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Red Flag Warning 132, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 13, 201016 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Dec 13, 2010, 2:15 PM CST for 16 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Dec 14, 2010, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 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: Dec 13, 2010, 2:15 PM CST (20:15 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 14, 2010, 8:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 14, 2010, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 10 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 20:21 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 265 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: 1140 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Dec 13, 2:07 PM CST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 2:07 PM CST, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 2:12 AM CST, 12 hours 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
312 AM EST MON DEC 13 2010

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-
GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-140815-
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-
INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-
INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON-
COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-
COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL 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-
312 AM EST MON DEC 13 2010 /212 AM CST MON DEC 13 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
A BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO OVERSPREAD THE GULF REGION.
THIS WILL CREATE HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS EARLY WITH DANGEROUSLY COLD
WIND CHILLS. WINDS WILL REMAIN HIGH WITH GUSTS OVER 25 MPH. HIGH
TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO REACH AROUND 40 DEGREES. WINDS
WILL DECREASE TONIGHT ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO THE LOWEST
VALUES OF THE SEASON...INTO THE UPPER TEENS AT THE COLDEST SPOTS.
ANOTHER HARD FREEZE WITH WIND CHILL ADVISORY LEVEL TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED. PLEASE REFER TO OTHER PRODUCTS AND STATEMENTS ISSUED
BY THIS OFFICE...AS WELL AS THE WEB PAGE...FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

VERY HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS ARE EXPECTED.

CONDITIONS FAVOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRES SHOULD ANY OCCUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
THE AIRMASS WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO MODERATE ON WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE
TO INTO THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER...YET ANOTHER HARD FREEZE ON WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

.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.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 13, 2:13 AM CST	Wind Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	12 hr
Dec 13, 2:14 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	30 hr
Dec 13, 2:52 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	11 hr
Dec 13, 2:06 PM CST	Hard Freeze Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	18 hr
Dec 13, 2:15 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	TAE	Calhoun, Dixie, Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette and 4 more	24 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Georgia, 2010 Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2010 Red Flag Warnings in Alabama, 2010 Every red flag warning in 2010

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.