Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 68, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Jun 3, 2011, 3:19 AM CDT for 14 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jun 3, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2011, 3:19 AM CDT (08:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 3, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Dixie 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, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:22 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 6:12 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 Ne Hickory Hill, FL | TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. SCATTERED TREES DOWN. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 492 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2311 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
878 WWUS82 KTAE 030819 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 419 AM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR ALL BUT COASTAL PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... .HOT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO INCREASE TODAY. HOWEVER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE STILL EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW CRITICAL VALUES ACROSS INLAND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGH DISPERSION AND ERC VALUES ADDING TO THE THREAT. CONVECTIVE COVERAGE WILL INCREASE ON SATURDAY AND RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED ON THAT DAY. FLZ009>013-016-017-026-027-029-034-040000- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0054.110603T1800Z-110604T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0068.110603T1800Z-110604T0000Z/ HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE- 419 AM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011 /319 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 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 DUE TO A COMBINATION OF HIGH DISPERSION AND ERC VALUES AND DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT. 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. && $$ FLZ007-008-018-019-028-040000- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0068.110603T1800Z-110604T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON- INLAND TAYLOR- 419 AM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011 /319 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING DUE TO A COMBINATION OF HIGH DISPERSION AND ERC VALUES AND DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ 18-WOOL
1 follow-up statement
885 WWUS82 KTAE 031934 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 334 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF THE INLAND FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO ONGOING LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .AN UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE THE HOT TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. CONDITIONS WILL STILL BE DRY...HOWEVER EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW CRITICAL VALUES ARE NOT EXPECTED. AT THIS TIME...AFTER THE CURRENT RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH FLORIDA END THIS EVENING...ADDITIONAL FIRE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNING ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. FLZ007>013-016>019-026>029-034-040000- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0068.000000T0000Z-110604T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE- 334 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011 /234 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 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. && $$ 14-MROCZKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 29 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.