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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Jan 2, 2012, 6:16 AM CST for 16 counties in Florida; 5 counties in Alabama; 26 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 2, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. 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
- Jan 2, 2012, 6:16 AM CST (12:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 2, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2012, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
All 47 counties
Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, 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, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:22 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 265 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
- 1758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -206 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
609 WWUS82 KTAE 021216 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 716 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA FOR EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG 20 FOOT WINDS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG 20 FOOT WINDS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG 20 FOOT WINDS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND FOR POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .CRITICAL VALUES OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY PLUS STRONG 20 FOOT WINDS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ENTIRE TRI- STATE AREA LATER TODAY. ON TUESDAY...DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL LIKELY MEET RED FLAG CRITERIA ACROSS OUR FLORIDA COUNTIES...AND THERE IS A HIGH PROBABILITY THAT THEY WILL MEET CRITERIA ACROSS OUR GEORGIA COUNTIES AS WELL. IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...DURATIONS WILL BE MARGINAL AND THE 20 FOOT WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO MEET CRITERIA. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF OUR FLORIDA...GEORGIA AND ALABAMA COUNTIES FOR TUESDAY...AND CONDITIONS WILL NEED TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED. ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-022300- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0001.120102T1700Z-120102T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0001.120102T1800Z-120102T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0002.120103T1800Z-120103T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 716 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 /616 AM CST MON JAN 2 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG 20 FOOT WINDS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 065...066...067...068 AND 069. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 120...121...122...123...124...125... 126...127...128...129...130...131...142...143...144...145... 146...147...148...155...156...157...158...159...160 AND 161. * WIND...20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...20-24 PERCENT MINIMUM. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. *DISPERSION...95. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-022300- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0001.120102T1700Z-120102T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0001.120102T1600Z-120102T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0002.120103T1600Z-120103T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON- MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR- COASTAL DIXIE- 716 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 /616 AM CST MON JAN 2 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG 20 FOOT WINDS... FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 007...008...009...010... 011...012...013...014...015...016...017...018...019...026... 027...028...029...034...108...112...114...115...118...127... 128 AND 134. * WIND...20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...23-25 PERCENT MINIMUM. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. *DISPERSION...95. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ DUVAL
1 follow-up statement
962 WWUS82 KTAE 022012 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 312 PM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND FOR EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG 20 FOOT WINDS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM EST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ TUESDAY FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND FOR POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG 20 FOOT WINDS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FOR POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG 20 FOOT WINDS... .CRITICAL VALUES OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY PLUS STRONG 20 FOOT WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ENTIRE TRI-STATE AREA INTO THIS EVENING. ON TUESDAY...DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND 20 FOOT WINDS WILL LIKELY MEET RED FLAG CRITERIA ACROSS OUR FLORIDA COUNTIES. IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND OUR GEORGIA COUNTIES...20 FOOT SUSTAINED WINDS WILL APPROACH CRITERIA WHILE RH REMAINS VERY LOW. GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE WIND FORECAST...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF OUR GEORGIA AND ALABAMA COUNTIES FOR TUESDAY...AND CONDITIONS WILL NEED TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED. FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-031200- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0002.120103T1600Z-120103T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0002.120103T1600Z-120103T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120102T2300Z/ 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- 312 PM EST MON JAN 2 2012 /212 PM CST MON JAN 2 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE BIG BEND FOR EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG 20 FOOT WINDS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM EST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ TUESDAY FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND FOR POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG 20 FOOT WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ TUESDAY. * WIND...15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. * HUMIDITY...17-22 PERCENT MINIMUM. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. * DISPERSION...70. 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. && $$ ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-031200- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120102T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0002.120103T1800Z-120103T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 312 PM EST MON JAN 2 2012 /212 PM CST MON JAN 2 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG 20 FOOT WINDS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FOR POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG 20 FOOT WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND...15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. * HUMIDITY...15-20 PERCENT MINIMUM. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. * DISPERSION...75. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ EVANS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2:40 AM CST | Freeze Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 29 hr |
| Jan 2, 2:40 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 2, 2:57 AM CST | Gale Watch | TAE | 6 hr | |
| Jan 2, 6:16 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 22 hr |
| Jan 2, 8:35 AM CST | Gale Watch | TAE | 6 hr | |
| Jan 2, 8:35 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 9 hr | |
| Jan 2, 1:53 PM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 20 hr |
| Jan 2, 2:12 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 28 hr |
| Jan 2, 2:33 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 18 hr |
| Jan 2, 2:40 PM CST | Gale Warning | TAE | 16 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Georgia, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Alabama, 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.