Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Jan 12, 2011, 3:19 AM CST for 16 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 12, 2011, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 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 12, 2011, 3:19 AM CST (09:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2011, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 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 09:22 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 00:00Z, 9.3 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
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
150 WWUS82 KTAE 120919 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 419 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... .ALTHOUGH A COOL DAY IS EXPECTED TODAY...VERY LOW DEW POINTS WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO MEET RED FLAG CRITERIA ACROSS ALL OF OUR FLORIDA ZONES. EVEN DRIER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY AND THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN FLORIDA HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO INCLUDE ALL OF OUR ALABAMA AND GEORGIA ZONES. IN ADDITION... HIGH DISPERSION INDICES ARE EXPECTED BOTH DAYS. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WITH RED FLAG CONDITIONS POSSIBLY LINGERING INTO SUNDAY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA. FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-122030- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0005.110112T1700Z-110113T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0004.110112T1600Z-110113T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0006.110113T1500Z-110114T0000Z/ 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- 419 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011 /319 AM CST WED JAN 12 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED THE RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT. 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. && $$ ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-122030- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0006.110113T1800Z-110113T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 419 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011 /319 AM CST WED JAN 12 2011/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ 18-WOOL
2 follow-up statements
640 WWUS82 KTAE 121901 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 201 PM EST WED JAN 12 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THURSDAY FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DRY CONDITIONS WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ACROSS OUR FLORIDA ZONES TOMORROW WITH ANOTHER RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT. ACROSS OUR GEORGIA AND ALABAMA ZONES...CONFIDENCE IS NOT AS HIGH...SO WILL LEAVE THE WATCH IN PLACE. ANOTHER RED FLAG DAY APPEARS LIKELY ON FRIDAY ACROSS THE FLORIDA ZONES...AND CLOSE ACROSS GEORGIA AND ALABAMA WHERE DURATIONS CURRENTLY FALL JUST SHORT...BUT WILL MONITOR CLOSELY. FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-130100- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0006.110113T1500Z-110114T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0005.110113T1500Z-110114T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0007.110114T1700Z-110115T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110113T0000Z/ 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- 201 PM EST WED JAN 12 2011 /101 PM CST WED JAN 12 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THURSDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THURSDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS 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. && $$ ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-130100- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0006.110113T1800Z-110113T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 201 PM EST WED JAN 12 2011 /101 PM CST WED JAN 12 2011/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ DVD
629 WWUS82 KTAE 130012 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 712 PM EST WED JAN 12 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THURSDAY FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DRY CONDITIONS WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ACROSS OUR FLORIDA ZONES TOMORROW WITH ANOTHER RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT. ACROSS OUR GEORGIA AND ALABAMA ZONES...CONFIDENCE IS NOT AS HIGH...SO WILL LEAVE THE WATCH IN PLACE. ANOTHER RED FLAG DAY APPEARS LIKELY ON FRIDAY ACROSS THE FLORIDA ZONES...AND CLOSE ACROSS GEORGIA AND ALABAMA WHERE DURATIONS CURRENTLY FALL JUST SHORT...BUT WILL MONITOR CLOSELY. FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-131000- /O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110113T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0005.110113T1500Z-110114T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0007.110114T1700Z-110115T0000Z/ 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- 712 PM EST WED JAN 12 2011 /612 PM CST WED JAN 12 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THURSDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THURSDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS 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. && $$ ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-131000- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0006.110113T1800Z-110113T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 712 PM EST WED JAN 12 2011 /612 PM CST WED JAN 12 2011/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ HARRIGAN/DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 3:19 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 12, 4:43 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 27 hr |
| Jan 12, 1:01 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 12, 1:01 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 29 hr |
| Jan 12, 1:08 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 20 hr |
| Jan 12, 1:37 PM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 25 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 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.