Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2010
Red Flag Warning 24, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Feb 25, 2010, 4:36 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 26, 2010, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 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 25, 2010, 4:36 AM EST (09:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 26, 2010, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2010, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 9 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 09:39 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, 9.6 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
- 526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 358 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
864 WWUS82 KMLB 250936 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 436 AM EST THU FEB 25 2010 ...A VERY DRY AND MUCH COLDER AIR MASS WILL BE IN PLACE FOR TODAY AND FRIDAY... FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-252300- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0019.100226T1600Z-100227T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0024.100226T1500Z-100227T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0023.100225T1600Z-100225T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 436 AM EST THU FEB 25 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. && $$ SEDLOCK
2 follow-up statements
748 WWUS82 KMLB 260958 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 458 AM EST FRI FEB 26 2010 ...A VERY DRY AIR MASS WILL BE IN PLACE TODAY... FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-270000- /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0024.100226T1500Z-100227T0000Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 458 AM EST FRI FEB 26 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL PRODUCE 7 TO 9 HOURS OF CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY TODAY. WINDS WILL BE NOTICEABLY LIGHTER...NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH...BUT MILDER TEMPERATURES SHOULD ALLOW MINIMUM RH VALUES TO DROP BELOW 20 PERCENT ACROSS MANY AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. && $$ KELLY
382 WWUS82 KMLB 261046 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 546 AM EST FRI FEB 26 2010 ...A VERY DRY AIR MASS WILL BE IN PLACE TODAY... FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-270000- /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0024.100226T1500Z-100227T0000Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 546 AM EST FRI FEB 26 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL PRODUCE 7 TO 9 HOURS OF CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY TODAY. WINDS WILL BE NOTICEABLY LIGHTER...NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH...BUT MILDER TEMPERATURES SHOULD ALLOW MINIMUM RH VALUES TO DROP BELOW 20 PERCENT ACROSS MANY AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. && $$ KELLY
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 Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Feb 24, 9:40 PM EST, 6 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 9:40 PM EST, 6 hours 56 minutes before
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
940 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010
.DISCUSSION...
...COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT TOWARD DAYBREAK THURSDAY...
CURRENT...LOW PRESSURE GETTING CRANKED UP EAST OF BUOY 41010 THIS
EVENING. ASCD COLD FRONT HAS PASSED WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA AND
STRONG ADVECTION OF COLD AIR WILL OCCUR THE REST OF TONIGHT WITH
BREEZY CONDITIONS AT THE BEACHES. A SHIELD OF LIGHT RAIN RELEGATED
TO THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE PENINSULA WILL SLOWLY RECEDE OVER THE
ATLANTIC WATERS DURING THE OVER NIGHT HOURS LEAVING SOME CLOUDS AND
CHILLY CONDITIONS THROUGH DAY BREAK. WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE 30S
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY REQUIRED ADVISORIES FOR ALL
BUT THE TREASURE COAST. WL UPDATE EVENING FCST WITH MORE PERSISTENT
CLOUDS AND OTHER MINOR ADJUSTMENTS
&&
.AVIATION...
MVFR CEILINGS MAINLY OVER THE SPACE AND TREASURE COAST THROUGH 07Z
THEN BECOMING VFR AREA WIDE. WINDS G25KT MAINLY AT THE IMMEDIATE
COAST THROUGH 09Z.
&&
.MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ALL MARINE ZONES INTO SATURDAY
WITH GALE WARNING UNTIL 1 PM SATURDAY OVER THE OUTER WATERS NORTH OF
SEBATIAN INLET. OVERALL HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS INTO THURSDAY
&&
.MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY FOR COASTAL
VOLUSIA-INDIAN RIVER-INLAND VOLUSIA-MARTIN-NORTHERN BREVARD-
NORTHERN LAKE-OKEECHOBEE-ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN
BREVARD-SOUTHERN LAKE-ST. LUCIE.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING
FOR COASTAL VOLUSIA-INDIAN RIVER-INLAND VOLUSIA-MARTIN-
NORTHERN BREVARD-NORTHERN LAKE-OKEECHOBEE-ORANGE-OSCEOLA-
SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-SOUTHERN LAKE-ST. LUCIE.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EST THURSDAY FOR COASTAL
VOLUSIA-INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD-NORTHERN LAKE-
ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-SOUTHERN LAKE.
FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
FOR INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-SOUTHERN LAKE.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY FOR COASTAL WATERS
FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE OUT 20
NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20
NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY FOR WATERS FROM
SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY FOR
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20
TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.
GALE WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY FOR
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20
TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.
&&
JPHazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 5:25 PM EST, 11 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 525 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-251030- COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 525 PM EST WED FEB 24 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ...EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS EVENING. SKIES WILL CLEAR AFTER MIDNIGHT...ALLOWING OVERNIGHT LOWS ACROSS NORTH LAKE AND INTERIOR VOLUSIA COUNTIES TO FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 30S BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT AND LOWER WIND CHILLS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND TOWARD DAYBREAK TO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS PORTIONS OF LAKE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE MIDDLE 30S WILL BE FELT AS FAR SOUTH AS OSCEOLA AND SOUTH BREVARD COUNTIES BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 2AM THROUGH 9AM THURSDAY MORNING. ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL OVERSPREAD THE COASTAL WATERS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS EVENING. WIND SPEEDS NEAR SHORE WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AROUND 20 KNOTS AND 25 TO 30 KNOTS OFFSHORE WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO GALE FORCE LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY BUILD AWAY FROM THE COAST NEAR SHORE 4 TO 6 FEET...AND 6 TO 8 FEET OFFSHORE BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. POOR BOATING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AS A DEVELOPING GALE CENTER LIFTS AWAY FROM THE AREA. A BRIEF WINDOW OF IMPROVED BOATING CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED FRIDAY. BUT INCREASED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. DECREASING WINDS WITH A VERY DRY AIR MASS IN PLACE WILL SET UP A POTENTIAL FREEZE ACROSS LAKE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES THURSDAY NIGHT. NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SOUTH OF ORLANDO AND INLAND FROM THE COAST. THERE WILL BE HEIGHTENED FIRE SENSITIVITY BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO BE GUSTY ON THURSDAY. A MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM MAY TRACK ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AND BRING A ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY STRONG...TO THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT OR TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. BRAGAW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 4:02 AM EST | Freeze Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 28 hr |
| Feb 25, 4:02 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 10 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.