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Red Flag Warning 19, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 3, 200916 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Feb 3, 2009, 2:17 PM CST for 16 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 4, 2009, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 11 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 3, 2009, 2:17 PM CST (20:17 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 4, 2009, 9:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 4, 2009, 8:00 PM CST
In force: 11 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 20:20 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, 8.3 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1803 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS82 KTAE 032017
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
317 PM EST TUE FEB 3 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ 
TODAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG 
BEND DUE LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ TODAY
FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA 
DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/
TO 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH 20 FOOT WINDS AT OR ABOVE 15 MPH 
AND DISPERSION VALUES WELL ABOVE 75...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 9 PM
EST /8 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST 
AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/
TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THURSDAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 9 PM
EST /8 PM CST/ THURSDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST 
AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

.DISCUSSION...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE TRI-STATE 
REGION OVERNIGHT AND WILL USHER IN A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AND 
DRY AIR. EVEN THOUGH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO REACH 
THE MID TO UPPER 40S ON WEDNESDAY...THE EXTREMELY DRY AIRMASS WILL 
RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE TEENS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. 
THIS WILL BE COMBINED WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AT OR ABOVE 15 MPH AND 
VERY HIGH DISPERSION INDICES WHICH WILL FURTHER ENHANCE THE FIRE DANGER. 
VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS ONCE AGAIN ANTICIPATED FOR THURSDAY AND A 
RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE REGION. 

ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-032300-
/O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0017.090204T1700Z-090204T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0019.090204T1600Z-090205T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0020.090205T1600Z-090206T0200Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-090203T2300Z/
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-
317 PM EST TUE FEB 3 2009 /217 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2009/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/
THIS AFTERNOON...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 8 PM
EST /7 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 9 PM
EST /8 PM CST/ THURSDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 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 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 8 PM
EST /7 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY. 

A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM
CST/ TO 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THURSDAY. 

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.

$$

FLZ007>019-026>029-034-032300-
/O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0017.090204T1500Z-090205T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0019.090204T1500Z-090205T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0020.090205T1500Z-090206T0300Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-090203T2300Z/
INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-
CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-
WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-
317 PM EST TUE FEB 3 2009 /217 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2009/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/
THIS AFTERNOON...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 9 PM
EST /8 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 10 PM
EST /9 PM CST/ THURSDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 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 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 9 PM
EST /8 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY. 

A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/
TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THURSDAY.

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.

$$

BARRY

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS82 KTAE 032311
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
611 PM EST TUE FEB 3 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 9
PM EST /8 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH 20 FOOT WINDS AT OR ABOVE 15
MPH AND DISPERSION VALUES WELL ABOVE 75...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO
9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG
DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO
10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THURSDAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO
9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THURSDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG
DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

.DISCUSSION...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE 
TRI-STATE REGION OVERNIGHT AND WILL USHER IN A REINFORCING SHOT
OF COLD AND DRY AIR. EVEN THOUGH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY
EXPECTED TO REACH THE MID TO UPPER 40S ON WEDNESDAY...THE
EXTREMELY DRY AIR MASS WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN
THE TEENS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THIS WILL BE COMBINED WITH BRISK
NORTHWEST WINDS AT OR ABOVE 15 MPH AND VERY HIGH DISPERSION
INDICES WHICH WILL FURTHER ENHANCE THE FIRE DANGER. VERY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS ONCE AGAIN ANTICIPATED FOR THURSDAY AND A RED
FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE REGION.

ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-041230-
/O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-090203T2300Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0019.090204T1600Z-090205T0100Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0020.090205T1600Z-090206T0200Z/
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-
611 PM EST TUE FEB 3 2009 /511 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2009/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/
TO 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/
TO 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THURSDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO
8 PM EST /7 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THURSDAY.

