Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 70, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Jun 6, 2011, 3:15 AM CDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jun 6, 2011, 1:00 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
- Jun 6, 2011, 3:15 AM CDT (08:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 6, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:19 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 3760 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1218 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
664 WWUS82 KTAE 060815 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 415 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE INLAND FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH ERC VALUES GREATER THAN 35... .THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK ALLOWING AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO CLIMB A LITTLE BIT HIGHER EACH DAY. HOWEVER...FOR TODAY ANY PRECIPITATION WILL AGAIN LIKELY DEVELOP LATE IN THE DAY. THIS WILL FAVOR AT LEAST FOUR HOURS OF HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT ACROSS THE INLAND FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THIS COMBINED WITH HIGH ERC VALUES HAS RESULTED IN A RED FLAG WARNING HOISTED FOR THIS AREA. HUMIDITIES SHOULD REMAIN TOO MOIST FOR RED FLAG CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY. FLZ007>013-062300- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0070.110606T1800Z-110606T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN- 315 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH ERC VALUES GREATER THAN 35... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 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. && $$ BLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 28 min |
| Jun 5, 7:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 7:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 50 min |
| Jun 6, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gilchrist | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 50 min |
| Jun 6, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Taylor | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Taylor | 36 min |
| Jun 6, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Taylor | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 62 min |
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.