Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 41, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Nov 16, 2008, 4:56 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Nov 16, 2008, 11:00 AM 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 16, 2008, 4:56 AM EST (09:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 16, 2008, 11:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2008, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 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 09:58 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
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 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 160956 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 456 AM EST SUN NOV 16 2008 ...TURNING DRIER AND BREEZY TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT... FLZ041-044>046-053-141-144-162200- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0038.081116T1600Z-081116T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0041.081116T1600Z-081116T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.A.0039.081117T1600Z-081117T2200Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA- COASTAL VOLUSIA-SOUTHERN LAKE- 456 AM EST SUN NOV 16 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. BREEZY AND MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT. CONDITIONS WILL REACH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS IN THE WATCH AREA...DUE TO LOW RH VALUES AND 20 FT WINDS AROUND 15 MPH. DRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN PLACE MONDAY WITH LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ FLZ058-162200- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0038.081116T1600Z-081116T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0041.081116T1600Z-081116T2200Z/ OKEECHOBEE- 456 AM EST SUN NOV 16 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. BREEZY AND MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT. CONDITIONS WILL REACH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS IN THE WATCH AREA...DUE TO LOW RH VALUES AND 20 FT WINDS AROUND 15 MPH. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ FLZ047-054-147-162200- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0041.081116T1600Z-081116T2200Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-NORTHERN BREVARD- 456 AM EST SUN NOV 16 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. BREEZY AND MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT. CONDITIONS WILL REACH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS IN THE WATCH AREA...DUE TO LOW RH VALUES AND 20 FT WINDS AROUND 15 MPH. 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 4:56 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 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.