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.

$$

FLZ007>019-026>029-034-041230-
/O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-090203T2300Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0019.090204T1500Z-090205T0200Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0020.090205T1500Z-090206T0300Z/
INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-
CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-
WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-
611 PM EST TUE FEB 3 2009 /511 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2009/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/
TO 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/
TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THURSDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO
9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THURSDAY.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH DISPERSIONS WILL
SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

JAMSKI

000 
WWUS82 KTAE 040855
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
355 AM EST WED FEB 4 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO
9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ TODAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH 20 FOOT WINDS AT OR ABOVE 15 MPH
AND DISPERSION VALUES WELL ABOVE 75...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO
9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ TODAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS
OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO
10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THURSDAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO
9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THURSDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS
OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

.DISCUSSION...A VERY COLD AND DRY AIRMASS IN THE WAKE OF A COLD
FRONT WILL LEAD TO RED FLAG CONDITIONS EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY. EVEN THOUGH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO
REACH THE MID TO UPPER 40S ON WEDNESDAY...THE EXTREMELY DRY AIR
MASS WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE TEENS TO
SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY. THIS WILL BE COMBINED
WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS ABOVE 15 MPH AND VERY HIGH DISPERSION
INDICES WHICH WILL FURTHER ENHANCE THE FIRE DANGER. VERY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS ONCE AGAIN ANTICIPATED FOR THURSDAY AND A RED
FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE REGION. RED FLAG
CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO
LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES.

FLZ007>019-026>029-034-042030-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0019.090204T1500Z-090205T0200Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0020.090205T1500Z-090206T0300Z/
INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-
CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-
WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-
355 AM EST WED FEB 4 2009 /255 AM CST WED FEB 4 2009/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/
THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/
TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THURSDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH DISPERSIONS WILL
SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-042030-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0019.090204T1600Z-090205T0100Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0020.090205T1600Z-090206T0200Z/
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-
355 AM EST WED FEB 4 2009 /255 AM CST WED FEB 4 2009/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/
THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/
TO 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THURSDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LONG DURATIONS OF LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSIONS WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH
POTENTIAL.

$$

000 
WWUS82 KTAE 042027
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
327 PM EST WED FEB 4 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/
TODAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG
BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
COMBINED WITH 20 FOOT WINDS AT OR ABOVE 15 MPH AND DISPERSION
VALUES WELL ABOVE 75...

...RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/
TODAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL
GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO
10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THURSDAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO
9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THURSDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG
DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO
7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE 
AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/
TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ FRIDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG
DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

.DISCUSSION...WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET TODAY...BUT THE VERY
DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AT LEAST THROUGH FRIDAY. MINIMUM
AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP BELOW RED FLAG
CRITERIA ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION FOR BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. THEREFORE RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED THROUGH
THE END OF THE WEEK.

FLZ007>019-026>029-034-050200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0021.090206T1500Z-090207T0000Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-090205T0200Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0020.090205T1500Z-090206T0300Z/
INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-
CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-
WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-
327 PM EST WED FEB 4 2009 /227 PM CST WED FEB 4 2009/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/
THIS EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/
TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THURSDAY...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 7 PM
EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/
THIS EVENING. 

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO
10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THURSDAY.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 7 PM
EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY. 

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.

$$

ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-050200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0021.090206T1700Z-090206T2300Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-090205T0100Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0020.090205T1600Z-090206T0200Z/
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-
327 PM EST WED FEB 4 2009 /227 PM CST WED FEB 4 2009/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/
THIS EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/
TO 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THURSDAY...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TO 6 PM
EST /5 PM CST/ FRIDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/
THIS EVENING. 

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/
TO 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THURSDAY.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TO 6 PM
EST /5 PM CST/ FRIDAY.

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.

$$

BARRY

000 
WWUS82 KTAE 050224
RFWTAE

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
924 PM EST WED FEB 4 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 10
PM EST /9 PM CST/ THURSDAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO
9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THURSDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG
DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO
7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/
TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ FRIDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG
DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

.DISCUSSION...WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET TODAY...BUT THE
VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AT LEAST THROUGH FRIDAY.
MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP BELOW RED
FLAG CRITERIA ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION FOR BOTH THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THEREFORE RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

FLZ007>019-026>029-034-060330-
/O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-090205T0200Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0020.090205T1500Z-090206T0300Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0021.090206T1500Z-090207T0000Z/
INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-
CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-
WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-
924 PM EST WED FEB 4 2009 /824 PM CST WED FEB 4 2009/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/
TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THURSDAY...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/
TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO
10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THURSDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY.


