Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 67, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Jun 1, 2011, 4:22 PM CDT for 11 counties in Florida; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jun 2, 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
- Jun 1, 2011, 4:22 PM CDT (21:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 2, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 2188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1193 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
838 WWUS82 KTAE 012122 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 522 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE THURSDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH ERC... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THURSDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSION VALUES... .DRY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY EVEN IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. FLZ007>013-016-017-026-027-030000- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0067.110602T1800Z-110603T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0066.000000T0000Z-110601T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA- 522 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 /422 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THURSDAY... 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/ THURSDAY. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR AT LEAST 4 HOURS. THE ERC VALUES WILL EXCEED 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. && $$ FLZ014-015-018-115-012300- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0066.000000T0000Z-110601T2300Z/ INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-INLAND JEFFERSON-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 522 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 /422 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ALZ065>069-030000- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0053.110602T1800Z-110603T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 422 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL BELOW 30 PERCENT EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN BELOW 30 PERCENT FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS. THIS...COMBINED WITH 10 MPH WINDS AND RECENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS...COULD CAUSE RED FLAG CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOURNIER
2 follow-up statements
049 WWUS82 KTAE 020802 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 402 AM EDT THU JUN 2 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH ERC... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS LAFAYETTE AND INLAND DIXIE COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH ERC AND HIGH DISPERSIONS... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA FOR LOW HUMIDITY... 20 FOOT WINDS OF 10 MPH AND A KBDI OF GREATER THAN 500... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR POSSIBLE RED FLAG CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF THE ABOVE AREAS IN NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE LOCAL REGION YIELDING A PERSISTENT HOT AND DRY PATTERN THROUGH FRIDAY. HIGH MIXING HEIGHTS WILL GENERATE HIGH DISPERSIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA. THIS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH ERC WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS TODAY AND POSSIBLY ON FRIDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. FLZ007-008-020915- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.W.0067.110602T1800Z-110603T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON- 302 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. ALTHOUGH AT LEAST FOUR HOURS OF LOW HUMIDITY ARE FORECAST TODAY... NEITHER DISPERSIONS NOR ERC ARE EXPECTED TO REACH RED FLAG LEVELS. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ ALZ065>069-030000- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0053.110602T1800Z-110603T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0054.110603T1800Z-110604T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KTAE.FW.W.0067.110602T1900Z-110603T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 302 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...20 FOOT WINDS OF 10 MPH AND A KBDI OF GREATER THAN 500... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING FOR POSSIBLE LOW HUMIDITY...20 FOOT WINDS OF 10 MPH AND A KBDI OF GREATER THAN 500... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY 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. && $$ FLZ029-034-030000- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0054.110603T1800Z-110604T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KTAE.FW.W.0067.110602T1800Z-110603T0000Z/ LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE- 402 AM EDT THU JUN 2 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH ERC AND HIGH DISPERSIONS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH ERC AND HIGH DISPERSIONS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ009>013-016-017-026-027-030000- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0054.110603T1800Z-110604T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0067.110602T1800Z-110603T0000Z/ HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA- 402 AM EDT THU JUN 2 2011 /302 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2011/ ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH ERC... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH ERC... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. 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. && $$ BLOCK
591 WWUS82 KTAE 021932 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 332 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH ERC... ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS LAFAYETTE AND INLAND DIXIE COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH ERC AND HIGH DISPERSIONS... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA FOR LOW HUMIDITY... 20 FOOT WINDS OF 10 MPH AND A KBDI OF GREATER THAN 500... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR POSSIBLE RED FLAG CONDITIONS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH FLORIDA... ...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... .HOT AND DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO INCREASE DURING FRIDAY...HOWEVER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE STILL EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW CRITICAL VALUES ACROSS PORTION OF NORTHERN FLORIDA FOR A TIME IN THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. ALZ065>069-030000- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.A.0054.110603T1800Z-110604T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0067.000000T0000Z-110603T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 232 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW CRITICAL VALUES. 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>013-016-017-026-027-029-034-031100- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0067.000000T0000Z-110603T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0054.110603T1800Z-110604T0000Z/ HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE- 332 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2011 /232 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN FLORIDA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN FLORIDA... 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. && $$ 14-MROCZKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:09 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more | 15 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 63 min | |
| Jun 1, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 39 min | |
| Jun 1, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 4:22 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 11 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2011Red Flag Warnings in Alabama, 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.