Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Feb 18, 2009, 3:22 AM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 18, 2009, 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
- Feb 18, 2009, 3:22 AM EST (08:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2009, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2009, 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 08:19 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 00:00Z, 8.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1274 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 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 180822 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 322 AM EST WED FEB 18 2009 FLZ041-044>047-053-141-144-147-182300- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0021.090218T1700Z-090218T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-COASTAL VOLUSIA-SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 322 AM EST WED FEB 18 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST 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 CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KMLB 181844 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 144 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009 FLZ041-044>047-053-141-144-147-191200- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.A.0016.090220T1700Z-090221T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090218T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-COASTAL VOLUSIA-SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 144 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ FLZ054-058-059-064-191200- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.A.0016.090220T1700Z-090221T0000Z/ INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- 144 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ 67
000 WWUS82 KMLB 182326 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 626 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009 FLZ041-044>047-053-141-144-147-191100- /O.EXP.KMLB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090218T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.A.0016.090220T1700Z-090221T0000Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-COASTAL VOLUSIA-SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 626 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL FLORIDA BEHIND A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LONG DURATIONS OF CRITICAL RH VALUES FRIDAY. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS WHICH MAY UPGRADE ALL OR PORTIONS OF THE WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING. $$ FLZ054-058-059-064-191100- /O.CON.KMLB.FW.A.0016.090220T1700Z-090221T0000Z/ INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- 626 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL FLORIDA BEHIND A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LONG DURATIONS OF CRITICAL RH VALUES FRIDAY. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS WHICH MAY UPGRADE ALL OR PORTIONS OF THE WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING. $$ KELLY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 3:50 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 66 hr | |
| Feb 18, 1:44 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 24 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.