Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Jan 2, 2011, 1:23 PM CST for 16 counties in Florida; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 3, 2011, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 5 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
- Jan 2, 2011, 1:23 PM CST (19:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 3, 2011, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2011, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
All 21 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
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
998 WWUS82 KTAE 021923 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 223 PM EST SUN JAN 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DAYTIME HEATING...THOUGH LIMITED...WILL COMBINE WITH A DRY AIRMASS TO PRODUCE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY MONDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-031230- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0001.110103T1700Z-110103T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0001.110103T1700Z-110103T2200Z/ 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- 223 PM EST SUN JAN 2 2011 /123 PM CST SUN JAN 2 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TO 5 PM EST /4 PM CST/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TO 5 PM EST /4 PM CST/ MONDAY. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 TO TO 5 HOURS. 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. && $$ ALZ065>069-031230- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0001.110103T1700Z-110103T2200Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 123 PM CST SUN JAN 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 4 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 4 PM CST MONDAY. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL BELOW 25 PERCENT EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOURNIER
1 follow-up statement
898 WWUS82 KTAE 030801 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 301 AM EST MON JAN 3 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY TO 5 PM EST /4 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...AND FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE TO LIKELY LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... .WITH THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN TO OUR NORTH...THE COOLER AND MUCH DRIER AIR WILL CREATE LIKELY RED FLAG CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON...AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG CONDITIONS OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. DESPITE THE BORDERLINE WARNING CRITERIA OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... WILL LEAVE THE CURRENT RED FLAG WARNING IN PLACE...AS IT COULD EASILY BE JUST A BIT DRIER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...WHICH WOULD THEN ALLOW FOR 4 TO 5 HOURS OF SUB 25 PERCENT RELATIVE HUMIDITY. NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ARE EXPECTED FOR TUESDAY...ALTHOUGH PARTS OF THE NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE COULD BRIEFLY DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- 032200- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0001.110103T1700Z-110103T2200Z/ 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- 301 AM EST MON JAN 3 2011 /201 AM CST MON JAN 3 2011/ ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY TO 5 PM EST /4 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... 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. && $$ 17-GOULD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 11:44 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 61 min | |
| Jan 2, 12:41 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jan 2, 3:33 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 10 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2011Red Flag Warnings in Alabama, 2011Every red flag warning in 2011
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.