Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2010
Red Flag Warning 64, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Apr 26, 2010, 2:46 PM CDT for 16 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 27, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT. 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
- Apr 26, 2010, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 27, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties 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
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 1082 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
486 WWUS82 KTAE 261946 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 346 PM EDT MON APR 26 2010 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COUPLED WITH HIGH DISPERSIONS... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ TUESDAY FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES COUPLED WITH VERY HIGH DISPERSIONS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE REGION DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... .RED FLAG CRITERIA WILL BE MET THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS GOOD MIXING CONTINUES AND THE WINDS BECOME GUSTY. DISPERSIONS WILL BE VERY HIGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...EASILY CLOSE TO OR ABOVE 100 IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ALSO BE BELOW 35 FOR SEVERAL HOURS. ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE OVER FROM THE WEST...EVENTUALLY SETTLING IN OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA AGAIN FOR THE ENTIRE REGION ON THURSDAY...WHICH WARRANTS A FIRE WEATHER WATCH. FLZ011-013-016>019-026>029-034-270300- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0057.100427T1800Z-100427T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0064.100427T1800Z-100428T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0058.100428T1800Z-100429T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0063.000000T0000Z-100426T2300Z/ JACKSON-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE- 346 PM EDT MON APR 26 2010 /246 PM CDT MON APR 26 2010/ ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ TUESDAY... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ007>010-012-270300- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0064.100427T1800Z-100428T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0058.100428T1800Z-100429T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0063.000000T0000Z-100426T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-INLAND BAY- 246 PM CDT MON APR 26 2010 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ014-015-270300- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0064.100427T1800Z-100428T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0058.100428T1800Z-100429T0100Z/ INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN- 346 PM EDT MON APR 26 2010 /246 PM CDT MON APR 26 2010/ ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ TUESDAY... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-270300- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0058.100428T1900Z-100428T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 346 PM EDT MON APR 26 2010 /246 PM CDT MON APR 26 2010/ ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ M BARRY
4 follow-up statements
291 WWUS82 KTAE 270058 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 858 PM EDT MON APR 26 2010 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND HAS EXPIRED... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ TUESDAY FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES COUPLED WITH VERY HIGH DISPERSIONS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE REGION DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... .RED FLAG CRITERIA WILL BE MET AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS GOOD MIXING CONTINUES AND THE WINDS BECOME GUSTY. DISPERSIONS WILL BE VERY HIGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...EASILY CLOSE TO OR ABOVE 100 IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ALSO BE BELOW 35 FOR SEVERAL HOURS. ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE OVER FROM THE WEST...EVENTUALLY SETTLING IN OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA AGAIN FOR THE ENTIRE REGION ON THURSDAY...WHICH WARRANTS A FIRE WEATHER WATCH. FLZ007>019-026>029-034-270900- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0064.100427T1800Z-100428T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0058.100428T1800Z-100429T0100Z/ 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- 858 PM EDT MON APR 26 2010 /758 PM CDT MON APR 26 2010/ ...THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND HAS EXPIRED... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ TUESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ TUESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-270900- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0058.100428T1900Z-100428T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 858 PM EDT MON APR 26 2010 /758 PM CDT MON APR 26 2010/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ BARRY
983 WWUS82 KTAE 270907 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 507 AM EDT TUE APR 27 2010 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ TODAY FOR ALMOST ALL OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES COUPLED WITH VERY HIGH DISPERSIONS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE REGION DUE TO LIKELY LONG DURATIONS OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... .A WEAK REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATER TODAY DAY USHERING IN A DRIER AND A LITTLE COOLER AIR MASS. SEVERAL HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF NORTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH MIXING HEIGHTS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO GUSTY CONDITIONS AND VERY HIGH TRANSPORT WINDS...CLOSE TO OR ABOVE 100 ACROSS COASTAL COUNTIES. THIS COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSIONS WILL RESULT IN A RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR ALMOST ALL OF NORTH FLORIDA. ON WEDNESDAY...AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE OVER FROM THE WEST...EVENTUALLY SETTLING IN OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO BY EVENING. ALTHOUGH DISPERSIONS WILL DROP TO BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS...A DRIER AIRMASS WILL YIELD MORE THAN FOUR HOURS OF CRITICAL RED FLAG HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ON WEDNESDAY FOR THE ENTIRE REGION. FLZ108-112-115-118-127-280000- /O.EXA.KTAE.FW.W.0064.100427T1800Z-100428T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON- COASTAL