Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Feb 2, 2008, 3:08 AM CST for 13 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 2, 2008, 12:00 PM CST. 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
- Feb 2, 2008, 3:08 AM CST (09:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 2, 2008, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2008, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Calhoun County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 21 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
- 1870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 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 KTAE 020908 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 408 AM EST SAT FEB 2 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... .DISCUSSION...VERY DRY AIR ASSOCIATED WITH A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING RED FLAG CONDITIONS TO MOST OF NORTH FLORIDA TODAY. THEN...AS THE HIGH MOVES EAST ON SUNDAY...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY BRINGING INCREASING MOISTURE TO THE REGION. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS ON THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER POSSIBILITY FOR RED FLAG CONDITIONS. FLZ007-009>011-013-016>019-026>029-034-022300- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0011.080202T1800Z-080202T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0013.080202T1800Z-080202T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE- 408 AM EST SAT FEB 2 2008 /308 AM CST SAT FEB 2 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ BARRY
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS82 KTAE 022036 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 336 PM EST SAT FEB 2 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND UNTIL 6 PM EST DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .DISCUSSION...A DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS JUST EAST OF THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL INCREASE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST OF THE REGION...PREVENTING ANOTHER RED FLAG WARNING FOR SUNDAY. FLZ007-009>011-013-026-022145- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080202T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-CALHOUN-LIBERTY- 336 PM EST SAT FEB 2 2008 /236 PM CST SAT FEB 2 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAY BRIEFLY REACH 35 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...BUT CRITICAL FOUR HOUR DURATIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ FLZ016>019-027>029-034-022300- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080202T2300Z/ GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE- 336 PM EST SAT FEB 2 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ 38-GODSEY
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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.