAMA NEEDS 10 MPH
WINDS TO MEET CRITERIA AND THIS APPEARS RATHER MARGINAL FOR
SUNDAY...SO WILL LEAVE AS WATCH FOR NOW. DRY CONDITIONS TO
CONTINUE FOR MONDAY AND WILL ISSUE FIRE WX WATCH FOR ALL ZONES.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TALLAHASSEE 52 87 53 88 58 / 0 0 0 0 0
PANAMA CITY 62 84 61 85 64 / 0 0 0 0 0
DOTHAN 54 86 55 89 59 / 0 0 0 0 0
ALBANY 52 86 54 88 58 / 0 0 0 0 0
VALDOSTA 49 86 53 88 56 / 0 0 0 0 0
CROSS CITY 53 86 54 88 57 / 0 0 0 0 0
&&
.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY...
HOUSTON.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY...HOUSTON.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY...
HOUSTON.
GA...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: CALHOUN...CLAY...DECATUR...EARLY...MILLER...
QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...SEMINOLE.
RED FLAG WARNING FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BAKER...BEN HILL...BERRIEN...BROOKS...CALHOUN...
CLAY...COLQUITT...COOK...DECATUR...DOUGHERTY...EARLY...
GRADY...IRWIN...LANIER...LEE...LOWNDES...MILLER...
MITCHELL...QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...SEMINOLE...TERRELL...
THOMAS...TIFT...TURNER...WORTH.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BAKER...BEN HILL...BERRIEN...
BROOKS...CALHOUN...CLAY...COLQUITT...COOK...DECATUR...
DOUGHERTY...EARLY...GRADY...IRWIN...LANIER...LEE...
LOWNDES...MILLER...MITCHELL...QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...
SEMINOLE...TERRELL...THOMAS...TIFT...TURNER...WORTH.
FL...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BAY...CALHOUN...DIXIE...FRANKLIN...
GADSDEN...GULF...HOLMES...INLAND WALTON...JACKSON...
JEFFERSON...LAFAYETTE...LEON...LIBERTY...MADISON...TAYLOR...
WAKULLA...WASHINGTON.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: BAY...CALHOUN...DIXIE...FRANKLIN...
GADSDEN...GULF...HOLMES...INLAND WALTON...JACKSON...
JEFFERSON...LAFAYETTE...LEON...LIBERTY...MADISON...TAYLOR...
WAKULLA...WASHINGTON.
RED FLAG WARNING FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM
CDT/ SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BAY...CALHOUN...
DIXIE...FRANKLIN...GADSDEN...GULF...HOLMES...INLAND
WALTON...JACKSON...JEFFERSON...LAFAYETTE...LEON...LIBERTY...
MADISON...TAYLOR...WAKULLA...WASHINGTON.
GM...NONE.
&&
CAMP/GODSEYHazardous weather outlook, May 19, 3:15 AM EDT, 12 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 315 AM EDT SAT MAY 19 2007 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-201000- 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- 315 AM EDT SAT MAY 19 2007 /215 AM CDT SAT MAY 19 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 WITH HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUING TO BUILD SLOWLY IN FROM THE NORTH TODAY...PROVIDING THE AREA WITH ANOTHER WARM BUT VERY DRY DAY. 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. ALSO... DEVELOPING EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS AND THE FLORIDA EAST COAST SEA BREEZE MAY HELP PUSH SOME SMOKE FROM THE BUGABOO FIRE INTO EASTERN PARTS OF OUR AREA TODAY...BUT DENSE SMOKE IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...AS THE FIRE CONTINUES TO BECOME MORE CONTAINED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WITH THE NEXT COLD FRONT POSSIBLY APPROACHING THE AREA BY LATE THURSDAY OR FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK. AT THIS TIME...ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED. .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 19, 3:30 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 23 hr |
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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.