Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 32, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Apr 2, 2011, 9:22 AM CDT for 11 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 2, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT. 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
- Apr 2, 2011, 9:22 AM CDT (14:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Calhoun County, FL, Gadsden 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, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
034 WWUS82 KTAE 021422 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1022 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EDT /2 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR MOST INLAND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO HIGH DISPERSION LEVELS AND TRANSPORT WINDS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF A COMBINATION OF HIGH DISPERSION LEVELS...TRANSPORT WINDS...AND LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... FLZ009>011-013-016>019-026>029-030000- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0025.110402T1900Z-110402T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0032.110402T1900Z-110402T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0026.110403T1900Z-110403T2300Z/ HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON- MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- 1022 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 /922 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2011/ ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EDT /2 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR HIGH DISPERSION LEVELS AND TRANSPORT WIND SPEEDS... ...A FIRE WEATHER IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF A COMBINATION OF HIGH DISPERSION LEVELS...TRANSPORT WINDS...AND LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EDT /2 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY 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. && $$ FLZ015-GAZ125>131-145>148-157>161-030000- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0026.110403T1900Z-110403T2300Z/ INLAND FRANKLIN-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN- MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 1022 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ GOULD/DUVAL
1 follow-up statement
256 WWUS82 KTAE 021929 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 329 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR INLAND NORTH FLORIDA DUE TO BRIEF DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 35 PERCENT AND DISPERSION INDICES GREATER THAN 75... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF NORTH FLORIDA DUE TO POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 35 PERCENT AND DISPERSION INDICES GREATER THAN 75... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... .A DRIER AIRMASS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND REMAIN IN PLACE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS MAY RESULT IN A PERIOD OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTH GEORGIA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IN FLORIDA...THE RH CRITERIA WILL EASILY BE SATISFIED BUT WARNING CRITERIA WILL DEPEND ON DISPERSION AND ERC VALUES. IN GEORGIA DURATIONS COULD BE MET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ009>011-013-016>019-026>029-031130- /O.EXT.KTAE.FW.A.0026.110403T1700Z-110404T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110402T2300Z/ HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON- MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- 329 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 /229 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CONTINUED THE RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND 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. && $$ FLZ007-034-031130- /O.EXB.KTAE.FW.A.0026.110403T1700Z-110404T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-INLAND DIXIE- 329 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 /229 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2011/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ015-031130- /O.EXT.KTAE.FW.A.0026.110403T1700Z-110404T0000Z/ INLAND FRANKLIN- 329 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY 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. && $$ GAZ125>131-145>148-157>161-031130- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0026.110403T1900Z-110403T2300Z/ DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-MITCHELL-COLQUITT- COOK-BERRIEN-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 329 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ 38-GODSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 9:22 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more | 18 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.