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Red Flag Warning 57, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this red flag warning at Oct 1, 2011, 5:08 AM EDT for 12 counties in Georgia; 7 counties in Florida. It took effect at Oct 1, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT. 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
- Oct 1, 2011, 5:08 AM EDT (09:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 1, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
Counties Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Union County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Camden County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Echols County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Wayne County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
722 WWUS82 KJAX 010908 RFWJAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 508 AM EDT SAT OCT 1 2011 FLZ020>023-030-031-035-036-040-012200- /O.UPG.KJAX.FW.A.0046.111001T1600Z-111001T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.FW.W.0057.111001T1600Z-111001T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.FW.A.0047.111002T1600Z-111002T2200Z/ HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-UNION-BRADFORD-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA- MARION- 508 AM EDT SAT OCT 1 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA FOR LOW RH VALUES AND GUSTY WINDS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF INLAND NORTHEAST FLORIDA FOR LOW RH VALUES AND ERC VALUES NEAR 35... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SUSTAIN AROUND 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...RH VALUES ARE FORECAST TO DIP BELOW 35 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM VALUES NEAR 25 PERCENT ACROSS THE SUWANNEE RIVER VALLEY. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ024-025-032-033-037-038-012200- /O.UPG.KJAX.FW.A.0046.111001T1600Z-111001T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.FW.W.0057.111001T1600Z-111001T2200Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-CLAY-ST JOHNS-PUTNAM-FLAGLER- 508 AM EDT SAT OCT 1 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA FOR LOW RH VALUES AND GUSTY WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SUSTAIN AROUND 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...RH VALUES ARE FORECAST TO DIP BELOW 35 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-012200- /O.NEW.KJAX.FW.W.0057.111001T1600Z-111001T2200Z/ COFFEE-JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING-WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE- BRANTLEY-INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN-ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON- INLAND CAMDEN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 508 AM EDT SAT OCT 1 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA FOR LOW RH VALUES AND GUSTY WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN GEORGIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 132...133... 134...135...136...149...150...151...152...153...154...162... 163...164...165 AND 166. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SUSTAIN AROUND 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...RH VALUES ARE FORECAST TO DIP BELOW 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/JAX
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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Oct 1, 3:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 1, 3:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
350 AM EDT SAT OCT 1 2011
...BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND POPS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...
.SHORT TERM...STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA
BRINGING COOLER AND MUCH DRIER AIR. A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPED OVER
THE COASTAL WATERS AS THE FRONT PUSHED THROUGH. BREEZY NNW WINDS
TODAY WILL GUST UP TO 25 MPH AT TIMES WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING
ONLY THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S UNDER FULL SUN. MUCH COOLER
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT WITH READINGS FALLING INTO THE MID
40S WELL INLAND TO THE MID 50S NEAR THE EAST COAST. COOL AND DRY
WEATHER WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH LIGHTER WINDS AS
PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS.
.LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...ONSHORE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL
CONTINUE IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD ALONG WITH MODERATING TEMPERATURES
AND MOISTURE. SURFACE HIGH WILL BE REINFORCED DOWN THE EAST COAST
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS A STRONG HIGH OVER EASTERN CANADA
DROPS SOUTH. INCREASED ONSHORE FLOW WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED COASTAL
SHOWERS BY LATE WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO AVERAGE LEVELS
DURING THE PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST. HAVE INCLUDED LLWS THROUGH
13Z/14Z WITH BREEZY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ESTABLISHING AT THE SURFACE
THE BALANCE OF TODAY.
&&
.MARINE...A SURFACE COLD FRONT HAS DEPARTED SOUTHWARD WITH STRONG
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ESTABLISHING IN ITS WAKE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
FOR WINDS CONTINUES FOR THE NEARSHORE LEGS THROUGH 12Z...AND SCA FOR
THE OFFSHORE LEGS CONTINUES THROUGH 18Z. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY
IMPROVE THE BALANCE OF THIS WEEKEND.
RIP CURRENTS: A LOW RIP CURRENT RISK IS FORECAST TODAY.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...HAVE UPGRADED FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO RED FLAG WARNING
ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA DUE TO COMBINATION OF LOW RH AND GUSTY
WINDS. HAVE ALSO DECIDED TO HOIST RED FLAG WARNING FOR SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA AS SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THERE. MINIMUM RH VALUES
BETWEEN 25 AND 35 PERCENT ARE FORECAST AWAY FROM THE COAST.
HAVE RAISED FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SUNDAY FOR LARGE PORTION OF
INLAND NORTHEAST FLORIDA WHERE RH VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN DIP BELOW
35 PERCENT COUPLED WITH ERC VALUES NEARING THE CRITICAL VALUE OF 35.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG 76 47 75 46 / 0 0 0 0
SSI 75 54 74 54 / 0 0 0 0
JAX 78 49 75 49 / 0 0 0 0
SGJ 80 56 75 55 / 0 0 0 0
GNV 80 48 77 49 / 0 0 0 0
OCF 80 48 78 48 / 0 0 0 0
&&
.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
ALACHUA-BAKER-BRADFORD-CLAY-COLUMBIA-DUVAL-FLAGLER-
GILCHRIST-HAMILTON-MARION-NASSAU-PUTNAM-ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-
UNION.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALACHUA-BAKER-BRADFORD-
COLUMBIA-GILCHRIST-HAMILTON-MARION-SUWANNEE-UNION.
GA...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BRANTLEY-CHARLTON-CLINCH-COASTAL
CAMDEN-COASTAL GLYNN-COFFEE-ECHOLS-INLAND CAMDEN-INLAND
GLYNN-JEFF DAVIS-PIERCE-WARE-WAYNE.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY FOR ALTAMAHA SOUND GA
TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-FERNANDINA
BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-ST
AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR
ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-
FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL OUT 20 NM-ST AUGUSTINE
TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT 20 NM.
&&
ZIBURA/ZAPPE/Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 1, 4:45 AM EDT, 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 445 AM EDT SAT OCT 1 2011 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-021000- HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-NASSAU-DUVAL-UNION-BRADFORD-CLAY- ST JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION-COFFEE- JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING-WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY- INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN-ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 445 AM EDT SAT OCT 1 2011 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE WILL BE AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER TODAY DUE TO LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... LOW HUMIDITY WILL ELEVATE THE FIRE DANGER FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY OVER INLAND AREAS. THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL REMAIN ELEVATED ALONG THE EAST COAST SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. MZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 5:08 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Suwannee, Union | 14 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.