Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Dec 20, 2012, 2:33 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 21, 2012, 11:00 AM EST. 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
- Dec 20, 2012, 2:33 PM EST (19:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2012, 11:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2012, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 8 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 nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 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
- 1000 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
625 WWUS82 KMLB 201933 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 233 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-141-144-147-220000- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0018.121221T1700Z-121222T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0022.121221T1600Z-121222T0000Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 233 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...LONG DURATION (5 TO 7 HOURS) OF CRITICAL RH VALUES WITH MINIMUM RH BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT. * 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. && $$ FLZ064-220000- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0022.121221T1600Z-121222T0000Z/ MARTIN- 233 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA... MARTIN. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASUIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY FALLING TO 25 TO 35 PERCENT DURING AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
176 WWUS82 KMLB 210921 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 421 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-220000- /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0022.121221T1600Z-121222T0000Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 421 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... * AFFECTED AREA... INLAND VOLUSIA... NORTHERN LAKE... ORANGE... SEMINOLE... SOUTHERN BREVARD... OSCEOLA... INDIAN RIVER... OKEECHOBEE... ST. LUCIE... MARTIN... COASTAL VOLUSIA... SOUTHERN LAKE... NORTHERN BREVARD. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...LONG DURATION...5 TO 7 HOURS...OF CRITICAL RH VALUES WITH MINIMUM RH BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT 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. && $$ SEDLOCK
660 WWUS82 KMLB 211949 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 249 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 FLZ041-044>047-053-054-141-144-147-221000- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.A.0019.121222T1700Z-121223T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-121222T0000Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-COASTAL VOLUSIA-SOUTHERN LAKE- NORTHERN BREVARD- 249 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITY DURATION... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA... INLAND VOLUSIA... NORTHERN LAKE... ORANGE... SEMINOLE... SOUTHERN BREVARD... OSCEOLA... INDIAN RIVER... COASTAL VOLUSIA... SOUTHERN LAKE... NORTHERN BREVARD. * HUMIDITY...LONG DURATION...5 TO 7 HOURS...OF CRITICAL RH VALUES WITH MINIMUM RH BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 24 AND 72 HOURS. && $$ FLZ058-059-064-220000- /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-121222T0000Z/ OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- 249 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS... * AFFECTED AREA... OKEECHOBEE... ST. LUCIE... MARTIN. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...CRITICALLY RH VALUES WITH MINIMUM RH BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2:27 PM EST | Gale Warning | MLB | 20 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
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.