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.

$$

ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-060330-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0020.090205T1600Z-090206T0200Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0021.090206T1700Z-090206T2300Z/
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-
924 PM EST WED FEB 4 2009 /824 PM CST WED FEB 4 2009/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/
TO 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THURSDAY...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/
TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ FRIDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/
TO 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THURSDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ FRIDAY. 

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/
TO 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THURSDAY.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TO 6 PM
EST /5 PM CST/ FRIDAY.

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.

$$

CAMP

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 Feb 3, 2:14 PM CST, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 2:14 PM CST, 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
314 PM EST TUE FEB 3 2009

...SIGNIFICANT COLD AIR OUTBREAK BEGINS TONIGHT AND CONTINUES INTO
SATURDAY MORNING...

.SYNOPSIS...AT 19 UTC...ARCTIC COLD FRONT WAS MOVING INTO NORTH
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA HEADED RAPIDLY FOR THE GULF COAST.
TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS BEHIND THIS BOUNDARY HAVE BEEN DROPPING
RAPIDLY. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ACROSS OUR REGION INTO THE 50S
TODAY...BUT THIS WILL BE LAST TIME THE TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE 50
DEGREES UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
OVERALL THE MODELS ARE HANDLING THE SITUATION QUITE WELL. THE UPPER
TROF OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES WILL CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY AS COLD
AIR FROM CANADA CONTINUES TO PLUNGE TOWARD THE GULF COASTAL STATES.
OVERALL...THE SOURCE AIRMASS OF THIS COLD AIR IS NOT QUITE AS COLD
AS THE ONE JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. HOWEVER...THE MASS FIELDS IN
THE GFS/NAM/EURO ARE ALL MUCH MORE FAVORABLE FOR RADIATIONAL COOLING
BY THURSDAY MORNING. AS A RESULT...CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING RUN BY
RUN IN AT LEAST ONE NIGHT...IF NOT TWO...OF LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE
TEENS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

TONIGHT...ARCTIC FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION AS WINDS PICK UP
SIGNIFICANTLY OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. WHILE RADIATIONAL COOLING WILL
BE GREATLY LIMITED DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS...COLD ADVECTION BEHIND
THIS BOUNDARY WILL RESULT IN A STEADY TEMPERATURE DROP THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT. MODELS ARE INDICATING THAT A PORTION OF THE
REGION...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM DOTHAN AL TO FITZGERALD GA WILL
SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE HARD FREEZING RANGE (26 OR LESS FOR 2 HR OR
MORE). IT IS ALSO IN THIS AREA THAT THE SUB 26 DEGREE TEMPERATURES
WILL COMBINE WITH THE 10 TO 15 MPH WINDS AT NIGHT TO PRODUCE WIND
CHILLS IN THE 15 DEGREE OR LESS RANGE AND REQUIRE A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY. CHILLS ELSEWHERE WILL LIKELY ONLY BE IN THE UPPER TEENS
AND LOW 20S...BUT STILL WILL FEEL QUITE COLD. EVERYONE HEADING OUT
IN THE MORNING SHOULD BUNDLE UP AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE COLD.

ON A SIDE NOTE...THE GFS FOR SOME TIME NOW HAS BEEN INDICATING SOME
NON-ZERO QPF ACROSS OUR NE ZONES IN GA...MAINLY NORTHEAST OF TIFTON
TONIGHT. THIS IS LIKELY DUE TO VERY FAVORABLE DYNAMICAL FORCING WHEN
ONE OF THE SHORTWAVE TROUGHS SWINGS THROUGH THE REGION. TIME HEIGHTS
SHOW A VERY SHALLOW MOISTURE LAYER UP TO 850 MB. EVEN THOUGH SOME
MOISTURE IS PRESENT...IT DOES NOT APPEAR DEEP ENOUGH OR LAST LONG
ENOUGH FOR ANY PRECIPITATION. THE GFS IS THE ONLY MODEL TO SQUEEZE
SOMETHING OUT...SO WILL NOT INCLUDE IT IN THE FORECAST. IT
SHOULD BE NOTED...HOWEVER...IF ANYTHING DOES FALL OUT OF THIS
SHALLOW LAYER ACROSS OUR NE GA ZONES...IT WOULD BE OF THE FROZEN
VARIETY.

