Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Jan 21, 2009, 1:54 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 22, 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
- Jan 21, 2009, 1:54 PM EST (18:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 22, 2009, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2009, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 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 18:53 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, 6.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1402 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 101 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 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 211854 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 154 PM EST WED JAN 21 2009 FLZ041-044>047-053-054-141-144-147-221030- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0008.090122T1700Z-090122T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0009.090122T1700Z-090122T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090121T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.A.0009.090123T1700Z-090123T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-COASTAL VOLUSIA-SOUTHERN LAKE- NORTHERN BREVARD- 154 PM EST WED JAN 21 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY...LONG DURATION OF CRITICAL RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL BE AROUND 20 TO 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND PERHAPS AS LOW AS 15 TO 25 PERCENT THURSDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE FELT THE REMAINDER OF 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 WARMING TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RAPID 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. $$ FLZ058-059-064-221030- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0008.090122T1700Z-090122T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0009.090122T1700Z-090122T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090121T2300Z/ OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- 154 PM EST WED JAN 21 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY...LONG DURATION OF CRITICAL RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL BE AROUND 25 TO 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND PERHAPS AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT THURSDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS82 KMLB 212319 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 619 PM EST WED JAN 21 2009 FLZ041-044>047-053-054-141-144-147-222300- /O.EXP.KMLB.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090121T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0009.090122T1700Z-090122T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.A.0009.090123T1700Z-090123T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-COASTAL VOLUSIA-SOUTHERN LAKE- NORTHERN BREVARD- 619 PM EST WED JAN 21 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON... DRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA THURSDAY WITH LONG DURATION OF CRITICAL RH VALUES EXPECTED. MINIMUM RH VALUES COULD BE AS LOW AS 15 TO 25 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ FLZ058-059-064-222300- /O.EXP.KMLB.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090121T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0009.090122T1700Z-090122T2300Z/ OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- 619 PM EST WED JAN 21 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... DRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA THURSDAY WITH LONG DURATION OF CRITICAL RH VALUES EXPECTED. MINIMUM RH VALUES COULD BE AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. $$
000 WWUS82 KMLB 221908 RFWMLB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 208 PM EST THU JAN 22 2009 FLZ041-044>047-053-054-141-144-147-222300- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0009.090123T1700Z-090123T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0010.090123T1700Z-090123T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090122T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-COASTAL VOLUSIA-SOUTHERN LAKE- NORTHERN BREVARD- 208 PM EST THU JAN 22 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A DRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN FRIDAY WITH LONG DURATION OF CRITICAL RH VALUES EXPECTED. MINIMUM RH VALUES COULD BE AS LOW AS 15 TO 25 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ FLZ058-222300- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0010.090123T1700Z-090123T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090122T2300Z/ OKEECHOBEE- 208 PM EST THU JAN 22 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A DRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN FRIDAY WITH LONG DURATION OF CRITICAL RH VALUES EXPECTED. MINIMUM RH VALUES COULD BE AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. A DRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN FRIDAY WITH LONG DURATION OF CRITICAL RH VALUES EXPECTED. MINIMUM RH VALUES COULD BE AS LOW AS 15 TO 25 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. $$ FLZ059-064-222300- /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090122T2300Z/ ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- 208 PM EST THU JAN 22 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A DRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. MINIMUM RH VALUES COULD BE AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 3:13 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 35 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:42 AM EST | Freeze Watch | MLB | Lake, Volusia | 25 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:42 AM EST | Freeze Warning | MLB | Okeechobee, Osceola | 29 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:42 AM EST | Hard Freeze Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 29 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2009Every red flag warning in 2009
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.