Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 95, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Oct 3, 2011, 2:30 PM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Oct 4, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Oct 3, 2011, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 4, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 2594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
614 WWUS82 KTAE 031930 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 330 PM EDT MON OCT 3 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LEON...WAKULLA...BAY...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN FLORIDA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH ERC VALUES OF 35 OR HIGHER... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON /11 AM CDT/ TUESDAY TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ TUESDAY EVENING FOR LEON...WAKULLA...BAY...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN FLORIDA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH ERC VALUES OF 35 OR HIGHER... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR LEON AND INLAND WAKULLA COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND FOR THE SAME REASONING... .DISCUSSION...WE WILL SEE VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION BUT WINDS AND DISPERSIONS WILL REMAIN BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA. HOWEVER...THE COMBINATION OF LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND ERC VALUES ABOVE 35 WILL REQUIRE A RED FLAG WARNING FOR A FEW COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND TUESDAY. FOR WEDNESDAY WE WILL HAVE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN PLACE ONLY FOR INLAND WAKULLA AND LEON COUNTIES AS LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RH ARE NOT EXPECTED FOR OUR PANHANDLE COUNTIES. FLZ017-027-041100- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0077.111004T1600Z-111004T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0095.111004T1600Z-111004T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0078.111005T1600Z-111005T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0094.000000T0000Z-111003T2300Z/ LEON-INLAND WAKULLA- 330 PM EDT MON OCT 3 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EDT TUESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EDT TUESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 20 TO 24 PERCENT TODAY...AND 22 TO 28 PERCENT ON TUESDAY. 6 TO 8 HOUR DURATIONS BELOW 35 PERCENT HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED. * ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT...35 OR HIGHER. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ FLZ010-012-112-127-041100- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0077.111004T1600Z-111004T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0095.111004T1600Z-111004T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0094.000000T0000Z-111003T2300Z/ WASHINGTON-INLAND BAY-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL WAKULLA- 330 PM EDT MON OCT 3 2011 /230 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR BAY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ TUESDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 21 TO 28 PERCENT TODAY...AND 24 TO 32 PERCENT ON TUESDAY. 6 TO 8 HOUR DURATIONS BELOW 35 PERCENT HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED. * ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT...35 OR HIGHER. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ BARRY
2 follow-up statements
996 WWUS82 KTAE 040927 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 527 AM EDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LEON...WAKULLA... BAY...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN FLORIDA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH ERC VALUES OF 35 OR HIGHER... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR LEON...WAKULLA...BAY...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN FLORIDA FOR THE SAME REASONING... .DISCUSSION...VERY LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN TODAY. AS THE AREA HAS BEEN AWHILE WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT RAIN...FUELS CONTINUE TO DRY AND THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE INCREASED FIRE DANGER. ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT VALUES HAVE BEEN STEADILY INCREASING OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...AND ARE NOW WELL ABOVE 35 IN LEON...WAKULLA...BAY...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. THIS MEETS RED FLAG CRITERIA AND THEREFORE A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THOSE COUNTIES FOR TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER ON WEDNESDAY...BUT THERE SHOULD ONCE AGAIN BE AT LEAST 4 HOURS BELOW 35 PERCENT HUMIDITY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THOSE FOUR COUNTIES FOR WEDNESDAY. FLZ010-012-112-127-042015- /O.EXB.KTAE.FW.A.0078.111005T1700Z-111005T2300Z/ /O.EXT.KTAE.FW.W.0095.111004T1600Z-111005T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-INLAND BAY-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL WAKULLA- 527 AM EDT TUE OCT 4 2011 /427 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 24 TO 30 PERCENT TODAY...AND 29 TO 33 PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY. 8 HOUR DURATIONS BELOW 35 PERCENT HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED TODAY. * ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT...35 OR HIGHER. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ FLZ017-027-042015- /O.EXT.KTAE.FW.W.0095.111004T1600Z-111005T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KTAE.FW.A.0078.111005T1700Z-111005T2300Z/ LEON-INLAND WAKULLA- 527 AM EDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 20 TO 24 PERCENT TODAY...AND 29 TO 33 PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY. 8 HOUR DURATIONS BELOW 35 PERCENT HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED TODAY. * ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT...35 OR HIGHER. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ LAMERS
060 WWUS82 KTAE 041935 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 335 PM EDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LEON...WAKULLA...BAY...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN FLORIDA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH ERC VALUES OF 35 OR HIGHER... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR LEON...WAKULLA...BAY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN FLORIDA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH ERC VALUES OF 35 OR HIGHER... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR CALHOUN...BAY...FRANKLIN...GULF... WAKULLA...GADSDEN...JACKSON...LEON...LIBERTY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES DUE TO DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LOW RH...HIGH ERC VALUES AND HIGH DISPERSION... .DISCUSSION...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE GRADUALLY INCREASING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK BUT NOT BEFORE WE SEE AT LEAST A FEW MORE DAYS OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH FLORIDA. ON WEDNESDAY WE WILL SEE SIMILAR CONDITIONS AS TODAY WITH LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RH COMBINED WITH HIGH ERC VALUES FOR BAY...WASHINGTON...WAKULLA AND LEON COUNTIES. A WATCH IS BEING ISSUED FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THOSE COUNTIES IN ADDITION TO JACKSON...CALHOUN...GULF... FRANKLIN...LIBERTY AND GADSDEN DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LOW RH... HIGH ERC VALUES AND HIGH DISPERSION. FLZ010-012-017-027-112-127-050000- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0078.111005T1700Z-111005T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0096.111005T1700Z-111005T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0079.111006T1700Z-111006T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0095.000000T0000Z-111005T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-INLAND BAY-LEON-INLAND WAKULLA-COASTAL BAY- COASTAL WAKULLA- 335 PM EDT TUE OCT 4 2011 /235 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 010...012...017...027...112 AND 127... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 010...012...017... 027...112 AND 127... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 010...012...017...027...112 AND 127... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 24 TO 30 PERCENT TODAY...AND 29 TO 33 PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY. 8 HOUR DURATIONS BELOW 35 PERCENT HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED TODAY. * ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT...35 OR HIGHER. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ FLZ011-013>016-026-114-115-050000- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0079.111006T1700Z-111006T2300Z/ JACKSON-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LIBERTY- COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 335 PM EDT TUE OCT 4 2011 /235 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 011...013...014...015... 016...026...114 AND 115... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 011...013...014...015... 016...026...114 AND 115. * WIND...EAST AROUND 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...30 TO 35 PERCENT. * ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT...33 OR HIGHER. * DISPERSION...75 OR HIGHER. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ BARRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2:30 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Leon, Wakulla, Washington | 24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.