WAKULLA- 507 AM EDT TUE APR 27 2010 /407 AM CDT TUE APR 27 2010/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ TUESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ007>019-026>029-034-280015- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0064.100427T1800Z-100428T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0058.100428T1800Z-100429T0100Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON- MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- INLAND DIXIE- 507 AM EDT TUE APR 27 2010 /407 AM CDT TUE APR 27 2010/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ TODAY FOR ALMOST ALL OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES COUPLED WITH VERY HIGH DISPERSIONS ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-280015- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0058.100428T1900Z-100428T2300Z/ 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- 507 AM EDT TUE APR 27 2010 /407 AM CDT TUE APR 27 2010/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ BLOCK
986 WWUS82 KTAE 271947 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 347 PM EDT TUE APR 27 2010 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING FOR MOST COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH DISPERSIONS...AND GUSTY WINDS... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EDT /2 PM CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR THE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DRIER AIR IS ON TAP FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS A WEAK COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING AND AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD IN FROM THE WEST. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE ENTIRE REGION DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...HIGH DISPERSIONS...AND GUSTY WINDS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE IN OVER THE COASTAL WATERS ON WEDNESDAY EVENING ...WHICH MEANS DRIER AIR AND LIGHT WINDS FOR THE AREA. THEREFORE... RED FLAG CRITERIA WILL ALSO BE MET ON WEDNESDAY...AND LIKELY THURSDAY ...DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THUS A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED ON WEDNESDAY AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THURSDAY FOR THE ENTIRE REGION ...INCLUDING THE COASTAL ZONES. FLZ007>019-026>029-034-280300- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0058.100428T1800Z-100429T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0065.100428T1700Z-100429T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0059.100429T1700Z-100430T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0064.000000T0000Z-100428T0000Z/ 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- 347 PM EDT TUE APR 27 2010 /247 PM CDT TUE APR 27 2010/ ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ108-112-115-118-127-280300- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0065.100428T1700Z-100429T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0059.100429T1700Z-100430T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0064.000000T0000Z-100428T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON- COASTAL WAKULLA- 347 PM EDT TUE APR 27 2010 /247 PM CDT TUE APR 27 2010/ ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-280300- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0058.100428T1900Z-100428T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0065.100428T1900Z-100428T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0059.100429T1700Z-100429T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 347 PM EDT TUE APR 27 2010 /247 PM CDT TUE APR 27 2010/ ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EDT /2 PM CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ114-128-134-280300- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0065.100428T1700Z-100429T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0059.100429T1700Z-100430T0100Z/ COASTAL GULF-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE- 347 PM EDT TUE APR 27 2010 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ M BARRY
062 WWUS82 KTAE 280011 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 811 PM EDT TUE APR 27 2010 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EDT /2 PM CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR THE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DRIER AIR IS ON TAP FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS A WEAK COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING AND AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD IN FROM THE WEST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE IN OVER THE COASTAL WATERS ON WEDNESDAY EVENING...WHICH MEANS DRIER AIR AND LIGHT WINDS FOR THE AREA. THEREFORE... RED FLAG CRITERIA WILL ALSO BE MET ON WEDNESDAY... AND POSSIBLY THURSDAY...DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THUS A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THURSDAY FOR THE ENTIRE REGION...INCLUDING THE COASTAL ZONES. FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-115-118-127-281230- /O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0064.000000T0000Z-100428T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0065.100428T1700Z-100429T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0059.100429T1700Z-100430T0100Z/ 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 FRANKLIN- COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA- 811 PM EDT TUE APR 27 2010 /711 PM CDT TUE APR 27 2010/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ114-128-134-281230- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0065.100428T1700Z-100429T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0059.100429T1700Z-100430T0100Z/ COASTAL GULF-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE- 811 PM EDT TUE APR 27 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-281230- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0065.100428T1900Z-100428T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0059.100429T1700Z-100429T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 811 PM EDT TUE APR 27 2010 /711 PM CDT TUE APR 27 2010/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EDT /2 PM CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EDT /2 PM CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOURNIER
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 Apr 26, 2:40 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 2:40 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
340 PM EDT MON APR 26 2010
.SYNOPSIS...A HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE EXTENDS ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S.
