Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Feb 11, 2012, 3:08 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 12, 2012, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 10 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
- Feb 11, 2012, 3:08 PM EST (20:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2012, 9:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2012, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 10 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 20:06 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, 8.1 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
- 542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
535 WWUS82 KMLB 112008 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 308 PM EST SAT FEB 11 2012 FLZ041-044>046-053-144-121100- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0005.120212T1500Z-120212T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0005.120212T1400Z-120213T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.A.0006.120213T1600Z-120213T2200Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA- SOUTHERN LAKE- 308 PM EST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY FOR LONG DURATION OF CRITICAL RH FOR LAKE...ORANGE..OSCEOLA...SEMINOLE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH INEFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR LONG DURATION OF CRITICAL RH FOR INTERIOR COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND...NORTHWEST TO NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY...UP TO 10 HOURS OF CRITICAL RH VALUES WITH MINIMUM RH AROUND 20 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. 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. && $$ FLZ058-141-121100- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0005.120212T1500Z-120212T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0005.120212T1400Z-120213T0000Z/ OKEECHOBEE-COASTAL VOLUSIA- 308 PM EST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY FOR LONG DURATION OF CRITICAL RH FOR OKEECHOBEE AND COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS UPGRADED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY. * WIND...NORTHWEST TO NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY...SIX TO EIGHT HOURS OF CRITICAL RH VALUES WITH MINIMUM RH AROUND 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. && $$ KELLY
2 follow-up statements
555 WWUS82 KMLB 120929 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 429 AM EST SUN FEB 12 2012 FLZ047-054-059-064-147-130000- /O.EXA.KMLB.FW.W.0005.120212T1400Z-120213T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-NORTHERN BREVARD- 429 AM EST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR LONG DURATION OF CRITICAL RH AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WIND...NORTHWEST TO NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE MORNING. * HUMIDITY...FOUR TO FIVE HOURS OF CRITICAL RH VALUES AROUND 35 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. && $$ FLZ041-044>046-053-144-130000- /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0005.120212T1400Z-120213T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.A.0006.120213T1600Z-120213T2200Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA- SOUTHERN LAKE- 429 AM EST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR LONG DURATION OF CRITICAL RH AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR INTERIOR VOLUSIA...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...LAKE...AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES FOR LONG DURATION OF CRITICAL RH... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND...NORTHWEST TO NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE MORNING. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 12 HOURS OF CRITICAL RH VALUES WITH MINIMUM RH AROUND 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 24 AND 72 HOURS. && $$ FLZ058-141-130000- /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0005.120212T1400Z-120213T0000Z/ OKEECHOBEE-COASTAL VOLUSIA- 429 AM EST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR LONG DURATION OF CRITICAL RH AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS... * WIND...NORTHWEST TO NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE MORNING. * HUMIDITY...SIX TO EIGHT HOURS OF CRITICAL RH VALUES WITH MINIMUM RH AROUND 30 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. && $$
466 WWUS82 KMLB 130014 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 714 PM EST SUN FEB 12 2012 FLZ041-044>046-053-144-131030- /O.EXP.KMLB.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120213T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.A.0006.120213T1600Z-120213T2200Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-OSCEOLA- SOUTHERN LAKE- 714 PM EST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR INTERIOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. * WIND...LIGHT NORTHERLY MORNING WINDS WILL VEER TOWARD THE NORTHEAST OR EAST THROUGH THE DAY WITH SPEEDS BELOW 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...7 TO 10 HOURS OF CRITICAL RH VALUES WITH MINIMUM RH AROUND 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 24 AND 72 HOURS. && $$ FLZ047-054-058-059-064-141-147-130115- /O.EXP.KMLB.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120213T0000Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA-NORTHERN BREVARD- 714 PM EST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ALLOWED THE RED FLAG WARNING TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 11:23 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 72 min | |
| Feb 11, 3:58 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 14 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:30 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 29 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:44 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 38 hr | |
| Feb 11, 12:30 PM EST | Freeze Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 21 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:08 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 36 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:21 PM EST | Freeze Watch | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 23 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:41 PM EST | Gale Warning | MLB | 15 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.