Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Jan 13, 2008, 1:27 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 14, 2008, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 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
- Jan 13, 2008, 1:27 PM EST (18:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2008, 11:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2008, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Lake County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 445 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS82 KMLB 131827 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 127 PM EST SUN JAN 13 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LAKE...INLAND VOLUSIA... SEMINOLE...ORANGE...OSCEOLA AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RH BELOW 35 PERCENT AND 15 MPH WINDS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LAKE...INLAND VOLUSIA... SEMINOLE...ORANGE...OSCEOLA AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... FLZ041-044>046-053-058-144-142300- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0002.080114T1600Z-080114T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0003.080114T1600Z-080114T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.A.0003.080115T1600Z-080115T2200Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA-OKEECHOBEE- SOUTHERN LAKE- 127 PM EST SUN JAN 13 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA OVERNIGHT AND USHER IN MUCH DRIER AIR TO THE AREA ON MONDAY. LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RH BELOW 35 PERCENT WITH NW WINDS AROUND 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE DRY AIRMASS WILL LINGER ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA ON TUESDAY WITH LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS... LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 24 AND 72 HOURS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 4:49 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 9 hr |
| Jan 13, 1:27 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 39 hr |
| Jan 13, 2:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 42 min |
| Jan 13, 2:46 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 119 min |
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.