Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 98, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Oct 13, 2011, 2:21 PM CDT for 16 counties in Florida. It took effect at Oct 14, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for . 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 13, 2011, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 14, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2011, 3:34 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf 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), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
827 WWUS82 KTAE 131921 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 321 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ FRIDAY FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND DISPERSION INDICES OVER 75... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE TO A COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 30 PERCENT...20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS AROUND 10 MPH...AND KBDI VALUES OVER 500... .A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING AND USHER IN A DRIER AIR MASS FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS ON FRIDAY OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. CONFIDENCE IS NOW HIGH ENOUGH TO UPGRADE TO A RED FLAG WARNING FOR OUR FLORIDA ZONES. IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...WINDS WILL BE MARGINAL. THEREFORE...THE WATCH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THERE. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES EXPECTED TO REACH CRITICAL LEVELS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AS WELL. HOWEVER...WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO SUPPORT RED FLAG CRITERIA. SATURDAY LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER VERY DRY DAY WITH RED FLAG CONDITIONS LIKELY IN FLORIDA. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL NOT COME UNTIL AT LEAST TUESDAY. FLZ007>019-026>029-141130- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0080.111014T1700Z-111014T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0098.111014T1800Z-111014T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON- MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- 321 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011 /221 PM CDT THU OCT 13 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ FRIDAY FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING DUE TO A COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND DISPERSION INDICES OVER 75. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 007...008...009...010...011... 012...013...014...015...016...017...018...019...026...027...028 AND 029. * WIND...NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM 23 TO 29 PERCENT. * DISPERSION INDEX...90 TO 107. * 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. && $$ FLZ034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-141130- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0098.111014T1800Z-111014T2300Z/ INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR- COASTAL DIXIE- 321 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011 /221 PM CDT THU OCT 13 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ FRIDAY FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING DUE TO A COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND DISPERSION INDICES OVER 75. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 034...108...112...114... 115...118...127...128 AND 134. * WIND...NORTH AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM 26 TO 35 PERCENT. * DISPERSION INDEX...90 TO 107. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ALZ065>069-141130- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0080.111014T1800Z-111014T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 221 PM CDT THU OCT 13 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 065...066...067...068 AND 069. * WIND...NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM 22 TO 25 PERCENT. * KBDI...OVER 500. * 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. && $$ WOOL/LAMERS
1 follow-up statement
712 WWUS82 KTAE 140834 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 434 AM EDT FRI OCT 14 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND ZONES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE SOUTHEAST ALABAMA ZONES... .A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL QUICKLY BUILD OVERHEAD THROUGH TODAY IN THE WAKE OF A WEAK COLD FRONT. ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION...THE FASTER ARRIVAL OF THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS NOW EXPECTED TO PREVENT DISPERSION INDICES FROM REACHING CRITICAL LEVELS ACROSS THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WINDS ARE ALSO GENERALLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT HAS ALSO BEEN CANCELLED. FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-140945- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.W.0098.111014T1800Z-111014T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON- MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR- COASTAL DIXIE- 434 AM EDT FRI OCT 14 2011 /334 AM CDT FRI OCT 14 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. DISPERSION INDICES ARE NOW LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH CRITICAL LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ ALZ065>069-140945- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.A.0080.111014T1800Z-111014T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 334 AM CDT FRI OCT 14 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. 20 FOOT WINDS ARE NOW GENERALLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ 14-MROCZKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 4:06 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more | 23 hr |
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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.