Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 40, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Nov 8, 2008, 1:39 PM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Nov 9, 2008, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 6 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
- Nov 8, 2008, 1:39 PM EST (18:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 9, 2008, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 9, 2008, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Lake County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 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 KMLB 081839 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 139 PM EST SAT NOV 8 2008 ...MUCH DRIER AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ON SUNDAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT... FLZ041-044>046-141-144-091030- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0036.081109T1700Z-081109T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0040.081109T1700Z-081109T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE- 139 PM EST SAT NOV 8 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WEAK COOL FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA OVERNIGHT. BEHIND THE FRONT...A SLIGHTLY COOLER... BUT MUCH DRIER...AIR MASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION. CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN EXCESS OF A FOUR HOUR DURATION ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY IN THE WARNING AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ FLZ053-091030- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0040.081109T1700Z-081109T2300Z/ OSCEOLA- 139 PM EST SAT NOV 8 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY. A WEAK COOL FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA OVERNIGHT. BEHIND THE FRONT...A SLIGHTLY COOLER... BUT MUCH DRIER...AIR MASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION. CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN EXCESS OF A FOUR HOUR DURATION ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY IN THE WARNING AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ SEDLOCK
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS82 KMLB 090938 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 438 AM EST SUN NOV 9 2008 ...MUCH DRIER AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ON SUNDAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT... FLZ044-144-092300- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.A.0037.081110T1700Z-081110T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0040.081109T1700Z-081109T2300Z/ NORTHERN LAKE-SOUTHERN LAKE- 438 AM EST SUN NOV 9 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A SLIGHTLY COOLER...BUT MUCH DRIER AIR MASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BEHIND A COLD FRONT TODAY. CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN EXCESS OF A FOUR HOUR DURATION ARE EXPECTED TODAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ FLZ041-045-046-053-141-092300- /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0040.081109T1700Z-081109T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA-COASTAL VOLUSIA- 438 AM EST SUN NOV 9 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A SLIGHTLY COOLER...BUT MUCH DRIER AIR MASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BEHIND A COLD FRONT TODAY. CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN EXCESS OF A FOUR HOUR DURATION ARE EXPECTED TODAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 4:27 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 9 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.