Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 40, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Mar 22, 2008, 2:41 PM EDT for 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama; 16 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 23, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Mar 22, 2008, 2:41 PM EDT (18:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
All 47 counties
Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf 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, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 1328 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 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 221841 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 241 PM EDT SAT MAR 22 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR MAINLY INLAND PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO ONGOING LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH DISPERSION INDICES APPROACHING 75... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO ANTICIPATED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH DISPERSION INDICES APPROACHING 75... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO ANTICIPATED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR BELOW 25 PERCENT... .DISCUSSION...A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BY SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING. DRY AIR FILTERING SOUTH BEHIND THE FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S TO MIDDLE 70S TO PRODUCE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. IN ADDITION...DISPERSION INDICES WILL APPROACH 75 DURING THE AFTERNOON. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FLZ011-013-222230- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080322T2200Z/ /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0037.080323T1600Z-080324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0040.080323T1600Z-080324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0038.080324T1600Z-080325T0000Z/ JACKSON-CALHOUN- 141 PM CDT SAT MAR 22 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES MAY STILL APPROACH 35 PERCENT FOR AN HOUR OR TWO THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER CRITICAL DURATIONS ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH DISPERSION INDICES NEAR 75. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING DUE TO ANTICIPATED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH DISPERSION INDICES NEAR 75. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH DISPERSIONS WILL ENHANCE 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. $$ FLZ016>018-026-222230- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0037.080323T1600Z-080324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0040.080323T1600Z-080324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0038.080324T1600Z-080325T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080322T2200Z/ GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-LIBERTY- 241 PM EDT SAT MAR 22 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH DISPERSION INDICES NEAR 75. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING DUE TO ANTICIPATED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH DISPERSION INDICES NEAR 75. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH DISPERSIONS WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ FLZ007-009-010-012-014-015-019-027>029-034-222230- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0037.080323T1600Z-080324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0040.080323T1600Z-080324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0038.080324T1600Z-080325T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN-MADISON-WAKULLA- TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE- 241 PM EDT SAT MAR 22 2008 /141 PM CDT SAT MAR 22 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT/11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT/ 7 PM CDT/ SUNDAY DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH DISPERSION INDICES NEAR 75. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING DUE TO ANTICIPATED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH DISPERSION INDICES NEAR 75. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH DISPERSIONS WILL ENHANCE 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. $$ ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-222230- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0037.080323T1800Z-080323T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0040.080323T1700Z-080323T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0038.080324T1800Z-080324T2200Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 241 PM EDT SAT MAR 22 2008 /141 PM CDT SAT MAR 22 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /12 PM CDT/ TO 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT/12 PM CDT/ TO 6 PM EDT/ 5 PM CST/ SUNDAY DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO ANTICIPATED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ 14-MROCZKA
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KTAE 222213 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 613 PM EDT SAT MAR 22 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH DISPERSION INDICES APPROACHING 75... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO ANTICIPATED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH DISPERSION INDICES APPROACHING 75... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO ANTICIPATED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR BELOW 25 PERCENT... .DISCUSSION...A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BY SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING. DRY AIR FILTERING SOUTH BEHIND THE FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S TO MIDDLE 70S TO PRODUCE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. IN ADDITION...DISPERSION INDICES WILL APPROACH 75 DURING THE AFTERNOON. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FLZ016>018-026-230900- /O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080322T2200Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0040.080323T1600Z-080324T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0038.080324T1600Z-080325T0000Z/ GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-LIBERTY- 613 PM EDT SAT MAR 22 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THIS AFTERNOON... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON. 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 ENHANCE 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. $$ FLZ007-009>015-019-027>029-034-230900- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0040.080323T1600Z-080324T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0038.080324T1600Z-080325T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN- MADISON-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE- 613 PM EDT SAT MAR 22 2008 /513 PM CDT SAT MAR 22 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH DISPERSIONS WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-230900- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0040.080323T1700Z-080323T2200Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0038.080324T1800Z-080324T2200Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 613 PM EDT SAT MAR 22 2008 /513 PM CDT SAT MAR 22 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /12 PM CDT/ TO 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE 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. $$
000 WWUS82 KTAE 230835 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 435 AM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND... ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... .A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING. DRY AIR FILTERING SOUTH BEHIND THE FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH AFTERNOON DISPERSION INDICES TO PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. EVEN DRIER CONDITIONS AND HIGHER DISPERSION INDICES ARE EXPECTED FOR MONDAY. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...AND POSSIBLY WEDNESDAY IN FLORIDA. FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-231930- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0040.080323T1600Z-080324T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0038.080324T1600Z-080325T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN- GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- DIXIE- 435 AM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008 /335 AM CDT SUN MAR 23 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND AREAS OF DISPERSION INDICES ABOVE 75. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR ON MONDAY. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND AN EXPECTED UPGRADE TO A RED FLAG WARNING. $$ ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-231930- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0040.080323T1700Z-080323T2200Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0038.080324T1800Z-080324T2200Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 435 AM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008 /335 AM CDT SUN MAR 23 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR ON MONDAY. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND AN EXPECTED UPGRADE TO A RED FLAG WARNING. $$ 18-WOOL
