Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 50, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at May 10, 2011, 3:53 PM CDT for 9 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 11, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 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
- May 10, 2011, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 11, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 11, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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, Wakulla County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 1566 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1160 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
751 WWUS82 KTAE 102053 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 453 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ALONG WITH HIGH ERC VALUES AND HIGH DISPERSIONS FOR MOST OF THE INLAND PANHANDLE AND WESTERN BIG BEND OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... .DISCUSSION...LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OVER MOST OF INLAND NORTH FLORIDA. THIS COUPLED WITH HIGH ERC VALUES OVER THE INLAND FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND WESTERN BIG BEND WILL LEAD TO RED FLAG CONDITIONS. DISPERSION VALUES ARE ALSO MARGINALLY HIGH IN PARTS OF THESE AREAS. FLZ012-102200- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.A.0041.110511T1800Z-110512T0000Z/ INLAND BAY- 353 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED WITH UP TO 3 HOURS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY STILL POSSIBLE. $$ FLZ009>011-013-016-017-026-027-120000- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0041.110511T1800Z-110512T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0050.110511T1800Z-110512T0000Z/ HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA- 453 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011 /353 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FLZ018-120000- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0050.110511T1800Z-110512T0000Z/ INLAND JEFFERSON- 453 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ DVD
2 follow-up statements
763 WWUS82 KTAE 110741 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 341 AM EDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ TODAY DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ALONG WITH HIGH ERC VALUES FOR MOST OF THE INLAND PANHANDLE AND WESTERN BIG BEND OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING FOR MOST OF THE INLAND FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH ERC... .DISCUSSION...LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER MOST OF INLAND NORTH FLORIDA. THIS COUPLED WITH HIGH ERC VALUES OVER THE INLAND FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND WESTERN BIG BEND WILL LEAD TO RED FLAG CONDITIONS. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. THEREFORE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF THE INLAND PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND. FLZ018-112245- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.W.0050.110511T1800Z-110512T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0042.110512T1800Z-110512T2300Z/ INLAND JEFFERSON- 341 AM EDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR POSSIBLE LOW HUMIDITIES AND POSSIBLE HIGH ERC VALUES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ012-112-127-112245- /O.EXA.KTAE.FW.W.0050.110511T1800Z-110512T0000Z/ INLAND BAY-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL WAKULLA- 341 AM EDT WED MAY 11 2011 /241 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ 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. && $$ FLZ009>011-013-016-017-026-112245- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0042.110512T1800Z-110512T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0050.110511T1800Z-110512T0000Z/ HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON-LIBERTY- 341 AM EDT WED MAY 11 2011 /241 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING FOR POSSIBLE LOW HUMIDITIES AND POSSIBLE HIGH ERC VALUES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ027-112245- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0050.110511T1800Z-110512T0000Z/ INLAND WAKULLA- 341 AM EDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT 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. && $$ FLZ007-019-029-112245- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0042.110512T1800Z-110512T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-MADISON-LAFAYETTE- 341 AM EDT WED MAY 11 2011 /241 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR POSSIBLE LOW HUMIDITIES AND POSSIBLE HIGH ERC VALUES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ BLOCK
445 WWUS82 KTAE 112103 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 503 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH ERC VALUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SIMILAR CONDITIONS FOR INLAND WAKULLA...LEON...GADSDEN...AND JACKSON COUNTIES... .DISCUSSION...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...CAUSING RED FLAG CONDITIONS. FLZ009-010-013-026-120000- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.A.0042.110512T1800Z-110512T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110512T0000Z/ HOLMES-WASHINGTON-CALHOUN-LIBERTY- 503 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2011 /403 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 009... 010...013 AND 026... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THURSDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 009...010...013 AND 026... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY. 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. && $$ FLZ007-018-019-029-112215- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.A.0042.110512T1800Z-110512T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LAFAYETTE- 503 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2011 /403 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THURSDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 007...018...019 AND 029... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$ FLZ011-016-017-122300- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0042.110512T1800Z-110512T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0051.110512T1800Z-110512T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110512T0000Z/ JACKSON-GADSDEN-LEON- 503 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2011 /403 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 011... 016 AND 017... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THURSDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 011...016 AND 017... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THURSDAY. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR AT LEAST 4 HOURS THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND THE ERC VALUE WILL BE ABOVE 35. 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. && $$ FLZ027-122300- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0051.110512T1800Z-110512T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110512T0000Z/ INLAND WAKULLA- 503 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 7 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 7 PM EDT THURSDAY. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR AT LEAST 4 HOURS THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND THE ERC VALUE WILL BE ABOVE 35. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FLZ012-112-127-120000- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110512T0000Z/ INLAND BAY-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL WAKULLA- 503 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2011 /403 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 012... 112 AND 127... 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2:35 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Leon and 2 more | 13 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.