Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Jan 7, 2011, 1:45 PM CST for 16 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 8, 2011, 12:00 PM 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 7, 2011, 1:45 PM CST (19:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 8, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2011, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 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 19:42 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
- 1783 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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. && $$ BARRY
3 follow-up statements
593 WWUS82 KTAE 080303 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1003 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNINGR REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ SATURDAY FOR ALL FLORIDA ZONES EXCEPT...DIXIE COUNTY...COASTAL GULF AND THE COASTAL ZONES OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .THE DRY AIR MASS WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE REINFORCED FOR THE WEEKEND AS A DRY COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE SOMEWHAT ON SATURDAY BUT WE EXPECT LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS MOST OF OUR NORTH FLORIDA ZONES...PROMPTING THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO BE UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING. FLZ007>019-026>029-108-112-082300- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0003.110108T1800Z-110108T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON- MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 1003 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 /903 PM CST FRI JAN 7 2011/ ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ SATURDAY DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ DUVAL
424 WWUS82 KTAE 080948 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 448 AM EST SAT JAN 8 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ TODAY FOR ALL FLORIDA ZONES EXCEPT... DIXIE COUNTY...COASTAL GULF AND THE COASTAL ZONES OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA COUNTIES DUE TO LIKELY LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .A DRY COLD FRONT WILL CROSS SOUTH OF THE LOCAL AREA THIS MORNING REINFORCING AN ALREADY DRY AIR MASS. HIGH TRANSPORT WINDS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO WELL ABOVE AVERAGE DISPERSIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF NORTH FLORIDA AWAY FROM THE COAST. DISPERSIONS WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL ON SUNDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT WEATHER MAKER...A LOW SLATED TO CROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY. THE LOCAL AIR MASS WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENTLY DRY TO ISSUE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA COUNTIES. AFTER THE LOW PASSES EAST...THE LOCAL AIR MASS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DRY OUT AGAIN. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. FLZ007>019-026>029-108-112-082130- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0004.110109T1700Z-110109T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0003.110108T1800Z-110108T2300Z/ 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- SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 448 AM EST SAT JAN 8 2011 /348 AM CST SAT JAN 8 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. 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. && $$ FLZ034-114-115-118-127-128-134-082130- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0004.110109T1700Z-110109T2300Z/ INLAND DIXIE-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON- COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE- 448 AM EST SAT JAN 8 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ BLOCK
641 WWUS82 KTAE 081852 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 152 PM EST SAT JAN 8 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ TODAY FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND AND PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATIONS DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 15 MPH... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND AND PANHANDLE DUE TO LIKELY LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .THIS AFTERNOON'S RED FLAG WARNING FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE IS WELL ON TRACK TOWARDS VERIFICATION FROM LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY DURATIONS...AND MANY LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY VERIFIED WITH SUB 35 PERCENT RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS AT 15 MPH OR GREATER. ON SUNDAY... ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS THAT THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND WILL HAVE ANOTHER GOOD CHANCE OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL NOT UPGRADE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO A WARNING AT THIS TIME. THIS IS DUE TO SOME UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING THE INCREASING HIGH AND MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS DURING THE DAY. IF THESE CLOUD LAYERS ADVANCE IN A BIT MORE QUICKLY THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...THEN AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES COULD BE HELD DOWN A FEW MORE DEGREES WHICH WOULD SUBSEQUENTLY RAISE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. FLZ034-114-115-118-127-128-134-090000- /O.EXA.KTAE.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110108T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0004.110109T1700Z-110109T2300Z/ INLAND DIXIE-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON- COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE- 152 PM EST SAT JAN 8 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SUNDAY 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. && $$ FLZ007>019-026>029-108-112-090000- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110108T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0004.110109T1700Z-110109T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON- MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 152 PM EST SAT JAN 8 2011 /1252 PM CST SAT JAN 8 2011/ ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ 17-GOULD
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, 3:55 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson and 5 more | 13 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.