Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Jan 7, 2011, 3:55 AM CST for 11 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 7, 2011, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 4 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 7, 2011, 3:55 AM CST (09:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2011, 1:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2011, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 2059 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
107 WWUS82 KTAE 070955 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 455 AM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSIONS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE DUE TO POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF LOW HUMIDITY... .THE DRY AIR MASS WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE REINFORCED FOR THE WEEKEND AS A DRY COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION TONIGHT. FOR THIS AFTERNOON...THE COMBINATION OF HIGH PRESSURE ADVANCING ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO AND LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION WILL GENERATE MODERATE AND GUSTY WEST WINDS. THIS WILL LEAD TO HIGH DISPERSIONS WHICH WILL COMBINE WITH JUST ENOUGH LOW HUMIDITY TO GENERATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS IN THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE NORTH OF I-10. WEST WINDS WILL DECREASE SOMEWHAT ON SATURDAY BUT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT... EVEN DRIER AIR WILL ADVANCE ACROSS THE LOCAL REGION. THUS A MORE WIDESPREAD EVENT WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ007-009-011-072230- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0002.110107T1900Z-110107T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0002.110107T1900Z-110107T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0003.110108T1800Z-110108T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-JACKSON- 355 AM CST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ008-010-012>019-026>029-108-112-072230- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0003.110108T1800Z-110108T2300Z/ CENTRAL WALTON-WASHINGTON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF- INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 455 AM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 /355 AM CST FRI JAN 7 2011/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ BLOCK
1 follow-up statement
009 WWUS82 KTAE 071945 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 245 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR INLAND WALTON...HOLMES AND JACKSON COUNTIES DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITY...HIGH DISPERSIONS AND SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 MPH OR HIGHER... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR WASHINGTON...CALHOUN...GADSDEN...LIBERTY... LEON...INLAND WAKULLA AND INLAND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN NORTH FLORIDA DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITY...HIGH DISPERSIONS AND SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 MPH OR HIGHER... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ SATURDAY FOR ALL FLORIDA ZONES EXCEPT...DIXIE COUNTY...COASTAL GULF AND THE COASTAL ZONES OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW HUMIDITY... .THE DRY AIR MASS WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE REINFORCED FOR THE WEEKEND AS A DRY COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE SOMEWHAT ON SATURDAY BUT WE EXPECT LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS MOST OF OUR NORTH FLORIDA ZONES PROMPTING THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO BE UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING. FLZ008-010-012-013-016>019-026-027-072300- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0003.110108T1800Z-110108T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0003.110108T1800Z-110108T2300Z/ /O.EXA.KTAE.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110107T2300Z/ CENTRAL WALTON-WASHINGTON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON- INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA- 245 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 /145 PM CST FRI JAN 7 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ SATURDAY. 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. && $$ FLZ007-009-011-072300- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0003.110108T1800Z-110108T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0003.110108T1800Z-110108T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110107T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-JACKSON- 145 PM CST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CST SATURDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CST SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FLZ014-015-028-029-108-112-072300- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0003.110108T1800Z-110108T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0003.110108T1800Z-110108T2300Z/ INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-SOUTH WALTON- COASTAL BAY- 245 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 /145 PM CST FRI JAN 7 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ SATURDAY. 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. && $$ BARRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 3:08 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Gulf, Walton | 34 hr |
| Jan 7, 1:45 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 27 hr |
Nearby
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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.