Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 65, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at May 31, 2011, 3:04 AM CDT for 7 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 31, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT. 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
- May 31, 2011, 3:04 AM CDT (08:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 31, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 31, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Calhoun County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Washington County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 2371 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
388 WWUS82 KTAE 310804 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 404 AM EDT TUE MAY 31 2011 ...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR INLAND WALTON...CENTRAL WALTON...INLAND BAY...CALHOUN AND LIBERTY COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EDT /2 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR HOLMES... WASHINGTON...JACKSON...GADSDEN AND LEON COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH HIGH ERC VALUES... .WE SHOULD SEE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND WESTERN BIG BEND EXPERIENCE LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINED WITH HIGH ERC VALUES IN THESE AREAS WILL RESULT IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS. ON WEDNESDAY... WE ARE SHOWING NON-CRITICAL DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA BUT DISPERSION VALUES ARE FORECAST TO BE VERY HIGH. THIS PARAMETER IS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO MINOR CHANGES IN EITHER FORECAST SURFACE WINDS OR TRANSPORT WINDS SO WE WILL HOLD OFF ON ISSUING A FIRE WEATHER WATCH AND RE-EVALUATE AFTER ANOTHER RUN OF THE MODELS. FLZ007-008-012-013-026-310915- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.A.0051.110531T1900Z-110601T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-LIBERTY- 404 AM EDT TUE MAY 31 2011 /304 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011/ ...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$ FLZ009>011-016-010000- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0051.110531T1900Z-110601T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0065.110531T1900Z-110601T0000Z/ HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-GADSDEN- 404 AM EDT TUE MAY 31 2011 /304 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EDT /2 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FLZ017-010000- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0065.110531T1900Z-110601T0000Z/ LEON- 404 AM EDT TUE MAY 31 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 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. && $$ BARRY
1 follow-up statement
452 WWUS82 KTAE 311833 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 233 PM EDT TUE MAY 31 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PANHANDLE AND FAR WESTERN BIG BEND DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COUPLED WITH HIGH ERC VALUES... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN WALTON...HOLMES...AND JACKSON COUNTIES DUE A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSIONS... .RED FLAG CONDITIONS STILL APPEAR ON TRACK FOR PORTIONS OF THE INLAND EASTERN PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. BASED ON THE LATEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...HAVE EXPANDED THE WARNING SLIGHTLY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. ON WEDNESDAY...ONE OR TWO HOURS OF SUB 35 PERCENT RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN WALTON...HOLMES..AND JACKSON COUNTIES. HOWEVER...DISPERSIONS ARE STILL FORECAST TO BE QUITE HIGH...SO HAVE GONE WITH A WATCH FOR THOSE AREAS. FLZ013-026-027-010000- /O.EXA.KTAE.FW.W.0065.110531T1900Z-110601T0000Z/ CALHOUN-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA- 233 PM EDT TUE MAY 31 2011 /133 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FLZ009-011-010200- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0052.110601T1800Z-110601T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0065.110531T1900Z-110601T0000Z/ HOLMES-JACKSON- 133 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY 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. && $$ FLZ010-016-017-010000- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0065.110531T1900Z-110601T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-GADSDEN-LEON- 233 PM EDT TUE MAY 31 2011 /133 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FLZ007-010200- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0052.110601T1800Z-110601T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON- 133 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 1:33 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton | 14 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.