Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 97, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Oct 5, 2011, 8:39 PM CDT for 9 counties in Florida. It took effect at Oct 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
- Oct 5, 2011, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 6, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 2326 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
608 WWUS82 KTAE 060139 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 939 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES COUPLED WITH HIGH DISPERSIONS FOR MUCH OF THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... .DISCUSSION...ONE LAST RED FLAG DAY IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. BY FRIDAY...RAIN CHANCES WILL SLOWLY INCREASE AS THE EASTERLY FLOW BECOMES STRONGER. ELEVATED RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED BY THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEKEND AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE STATE. FLZ012>018-026-027-112-118-127-060245- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.A.0079.111006T1700Z-111006T2300Z/ INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON- INLAND JEFFERSON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-COASTAL BAY- COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA- 939 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2011 /839 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2011/ ...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR BAY...CALHOUN...GULF...FRANKLIN...GADSDEN...LEON..JEFFERSON...AND WAKULLA COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE NOT FORECAST TO FALL BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS OR WILL NOT FALL BELOW FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES. $$ FLZ007>011-062300- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0079.111006T1700Z-111006T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0097.111006T1800Z-111006T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON- 839 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES COUPLED WITH HIGH DISPERSIONS FOR INLAND WALTON...HOLMES...WASHINGTON...AND JACKSON COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY. * WIND...EAST-NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON MINIMUM VALUES 32 TO 35 PERCENT. * ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT...BETWEEN 27 AND 36. * DISPERSION...MAXIMUM VALUES AROUND 90. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HARRIGAN/BARRY
1 follow-up statement
985 WWUS82 KTAE 060942 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 542 AM EDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES COUPLED WITH HIGH DISPERSIONS FOR MUCH OF THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... .DISCUSSION...ONE LAST RED FLAG DAY IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. DISPERSIONS WILL ONCE AGAIN REMAIN HIGH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LIKELY FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT IN MOST INLAND AREAS FROM LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES WESTWARD. ERC VALUES WILL ALSO REMAIN HIGH PARTICULARLY IN BAY...WASHINGTON... LEON...AND WAKULLA COUNTIES. FROM FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE. HOWEVER...INCREASING MOISTURE LEVELS SHOULD PREVENT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ANY LATER THAN THIS AFTERNOON. FLZ012-013-016-017-026-027-062030- /O.EXA.KTAE.FW.W.0097.111006T1800Z-111006T2300Z/ INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA- 542 AM EDT THU OCT 6 2011 /442 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSIONS FOR INLAND BAY...CALHOUN...GADSDEN... LEON...LIBERTY...AND INLAND WAKULLA COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. * WIND...EAST-NORTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS TO 18 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON MINIMUM VALUES 30 TO 35 PERCENT. * ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT...BETWEEN 32 AND 36. * DISPERSION...MAXIMUM VALUES 80 TO 100. * 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. && $$ FLZ007>011-062030- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0097.111006T1800Z-111006T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON- 442 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSION FOR INLAND AND CENTRAL WALTON...HOLMES...WASHINGTON... AND JACKSON COUNTIES... * WIND...EAST-NORTHEAST 8 TO 11 MPH. GUSTS TO 17 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON MINIMUM VALUES 31 TO 35 PERCENT. * ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT...BETWEEN 27 AND 36. * DISPERSION...MAXIMUM VALUES 80 TO 100. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ LAMERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2:48 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 4 days |
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.