Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 19, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Oct 29, 2012, 7:24 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Oct 30, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 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 29, 2012, 7:24 PM EDT (23:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 30, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 30, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Lake County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
265 WWUS82 KMLB 292324 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 724 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-141-144-147-310000- /O.EXP.KMLB.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-121029T2300Z/ /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0017.121030T1600Z-121031T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0019.121030T1600Z-121031T0000Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 724 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREAS...VOLUSIA...LAKE...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...BREVARD... OSCEOLA...INDIAN RIVER... OKEECHOBEE...ST. LUCIE. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT IS FORECAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING THE AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ FLZ064-310000- /O.EXP.KMLB.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-121029T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0019.121030T1600Z-121031T0000Z/ MARTIN- 724 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...MARTIN. * WIND...WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 30 TO 35 PERCENT IS FORECAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. && $$ MOSES
2 follow-up statements
651 WWUS82 KMLB 300646 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 246 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 FLZ058-059-064-300800- /O.CAN.KMLB.FW.W.0019.121030T1600Z-121031T0000Z/ OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- 246 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING... RED FLAG CRITERIA IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE REACHED IN OKEECHOBEE...SAINT LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES TODAY...HOWEVER A COUPLE OF HOURS OF LOW RH WILL OCCUR AT MID AFTERNOON WITH NEAR 30 PERCENT HUMIDITY AND 20 FOOT WINDS OF AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH. $$ FLZ041-044>047-053-054-141-144-147-302300- /O.EXT.KMLB.FW.W.0019.121030T1600Z-121030T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-COASTAL VOLUSIA-SOUTHERN LAKE- NORTHERN BREVARD- 246 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR WINDS AND CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREAS...VOLUSIA...LAKE...ORANGE...SEMINOLE... BREVARD...OSCEOLA...INDIAN RIVER... OKEECHOBEE...ST. LUCIE. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITIES OF 25 TO 35 PERCENT IS FORECAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS OR GREATER DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. && $$ JP
349 WWUS82 KMLB 302315 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 715 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 FLZ041-044>047-053-054-141-144-147-310015- /O.EXP.KMLB.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-121030T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-COASTAL VOLUSIA-SOUTHERN LAKE- NORTHERN BREVARD- 715 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE INCREASED ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS AND WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS THE REGION. SEVERAL HOURS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED FROM JUST WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 WEST ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ON WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER... THE 20 FOOT WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE LESS THAN 15 MPH AND ERC VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 35. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 3:20 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 15 hr |
| Oct 29, 10:12 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | MLB | Volusia | 12 hr |
| Oct 29, 10:12 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | MLB | 12 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.