WITH THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM TO IMPACT THE COUNTRY MOVING ASHORE IN
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. A BROAD LONGWAVE TROF DOMINATES THE EASTERN
TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON. WITHIN THIS LONGWAVE TROF
THREE DISTINCT AND IMPORTANT FEATURES CAN BE OBSERVED. A LARGE UPPER
LOW IS SPINNING ACROSS EASTERN CANADA WITH A WEAKER SHORTWAVE LOW
ROTATING AROUND ITS BASE. THIS SHORTWAVE IS BEGINNING TO OPEN UP AND
BE ABSORBED INTO THE LARGER LOW. THE OTHER FEATURE WORTH MENTIONING
IS A SHORTWAVE LOW ACROSS THE PLAINS STATES. THIS LOW WILL DIVE
SOUTHEAST AND BRING MINIMAL EFFECTS TO OUR REGION ON TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. AT THE SURFACE...THE SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO NEW ENGLAND
HAS A SURFACE REFLECTION CENTERED DIRECTLY BELOW THE UPPER FEATURE.
EXTENDING FROM THIS SURFACE LOW IS A COLD FRONT DRAPED ALONG THE
EASTERN U.S. COASTLINE SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA. BEHIND THIS
FRONT...WARM DRY CONDITIONS ARE BEING FELT. A LARGE FIELD OF WRAP
AROUND MOISTURE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SURFACE LOW EXTENDS SOUTH
INTO OUR EXTREME NORTHERN CWA. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE CLOUD COVER HAS
MADE IT TO OUR REGION...THE DRY AIR THAT IS IN PLACE HAS HELPED TO
KEEP THIS CLOUD COVER SCATTERED IN NATURE. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
BETWEEN THE SURFACE LOW AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OUT OF THE GULF
COUPLED WITH OPTIMAL MIXING IS PROVIDING US WITH WINDS SUSTAINED
AROUND 15 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 25 KNOTS. TEMPERATURES HAVE
STEADILY BEEN ON THE RISE AND LOW TO MID 80S FOR HIGHS APPEAR TO BE
ON TRACK.
&&
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)...LARGE SURFACE LOW
OVER NEW ENGLAND WILL BEGIN TO PULL NORTHEAST AS THE UPPER WAVE GETS
ABSORBED AND THE SHORTWAVE ACROSS THE PLAINS DIVES SOUTHEAST. BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THE DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL
SHORTWAVE MAY BE ENOUGH TO SPARK A FEW AFTERNOON SHOWERS ACROSS OUR
NORTHERN ZONES ON TUESDAY. OTHERWISE THE SHORTWAVE WILL ACT TO KEEP
WINDS ELEVATED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT TUESDAY UNTIL THE FEATURE
SHIFTS EAST ON WEDNESDAY. WE WILL DRY OUT ONCE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AS
HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST. HIGHS THROUGH THE
PERIOD WILL REMAIN BELOW CLIMO UNTIL RIDGING TAKES OVER ON THURSDAY.
LOWS WILL BE NEAR CLIMO TONIGHT BEFORE FALLING TO BELOW CLIMO
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
.LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT MONDAY)...OVERALL AGREEMENT IN THE
GLOBAL GUIDANCE TO START OUT THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD ON
THURSDAY. AN AMPLIFIED UPPER LEVEL PATTERN IS ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE
CONUS. LONGWAVE TROUGHING WILL BE FOUND OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST
AND ALSO OVER THE NORTHEASTERN STATES. LONGWAVE RIDGING WILL EXIST
BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES EXTENDING FROM THE NORTH-CENTRAL GULF
COAST ALL THE WAY TO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES AND ONTARIO. AT THE
SURFACE...OUR REGION WILL BE DOMINATED BY RIDGING EXTENDING BACK
WESTWARD FROM A HIGH CENTER OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST. POWERFUL LATE
APRIL LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER ENERGY ACROSS THE WEST WILL BE
LIFTING NORTHWARD FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO THE UPPER MS VALLEY.
