Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Apr 12, 2012, 4:26 AM EDT for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 12, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Apr 12, 2012, 4:26 AM EDT (08:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Lake County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 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
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 2506 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
739 WWUS82 KMLB 120826 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 426 AM EDT THU APR 12 2012 FLZ045-046-122200- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0010.120412T1700Z-120412T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0012.120412T1600Z-120412T2200Z/ ORANGE-SEMINOLE- 426 AM EDT THU APR 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RH AND HIGH ERC VALUES FOR LAKE...ORANGE...OSCEOLA...SEMINOLE AND INTERIOR VOLUSIA COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA... ORANGE... SEMINOLE. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...25 TO 30 PERCENT FOR 4 TO 6 HOURS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. && $$ FLZ041-044-053-144-122200- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0012.120412T1600Z-120412T2200Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-OSCEOLA-SOUTHERN LAKE- 426 AM EDT THU APR 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RH AND HIGH ERC VALUES FOR LAKE...ORANGE...OSCEOLA...SEMINOLE AND INTERIOR VOLUSIA COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA... INLAND VOLUSIA... NORTHERN LAKE... OSCEOLA... SOUTHERN LAKE. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...25 TO 30 PERCENT FOR 4 TO 6 HOURS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. && $$ KELLY
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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.