000 WWUS82 KTAE 231908 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 308 PM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO ONGOING LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH HIGH DISPERSION INDICES... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND ALSO ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO ONGOING LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ MONDAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH HIGH DISPERSION INDICES AND SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS AROUND 15 MPH... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /12 PM CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ MONDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN NOW IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...FLORIDA BIG BEND... SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO ANTICIPATED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS... .DISCUSSION...ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT USHERING IN A COOL AND DRY AIRMASS BY MONDAY MORNING. DESPITE THE COOL TEMPERATURES...ENOUGH DRY AIR WILL BE IN PLACE TO RESULT IN ANOTHER AFTERNOON OF WIDESPREAD RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. IN ADDITION TO THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND HIGH MIXING HEIGHTS WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED DISPERSION INDICES. HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVERHEAD FOR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY ALLOWING WINDS TO BECOME LIGHTER. HOWEVER...PLENTY OF DRY AIR IN PLACE AND MODERATING TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN RESULT IN FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF THE REGION INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. ALTHOUGH MOISTURE LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO RISE BY THIS TIME...FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS MAY STILL BE AN ISSUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH FLORIDA INTO WEDNESDAY. FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-240030- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0038.080324T1600Z-080325T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0041.080324T1500Z-080325T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0039.080325T1600Z-080326T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0040.000000T0000Z-080324T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN- GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- DIXIE- 308 PM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008 /208 PM CDT SUN MAR 23 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ MONDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ MONDAY DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...COMBINED WITH GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS AND HIGH DISPERSION INDICES. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING DUE TO ANTICIPATED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH DISPERSION INDICES WILL ENHANCE 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. $$ ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-240030- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0038.080324T1800Z-080324T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0041.080324T1700Z-080324T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0039.080325T1800Z-080325T2200Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0040.000000T0000Z-080323T2200Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 308 PM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008 /208 PM CDT SUN MAR 23 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /12 PM CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ MONDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /12 PM CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ MONDAY DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO ANTICIPATED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH DISPERSION INDICES WILL ENHANCE 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. $$ 14-MROCZKA
000 WWUS82 KTAE 240023 RFWTAE RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 823 PM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ MONDAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH HIGH DISPERSION INDICES AND SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS AROUND 15 MPH... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /12 PM CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ MONDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN NOW IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...FLORIDA BIG BEND... SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO ANTICIPATED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS... .DISCUSSION...ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT USHERING IN A COOL AND DRY AIRMASS BY MONDAY MORNING. DESPITE THE COOL TEMPERATURES...ENOUGH DRY AIR WILL BE IN PLACE TO RESULT IN ANOTHER AFTERNOON OF WIDESPREAD RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. IN ADDITION TO THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND HIGH MIXING HEIGHTS WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED DISPERSION INDICES. HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVERHEAD FOR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY ALLOWING WINDS TO BECOME LIGHTER. HOWEVER...PLENTY OF DRY AIR IN PLACE AND MODERATING TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN RESULT IN FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF THE REGION INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. ALTHOUGH MOISTURE LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO RISE BY THIS TIME...FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS MAY STILL BE AN ISSUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH FLORIDA INTO WEDNESDAY. FLZ007-009>019-026>029-034-240830- /O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0040.000000T0000Z-080324T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0041.080324T1500Z-080325T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0039.080325T1600Z-080326T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN- GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- DIXIE- 823 PM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008 /723 PM CDT SUN MAR 23 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ MONDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THIS AFTERNOON... 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 ENHANCE 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. $$ ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-240830- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0041.080324T1700Z-080324T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0039.080325T1800Z-080325T2200Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 823 PM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008 /723 PM CDT SUN MAR 23 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /12 PM CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ MONDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH DISPERSION INDICES WILL ENHANCE 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. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Mar 22, 2:15 PM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 2:15 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
215 PM EDT SAT MAR 22 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
AT 2 PM EDT...PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH MAINLY AC CLOUDS
TEMPS IN LOW 70S...DEW POINTS GENERALLY MID TO UPPER 40S.
WINDS GENERALLY NW 5-10 MPH.
AT UPPER LEVELS....