WEDNESDAY...IN A WORD...BLUSTERY TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO WARM
INTO THE 40S WITH VERY STRONG COLD ADVECTION...DESPITE FULL
SUNSHINE. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS WILL
ONLY ADD TO THE DISCOMFORT. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE
NEEDED.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SURFACE RIDGE WILL SETTLE CLOSER TO THE REGION BUT
WILL REMAIN OFF TO THE NORTHWEST IN THE EVENING. THERE WILL STILL BE
SOME LIGHT WIND EARLY IN THE EVENING...BUT WINDS SHOULD BE GOING
CALM CLOSER TO DAYBREAK. THERE STILL CONTINUES TO BE A SPREAD
BETWEEN THE MAV/MET GUIDANCE OF AROUND 5 TO 8 DEGREES AT SOME OF OUR
SITES. THE 00Z MEX ENSEMBLE MEAN WAS AROUND 15 DEG AT TLH...OR ABOUT
A DEGREE OR TWO WARMER THAN THE 12Z OPRNL GUIDANCE. GIVEN THAT THE
MODELS HAD A COLD BIAS LAST OUTBREAK...WILL GO A LITTLE CLOSER TO
THE NAM MOS...WHICH HAS UPPER TEENS IN MANY OF THE INLAND AREAS AND
MID 20S AT THE COAST. I WOULD IMAGINE THE MAV GUIDANCE WILL
GRADUALLY WARM WITH TIME AS WE APPROACH THURSDAY MORNING.

THURSDAY...SURFACE HIGH WILL CENTER DIRECTLY OVER THE REGION AS
ADVECTION CHANGES FROM COLD TO NEUTRAL. TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO
NEAR 50 IN THE AFTERNOON WITH LIGHTER WINDS.

THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH THE RIDGE SETTLING DIRECTLY OVERHEAD...THIS
MAY END UP BEING THE COLDEST MORNING ACROSS SOME PORTIONS OF THE
REGION...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA BIG BEND. THE GUIDANCE
IS PICKING UP ON THE FACT THAT THIS SHOULD ALSO BE THE COLDEST NIGHT
WITH THE MAV AT TLH ALREADY DOWN TO 13. THE ENSEMBLE MEAN VALUES ARE
A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THIS...SO WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE OFFICIAL
FORECAST ABOVE THE MAV GUIDANCE...BUT STILL A LITTLE COLDER THAN
WHAT I INHERITED. LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE WESTERN CWA WILL
KEEP TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY WARMER...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST WHERE
ONLY A LIGHT FREEZE IS EXPECTED.

RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE INFORMATION FOR TLH:

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 5......16 IN 1996
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 6........18 IN 1966

&&

.LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH TUE.
LARGE SCALE PATTERN SHIFTS AS DIGGING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE
SOUTHWESTERN U.S INDUCES BROAD UPPER RIDGE TO SPREAD/BUILD ESE INTO
ERN HALF OF CONUS WITH AXIS DOWN INTO NRN GULF AS ERN TROUGH LIFTS
INTO THE ATLC. SO LOCAL FLOW INITIALLY BECOMES MORE ZONAL THAN
RISING HEIGHTS AS RIDGE BUILDS N AND E. AT LOWER LEVELS...HIGH WILL
SINK S/SE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PENINSULA AND THEN INTO WRN ATLC
ALLOWING LOCAL FLOW TO VEER TO E/SE ON BACK SIDE OF HIGH AND BRING
IN SOME CLOUDS. FOR FRI EVENING THRU END OF FORECAST PERIOD...DRY
CONDITIONS SHOULD CONTINUE WITH A SIGNIFICANT WARMUP AS THE RIDGE
BUILDS OVERHEAD.

MIN TEMPS WILL MODERATE TO THE LOWER TO MID 30S AND REMAIN BELOW
CLIMO FRI NIGHT...THEN SLOWLY INCREASING EACH DAY SAT-MON NIGHT. MAX
TEMPS WILL ALSO RISE ABOVE CLIMO FOR SAT-MON.

