Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 97, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this red flag warning at Dec 13, 2008, 2:18 AM EST for Suwannee County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 13, 2008, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2008, 2:18 AM EST (07:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 13, 2008, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2008, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
County Suwannee County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 1875 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -157 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 KJAX 130718 AAA RFWJAX RED FLAG WARNING...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 218 AM EST SAT DEC 13 2008 FLZ020>022-132200- /O.UPG.KJAX.FW.A.0099.081213T1700Z-081213T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.FW.W.0097.081213T1700Z-081213T2200Z/ HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA- 218 AM EST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. DRIER AIR WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA TODAY AND CRITICALLY LOW RHS ARE FORECAST TO BE 3 TO 5 HOURS IN DURATION THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MILD TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE 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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Dec 12, 9:26 PM EST, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 9:26 PM EST, 4 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
926 PM EST FRI DEC 12 2008
.PUBLIC UPDATE...COLD HIGH PRESSURE IS DOMINATING THE SOUTHEAST REGION.
SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A THIN BAND OF CIRRUS CLOUDS TRAVERSING OVERHEAD
AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF
MAINLY CLEAR SKIES...WEAKENING WINDS AND DEW-POINT VALUES CURRENTLY
IN THE 30S WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE 30S AWAY FROM
THE COAST TOWARDS SUNRISE ON SATURDAY. AS ADVERTISED...A LIGHT
FREEZE IS FORECAST FOR LARGE PORTION OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
AND MAINLY THE SUWANNEE VALLEY OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA WHERE FREEZE
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THROUGH 8 AM EST. HAVE TWEAKED TEMPS/
DEW-POINTS SLIGHTLY UPWARD. OTHERWISE...FORECAST LOOKS GOOD.
&&
.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE PERIOD. MODELS DO SHOW
LOW LEVELS MOISTENING UP QUITE A BIT TOWARD THE END OF THE TAF
PERIOD WITH MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE JUST OUTSIDE THIS CYCLES TAF
WINDOW.
&&
.MARINE...CURRENT OBSERVATIONS AT 41012 INDICATE SOLID SCA
CONDITIONS CONTINUE. AS ALLUDED TO BE PREVIOUS SHIFT...WINDS LOOK TO
SUBSIDE BY 00Z SUN...BUT SEAS WILL REMAIN HIGH DUE TO SWELLS AND
CURRENT SCA CONFIGURATION LOOKS ON TRACK.
&&
.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...FREEZE WARNING FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EST SATURDAY FOR BAKER-COLUMBIA-
GILCHRIST-HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-UNION.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR COLUMBIA-HAMILTON-
SUWANNEE.
GA...NONE.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 2 PM EST TUESDAY FOR ALTAMAHA SOUND
GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.
&&
ZAPPE/DEESEHazardous weather outlook, Dec 12, 10:34 PM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1034 PM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-131100- ALACHUA-APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY- CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE- COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-GLYNN (COASTAL)- GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-PIERCE-PUTNAM- ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION-WARE-WAYNE- 1034 PM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY FOR SUWANNEE VALLEY AREA... A LIGHT FREEZE IS EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER THE SUWANEE VALLEY AREA AND A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. PATCHY TO AREAS OF FROST ARE POSSIBLE. REFER TO THE LATEST NON PRECIPITATION PRODUCT FOR MORE INFORMATION. DUE TO RECENT RAINS...THE SATILLA RIVER AT ATKINSON HAS RISEN TO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST RIVER PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... A DEVELOPING ONSHORE FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. ECZ
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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.