THE RESULTING GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP AN INCREASINGLY DEEP SOUTHERLY
FLOW DURING THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT INTO THE NORTHERN GULF
COAST. AFTER A COOL START THURSDAY MORNING...TEMPERATURES WILL
REBOUND QUICKLY UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. THE UPPER RIDGE OVERHEAD
AND 850MB TEMPS WARMING TO BETWEEN 12 AND 14C SHOULD EASILY MIX OUT
INTO THE LOWER/MIDDLE 80S AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. AS WE HEAD
INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...GFS APPEARS TO BE A BIT AGGRESSIVE
IN ITS AMPLIFICATION OF THE WESTERN UPPER TROUGH INTO THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS. FEEL A BLEND BETWEEN THE ECMWF AND GFS IS A GOOD COMPROMISE
WHICH SHOULD KEEP ALL AREAS DRY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. LATER FRIDAY
INTO FRIDAY NIGHT SEEMS TO BE AGREEMENT IN A WEAK AND FAST MOVING H5
IMPULSE MOVING NORTHEAST OVERHEAD. THIS WEAK SYNOPTIC LIFT OVER THE
INCREASINGLY ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MAY BE ENOUGH TO DEVELOP A
FEW SHOWERS INTO PORTIONS OF THE REGION.
DURING THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...THE MODELS DIVERGE JUST A BIT ON THEIR
PLACEMENT OF THE MAIN FEATURES...BUT IT COULD MAKE A SIGNIFICANT
DIFFERENCE FOR PORTIONS OF OUR AREA...ESPECIALLY THE WESTERN ZONES.
GFS IS SHOWING A BUILDING MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE FL
PENINSULA AND BAHAMAS. THE RIDGE AXIS TO OUR EAST WILL ALLOW THE
POTENTIAL FOR IMPULSES TO MOVE OVERHEAD...AND KEEP THE THREAT FOR A
ROUND OR TWO OR SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST. CERTAINLY WOULD BE
EXPECTING MORE IN THE WAY OF MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS. ECMWF ON THE
OTHER HAND BUILDS A 591DM RIDGE FURTHER WEST INTO THE EASTERN GULF
OF MEXICO. THIS POSITIONS WILL BE MORE PROTECTIVE...AND LIKELY KEEP
OUR WEEKEND MOSTLY DRY AND RATHER HOT. FOR CONTINUITY SAKE HAVE
LEANED TOWARD THE GFS WHILE BUMPING POPS DOWN AND TEMPS UP A BIT OUT
OF RESPECT FOR THE ECMWF SOLUTION. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THOUGH THAT IF
GUIDANCE TRENDS TOWARD THE EC SOLUTION...THEN CURRENT FORECAST TEMPS
ARE LIKELY ON THE LOW SIDE AND WE COULD BE LOOKING AT OUR FIRST
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S BY SUNDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...VFR CIGS AND VIS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
TODAY...AND WITH GOOD MIXING THIS AFTERNOON...THE CLOUDS STREAMING
IN FROM THE NORTHWEST SHOULD SCATTER OUT. STRONG WESTERLY TO
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON AND
AGAIN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT ALL TERMINALS UNTIL THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS...WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY REACHING 30 KTS AT TIMES.
&&
.MARINE...THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN
CANCELLED AS THE THREAT HAS NOT BEEN REALIZED BY WINDS AND SEAS.
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD STILL EXERCISE CAUTION HOWEVER AS WINDS ARE IN
THE 15 TO 20 KNOT RANGE WITH SEAS HOVERING AROUND 5 FEET OFFSHORE.