PROGRESSIVE PATTERN OVER NRN HALF OF CONUS DOMINATED BY RIDGE OVER
PAC NW AND TROUGH DOMINATING GREAT LAKES AND ERN CANADIAN PROVINCES
WITH CLOSED LOWS OVER MAINE AND GULF OF ALASKA...WHILE FLOW BECOMES
ZONAL AS YOU DROP SOUTH TO MEXICO BORDER. LOCALLY H5-H2 ZONAL FLOW
ADVECTING CIRRUS EWD ACROSS AREA. CONUS PATTERN TO SEE GRADUAL
AMPLIFICATION ON SUNDAY WITH SERIES OF H5/H2 SHORTWAVES MOVING
ACROSS NRN CONUS TO HELP DEEPEN TROUGH OVER ERN TWO-THIRDS OF CONUS.
AT LOWER LEVELS...
VIEWING THE REGIONAL PIX...LOOKING NORTH...LOW MOVING THROUGH SRN
APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT EXTENDING
DOWN THRU ERN TENN...AND WEAKENING THRU NRN ALA...SRN MISS INTO ERN
LA. LOOKING SOUTH...BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE HIGHLIGHTED BY A BAND
OF CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN OLD FRONTAL SYSTEM LIFTING NWD. THIS
BOUNDARY EXTENDS ACROSS THE BAHAMAS INTO THE FLORIDA STRAITS TO JUST
OFF THE NORTHERN COAST OF YUCATAN. ACROSS THE CWA...HIGH OFF THE
CAROLINA COAST WITH AN EAST-WEST RIDGE EXTENDING SWWD TO ACROSS THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST. A VERY DRY BAND STRETCHED NORTHEAST FROM LA TO
THE WESTERN FL PANHANDLE AND NEWD TO ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE
APPALACHIANS.
DURING THE NEXT 12-18 HOURS...AS APPALACHIANS LOW MOVES TO NEAR
CAROLINA COAST...NORTHERN RE-ENFORCING FRONT DRAGGED SOUTHEASTWARD
AND CROSSES OUR CWA THRU 06Z. WITH THE SRN TAIL WEAK TO BEGIN
WITH...IT WILL MOVE INTO INCREASINGLY STABLE AIR SO EVEN ASSOCD HIGH
AND MIDDLE CLOUDS WILL DIMINISH AS IT TRAVERSES INTO CWA. MEANWHILE
...MODELS NOW IN BETTER AGREEMENT THAT WEAK LOW DEVELOPING ON
SOUTHERN FRONT AND HELPING TO LIFT FRONT NWD THIS EVENING WILL STAY
WELL SW OF CWA UNTIL SWEPT EWD ACROSS SRN PENINSULA WITH APPROACHING
UPPER TROUGH. ALL THIS REFLECTED IN TIME HEIGHT X-SECTIONS AND MODEL
SOUNDINGS I.E. GFS TAE SOUNDING WITH PWAT REMAINING ABOUT 0.50-0.67
INCHES UNTIL 12Z SUN WHEN PWAT DROPS TO 0.38 IN WAKE OF FRONT.
FOR SUN AFTN THROUGH TUES...UNDER INFLUENCE OF DEEPENING UPPER
TROUGH...CAROLINA LOW DEEPENS OFF THE NRN CAROLINA COAST. AT SAME
TIME...IN WAKE OF NRN FRONT...A LARGE AND STRONG HIGH PRESSURE
SYSTEM BUILDS SEWD FROM CENTRAL PLAINS WITH RIDGE AXIS ALL THE WAY
INTO THE CWA. THIS COMBINATION BRINGS INCREASED LOCAL GRADIENTS AND
SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK. AS THE
HIGH MOVES EWD INTO THE ATLC ON WEDNESDAY...TEMPS RISE AND WINDS
SLACKEN.
&&
.SHORT TERM...THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY.
H5 SHORTWAVE PROGGED TO CROSS CWA AROUND 06Z SWEEPING FRONT ACROSS
CWA. REINFORCING FRONT TO MOVE ACROSS CWA FROM 00Z SE BIG BEND TO
O6Z SE BIG BEND WITH FROPA AND CLEARING SKIES FROM NW-SE. MINS IN
MID 40S TONIGHT DROPPING TO AROUND 40 SUNDAY NIGHT AND THEN TO MID
30S MONDAY NIGHT. NO POPS FORECAST AND BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS TO
REMAIN SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TO PREVENT FOG. EXPECT MAX TEMPS TO REMAIN
IN LOW-MID 70S SUNDAY BEFORE DROPPING TO MID-UPPER 60S IN WAKE OF
FRONT ON MONDAY AND THEN INCHING UP TO UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70 ON TUES.
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA FROM THE NW ON SUNDAY
BUT MAXIMIZING OUT ON MONDAY...WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT
ALLOWING FOR GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS.
.LONG TERM...TUES THROUGH SAT.
