Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Jan 15, 2011, 2:43 PM EST for 10 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 16, 2011, 1:00 PM EST. 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
- Jan 15, 2011, 2:43 PM EST (19:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 16, 2011, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2011, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 2449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
948 WWUS82 KTAE 151943 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 243 PM EST SAT JAN 15 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST / 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO ONGOING LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IN NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL OF THE REGION WILL BEGIN TO RETREAT EASTWARD DURING SUNDAY. A SLOW INCREASE IN MOISTURE SHOULD PREVENT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM BEING REACHED OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. FURTHER EAST ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...AROUND 4 HOURS OF SUB CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS STILL EXPECTED AND THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL BE UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING. FLZ015>019-026>029-034-115-118-127-128-134-161100- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0009.110116T1800Z-110116T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0008.110116T1800Z-110116T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110116T0000Z/ INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE- COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR- COASTAL DIXIE- 243 PM EST SAT JAN 15 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING DUE TO ONGOING LONG DURATIONS OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ALSO ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. 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. && $$ FLZ007>014-108-112-114-160000- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110116T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 243 PM EST SAT JAN 15 2011 /143 PM CST SAT JAN 15 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING DUE TO ONGOING LONG DURATIONS OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ 14-MROCZKA
2 follow-up statements
938 WWUS82 KTAE 160003 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 703 PM EST SAT JAN 15 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IN NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL OF THE REGION WILL BEGIN TO RETREAT EASTWARD DURING SUNDAY. A SLOW INCREASE IN MOISTURE SHOULD PREVENT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM BEING REACHED OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. FURTHER EAST ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...AROUND 4 HOURS OF SUB CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS STILL EXPECTED AND THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL BE UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING. FLZ015>019-026>029-034-115-118-127-128-134-162300- /O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110116T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0008.110116T1800Z-110116T2300Z/ INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE- COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR- COASTAL DIXIE- 703 PM EST SAT JAN 15 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. 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. && $$ FLZ007>014-108-112-114-160115- /O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110116T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 703 PM EST SAT JAN 15 2011 /603 PM CST SAT JAN 15 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$
424 WWUS82 KTAE 160938 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 438 AM EST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .ALTHOUGH THE VERY DRY AIRMASS THAT HAS AFFECTED THE REGION FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL RETREAT TO THE EAST TODAY...IT WILL STILL BE DRY ENOUGH FOR A MARGINAL RED FLAG EVENT ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING MOISTURE AND RAIN CHANCES WILL PUT AN END TO THESE DRY CONDITIONS BEGINNING MONDAY. FLZ015>019-026>029-034-115-118-127-128-134-162300- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0008.110116T1800Z-110116T2300Z/ INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE- COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR- COASTAL DIXIE- 438 AM EST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN BELOW 35 PERCENT UNTIL LATE IN THE 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. && $$ FOURNIER
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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.