Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Jan 14, 2009, 4:19 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 14, 2009, 1:00 PM EST. 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
- Jan 14, 2009, 4:19 AM EST (09:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2009, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2009, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 5 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 09:23 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
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 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 140919 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 419 AM EST WED JAN 14 2009 ...A VERY DRY AIR MASS WILL AFFECT AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... FLZ041-044>046-053-144-151030- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0003.090114T1800Z-090114T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0003.090114T1800Z-090114T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.A.0004.090115T1700Z-090115T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA- SOUTHERN LAKE- 419 AM EST WED JAN 14 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A VERY COLD AND DRY AIR MASS IS LEFT IN THE WAKE OF A DEPARTING COLD FRONT. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED FOR UP TO 5 HOURS...WITH NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...FOR BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. 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. $$ FLZ058-151030- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0003.090114T1800Z-090114T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.A.0004.090115T1700Z-090115T2300Z/ OKEECHOBEE- 419 AM EST WED JAN 14 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A VERY COLD AND DRY AIR MASS IS LEFT IN THE WAKE OF A DEPARTING COLD FRONT. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED FOR UP TO 5 HOURS...WITH NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...FOR BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ FLZ047-054-059-141-147-151030- /O.CON.KMLB.FW.A.0004.090115T1700Z-090115T2300Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-COASTAL VOLUSIA- NORTHERN BREVARD- 419 AM EST WED JAN 14 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A VERY COLD AND DRY AIR MASS HAS BEEN LEFT IN THE WAKE OF A DEPARTING COLD FRONT. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED FOR UP TO 5 HOURS...WITH NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON THURSDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 4:59 AM EST | Frost Advisory | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 28 hr |
| Jan 14, 4:59 AM EST | Freeze Watch | MLB | Lake, Volusia | 33 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.