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE AREA TO START THE
PERIOD. THIS WILL BE AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS...BUT DESPITE
IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING...THE MEX MOS LOOKS TOO COLD. THE 29
DEGREES PREDICTED BY THE MEX FOR TLH ON TUE MORNING WOULD BE JUST
SHY OF A RECORD FOR THE DATE. USING BIAS CORRECTIONS FROM THE GFS
AND NAM FOR THAT MORNING SHOW UPPER 30S...WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
ADVERTISING. WE WILL BLEND THE BIAS IN WITH THE OPERATIONAL FOR NOW.
THE SURFACE HIGH WILL THEN BUILD EWD TO ITS CLIMATOLOGICAL
SPRINGTIME POSITION OFF THE SE U.S. COAST S OF BERMUDA WITH A RIDGE
WWD ALONG THE GULF COAST. THIS DEEP LAYER RIDGE LOOKS TO BE STRONG
ENOUGH TO PREVENT ANY FRONTS FROM PENETRATING THE DEEP SE, EITHER
FROM THE N OR THE W. THE GFS ONCE AGAIN TRIES TO PUNCH A FRONT INTO
THE RIDGE BY DAY 8 (SAT). THE EURO ALSO HAS A FRONT JUST NW OF THE
AREA BY 18Z SAT... BUT PREVENTS IT FROM MAKING IT THIS FAR SE. WE DO
NOT PLAN ANY MENTIONABLE POP THROUGH THE PERIOD. TEMPS WILL BE COLD
ONCE AGAIN ON WED MORNING...BUT MAX TEMPS WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL FOR
THE BALANCE OF THE WEEK...WITH MODERATING OVERNIGHT LOWS.
&&
.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT WITH MAINLY A
SCT-BKN DECK AT OR ABOVE 20KFT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CROSS
THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH LITTLE IMPACT OTHER THAN A FEW
ADDITIONAL SCT MID/LOW LEVEL CLOUDS. BRIEF PERIOD OF BKN BASES
AROUND 4-5KFT WILL BE POSSIBLE BUT WILL BE EXITING TO THE SOUTH
DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. VFR CONDITIONS UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES
EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY WITH NORTHERLY WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. OUTLOOK
INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK SHOWS STRONG SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE REGION WITH A CONTINUATION OF VFR
CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF LOCALIZED AND BRIEF EARLY MORNING BR.
&&
.MARINE...
DURING EARLY AFTERNOON...AHEAD OF FRONT WINDS AND SEAS REMAIN LOW.
NRN FRONT TO MOVES ACROSS LATE TONIGHT WITH EXERCISE CAUTION WINDS
LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SO SCEC HOISTED FOR OFFSHORE WATERS. ADVISORY
IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL SUNDAY (IF AT ALL) AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS IN IN WAKE OF FRONT BRINGING AN ADDITIONAL SURGE OF COLD AIR
MOVES INTO THE REGION.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
NAM AND GFS SIMILAR THRU SHORT TERM WITH NAM A TAD DRIER AND CANT
SEE ANY REASON TO BUCK THIS. RED FLAG CONTS THIS AFTN SECTIONS OF
FA. OTHERWISE VERY DRY REINFORCING AIRMASS IN PLACES NEXT FEW DAYS.
SO RED FLAG SUN AFTN AND FIRE WX WATCH MON AFTN ALL ZONES. IN
TRI-STATE AREA.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TALLAHASSEE 47 74 40 67 / 05 05 10 0
PANAMA CITY 50 70 45 66 / 05 05 05 0
DOTHAN 45 70 39 64 / 0 0 10 0
ALBANY 45 72 39 64 / 0 10 10 0
VALDOSTA 47 74 40 64 / 0 0 10 0
CROSS CITY 48 75 43 67 / 0 10 10 0
.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...RED FLAG WARNING SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL ZONES.
FIRE WX WATCH MON AFTERNOON ALL ZONES.
GA...RED FLAG WARNING SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL ZONES.
FIRE WX WATCH MON AFTERNOON ALL ZONES.
FL...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: GADSDEN...JEFFERSON...LEON...LIBERTY.
RED FLAG WARNING SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL ZONES.
FIRE WX WATCH MON AFTERNOON ALL ZONES.
GM...NONE.
&&
PUBLIC/MARINE...BLOCK
AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...MROCZKA
LONG TERM...WOOLHazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 5:30 AM EDT, 9 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 530 AM EDT SAT MAR 22 2008 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-231000- COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN- CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL- IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 530 AM EDT SAT MAR 22 2008 /430 AM CDT SAT MAR 22 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE WILDFIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A DRY COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING AND PASS THROUGH THE AREA BEFORE DAYBREAK ON SUNDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WINDS OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. MARINERS OPERATING SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF VENTURING OUT INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO DURING THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP. 12-WATSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 4:21 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:41 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:21 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon | 14 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.