Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Jan 19, 2008, 2:01 PM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 20, 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
- Jan 19, 2008, 2:01 PM EST (19:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 20, 2008, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 20, 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 radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 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
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 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
- 157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 465 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS82 KMLB 191901 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 201 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2008 ...DRIER CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA... FLZ041-044>046-144-200715- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0004.080120T1700Z-080120T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0005.080120T1700Z-080120T2200Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN LAKE- 201 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. POST FRONTAL DRY CONDITIONS FOR SUNDAY WILL FIND AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DIPPING BELOW 35 PERCENT...BUT WITH WINDS REACHING 15 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. 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. $$ FLZ053-200715- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0005.080120T1700Z-080120T2200Z/ OSCEOLA- 201 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY. POST FRONTAL DRY CONDITIONS FOR SUNDAY WILL FIND AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DIPPING BELOW 35 PERCENT...BUT WITH WINDS REACHING 15 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS... LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS82 KMLB 200942 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 442 AM EST SUN JAN 20 2008 ...MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA... FLZ041-044>046-053-144-202200- /O.EXT.KMLB.FW.W.0005.080120T1700Z-080120T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA- SOUTHERN LAKE- 442 AM EST SUN JAN 20 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOW RH DURATIONS... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. DRY CONDITIONS TODAY WILL FIND AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DIPPING WELL BELOW 35 PERCENT...BREEZY WINDS REACHING 15 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS WILL ADD TO THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 4:05 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 10 hr |
| Jan 19, 6:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 38 min |
| Jan 19, 6:58 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr |
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.