THE GENERAL TREND IN WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE DOWNWARD THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL FALL BELOW CAUTIONARY LEVELS BY
MORNING AND REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE DAY ON
TUESDAY. BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL
BRING WINDS AND SEAS BACK TO CAUTIONARY LEVELS THROUGH THE FIRST
PART OF WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE ONCE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND REMAIN LIGHT UNTIL OUR NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE
WEST TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...RED FLAG CRITERIA WILL BE MET THIS AFTERNOON AND
AGAIN TUES AFTERNOON AS GOOD MIXING CONTINUES AND THE WINDS BECOME
GUSTY. DISPERSIONS WILL BE VERY HIGH TUES AFTERNOON...EASILY CLOSE
TO OR ABOVE 100 IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND...AND RH WILL
ALSO BE BELOW 35 FOR SEVERAL HOURS. ON WED AND THURS...AN AREA OF
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE OVER FROM THE WEST...EVENTUALLY SETTLING IN
OVER THE GOMEX ON WED EVENING. RH WILL DROP BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA
AGAIN FOR THE ENTIRE CWA ON THURS...WHICH WARRANTS A FIRE WX WATCH.
AFTER THAT...RH WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS WEEKEND AS CHANCES FOR
RAIN INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TALLAHASSEE 55 79 50 76 46 / 0 10 0 0 0
PANAMA CITY 60 76 52 74 55 / 0 10 0 0 0
DOTHAN 53 73 47 75 49 / 0 10 0 0 0
ALBANY 52 73 47 76 47 / 0 20 10 0 0
VALDOSTA 53 76 49 75 46 / 0 10 10 0 0
CROSS CITY 54 80 50 77 45 / 0 0 0 0 0
APALACHICOLA 60 76 53 73 53 / 0 10 0 0 0
&&
.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...FIRE WEATHER WATCH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY...HOUSTON.
GA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING 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.
FL...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/
TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CALHOUN...CENTRAL WALTON...
GADSDEN...HOLMES...INLAND BAY...INLAND DIXIE...INLAND
FRANKLIN...INLAND GULF...INLAND JEFFERSON...INLAND TAYLOR...
INLAND WAKULLA...INLAND WALTON...JACKSON...LAFAYETTE...
LEON...LIBERTY...MADISON...WASHINGTON.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CALHOUN...CENTRAL WALTON...
GADSDEN...HOLMES...INLAND BAY...INLAND DIXIE...INLAND
FRANKLIN...INLAND GULF...INLAND JEFFERSON...INLAND TAYLOR...
INLAND WAKULLA...INLAND WALTON...JACKSON...LAFAYETTE...
LEON...LIBERTY...MADISON...WASHINGTON.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: CALHOUN...CENTRAL WALTON...GADSDEN...
HOLMES...INLAND BAY...INLAND DIXIE...INLAND JEFFERSON...
INLAND TAYLOR...INLAND WAKULLA...INLAND WALTON...JACKSON...
LAFAYETTE...LEON...LIBERTY...MADISON...WASHINGTON.
GM...NONE.
&&
LONG TERM...MROCZKA
AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...CAMP/M BARRY
REST OF DISCUSSION...GODSEY/HARRIGANHazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 3:41 AM CDT, 11 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 441 AM EDT MON APR 26 2010 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-270845- 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- 441 AM EDT MON APR 26 2010 /341 AM CDT MON APR 26 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... IN THE WAKE OF YESTERDAY'S STRONG COLD FRONT...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST. OTHERWISE EXPECT MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL GENERATE HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS INTO TONIGHT. THEREFORE A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WAS HOISTED FOR ALL THE WATERS. THESE WINDS WILL ALSO GENERATE HIGH SURF ALONG MOST AREA BEACHES. THEREFORE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS REMAINS. THE DRIER AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL FAVOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRES SHOULD ANY OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... WINDS WILL THEN DROP OFF FOR A FEW DAYS BEFORE INCREASING TO CAUTIONARY LEVELS ONCE AGAIN FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR RAIN ON TUESDAY AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. .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. BLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:02 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 12 hr | |
| Apr 26, 4:14 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Calhoun, Dixie, Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette and 4 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:46 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 24 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.