&&

.MARINE...TONIGHT THROUGH SAT.
WINDS ARE DECREASING TO THE WEST AS A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
EDGES EASTWARD INTO THE MARINE AREA. THIS RIDGE WILL DROP RAPIDLY
SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING AS THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS SIGNIFICANTLY AHEAD
OF THE APPROACHING ARCTIC FRONT. WINDS WILL ACCELERATE INTO THE 25
TO 30 KNOT RANGE WITH THE ARCTIC COLD FRONT WITH GUSTS TO GALE FORCE
EXPECTED GIVEN THE INTENSITY OF THE COLD AIRMASS BEHIND IT. THESE
WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE
MOVES CLOSER TO THE WATERS.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. WE MAY SEE A SCT
TO OCCASIONAL MID LEVEL CIG OVERNIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH THE ARCTIC
FRONT AS IT PUSHES THROUGH. THE BIGGEST CONCERN FOR THIS FORECAST
PERIOD WILL BE THE WINDS. WE WILL HAVE WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON 10 TO 15 KTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 KTS. WINDS WILL
BRIEFLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING BEFORE INCREASING OVERNIGHT TO AROUND
15 KTS WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 KTS WHICH WE EXPECT TO CONTINUE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...VERY DRY CONDITIONS BEHIND THE ARCTIC FRONT WILL
CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA AT LEAST THROUGH
THURSDAY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND HIGH DISPERSION WILL
CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN FLORIDA ON WEDNESDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TALLAHASSEE  27  47  18  52  17 /   0   0   0   0   0
PANAMA CITY  30  48  26  53  30 /   0   0   0   0   0
DOTHAN       24  45  20  51  24 /   0   0   0   0   0
ALBANY       25  45  19  52  20 /   5   0   0   0   0
VALDOSTA     26  45  18  50  19 /   0   0   0   0   0
CROSS CITY   27  48  18  53  17 /   0   0   0   0   0

&&

.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY...HOUSTON.

     RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY...HOUSTON.

     RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CST THURSDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY...HOUSTON.

     HARD FREEZE WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
     MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...
     HENRY...HOUSTON.

     HARD FREEZE WARNING FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY...HOUSTON.

     WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY...HOUSTON.

GA...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: BAKER...BEN HILL...BERRIEN...BROOKS...
     CALHOUN...CLAY...COLQUITT...COOK...DECATUR...DOUGHERTY...
     EARLY...GRADY...IRWIN...LANIER...LEE...LOWNDES...MILLER...
     MITCHELL...QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...SEMINOLE...TERRELL...
     THOMAS...TIFT...TURNER...WORTH.

     RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: BAKER...BEN HILL...BERRIEN...BROOKS...
     CALHOUN...CLAY...COLQUITT...COOK...DECATUR...DOUGHERTY...
     EARLY...GRADY...IRWIN...LANIER...LEE...LOWNDES...MILLER...
     MITCHELL...QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...SEMINOLE...TERRELL...
     THOMAS...TIFT...TURNER...WORTH.

     RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM EST THURSDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: BAKER...BEN HILL...BERRIEN...BROOKS...
     CALHOUN...CLAY...COLQUITT...COOK...DECATUR...DOUGHERTY...
     EARLY...GRADY...IRWIN...LANIER...LEE...LOWNDES...MILLER...
     MITCHELL...QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...SEMINOLE...TERRELL...
     THOMAS...TIFT...TURNER...WORTH.

     HARD FREEZE WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
     MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BAKER...BEN HILL...
     BERRIEN...BROOKS...CALHOUN...CLAY...COLQUITT...COOK...
     DECATUR...DOUGHERTY...EARLY...GRADY...IRWIN...LANIER...
     LEE...LOWNDES...MILLER...MITCHELL...QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...
     SEMINOLE...TERRELL...THOMAS...TIFT...TURNER...WORTH.

     HARD FREEZE WARNING FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: BAKER...BEN HILL...CALHOUN...CLAY...
     DOUGHERTY...EARLY...IRWIN...LEE...MILLER...MITCHELL...
     QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...TERRELL...TIFT...TURNER...WORTH.

     WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: BAKER...BEN HILL...CALHOUN...CLAY...
     DOUGHERTY...EARLY...IRWIN...LEE...MILLER...MITCHELL...
     QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...TERRELL...TIFT...TURNER...WORTH.

FL...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR
     THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BAY...CALHOUN...COASTAL WALTON...
     DIXIE...FRANKLIN...GADSDEN...GULF...HOLMES...INLAND
     WALTON...JACKSON...JEFFERSON...LAFAYETTE...LEON...LIBERTY...
     MADISON...TAYLOR...WAKULLA...WASHINGTON.

     HARD FREEZE WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
     MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BAY...CALHOUN...COASTAL
     WALTON...DIXIE...FRANKLIN...GADSDEN...GULF...HOLMES...
     INLAND WALTON...JACKSON...JEFFERSON...LAFAYETTE...LEON...
     LIBERTY...MADISON...TAYLOR...WAKULLA...WASHINGTON.

     RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 9 PM EST /8 PM
     CST/ WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BAY...CALHOUN...
     COASTAL WALTON...DIXIE...FRANKLIN...GADSDEN...GULF...
     HOLMES...INLAND WALTON...JACKSON...JEFFERSON...LAFAYETTE...
     LEON...LIBERTY...MADISON...TAYLOR...WAKULLA...WASHINGTON.

     RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 10 PM EST /9 PM
     CST/ THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BAY...CALHOUN...
     COASTAL WALTON...DIXIE...FRANKLIN...GADSDEN...GULF...
     HOLMES...INLAND WALTON...JACKSON...JEFFERSON...LAFAYETTE...
     LEON...LIBERTY...MADISON...TAYLOR...WAKULLA...WASHINGTON.

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY FROM DESTIN TO THE
     SUWANNEE RIVER ENTRANCE OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES.

&&

AVIATION/FIRE WX....BARRY
LONG TERM...BLOCK/WOOL
REST OF DISCUSSION...GODSEY

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 4:36 AM CST, 9 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
536 AM EST TUE FEB 3 2009

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-041100-
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-
536 AM EST TUE FEB 3 2009 /436 AM CST TUE FEB 3 2009/

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WITH HARD FREEZES EXPECTED
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHTS...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND
PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. MARINERS HEADING OUT THIS
MORNING WILL ENCOUNTER NORTH WINDS OF AROUND 25 KNOTS WITH SEAS UP
TO 9 FEET WELL OFFSHORE. WINDS AND SEAS ARE BOTH EXPECTED TO
SUBSIDE THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HOURS BEFORE PICKING UP ONCE AGAIN
TONIGHT AFTER THE PASSAGE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT. WINDS TONIGHT
COULD OCCASIONALLY GUST TO GALE FORCE. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL
USHER IN COLDER AIR TO THE REGION AND A WIDESPREAD FREEZE IS
EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BOTTOM OUT IN THE UPPER 20S
IN MOST AREAS WITH TOTAL FREEZE DURATIONS OF 4 TO 5 HOURS. DRY
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL ENHANCE THE SPREAD OF ANY
WILDFIRES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...
BUT MARINERS ARE STILL ENCOURAGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF HEADING
OUT WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL GRIP THE
REGION WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZES
ARE EXPECTED BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHTS. LOWS WILL BOTTOM
OUT AROUND 20 DEGREES THURSDAY MORNING WITH TOTAL FREEZE DURATIONS
OF AROUND 12 HOURS. LOWS FRIDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO
MID 20S WITH FREEZE DURATIONS OF AROUND 10 HOURS. MILDER AIR WILL
ARRIVE FOR THE WEEKEND.

.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.

18-WOOL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 3, 2:17 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	55 hr
Feb 3, 2:36 PM CST	Hard Freeze Watch	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	18 hr
Feb 3, 2:36 PM CST	Hard Freeze Warning	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early and 10 more	16 hr
Feb 3, 2:45 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	TAE	Baker, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early and 10 more	17 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Georgia, 2009 Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2009 Red Flag Warnings in Alabama, 2009 Every 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.