Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Feb 24, 2012, 7:07 PM CST for 16 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 25, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. 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
- Feb 24, 2012, 7:07 PM CST (01:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2012, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 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 nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 1187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
868 WWUS82 KTAE 250107 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 807 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST (11 AM CST) TO 8 PM EST 7 PM CST) SATURDAY FOR THE FLORIDA EASTERN PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DISPERSION INDICES OF 75 OR HIGHER... .IN THE WAKE OF FRIDAYS COLD FRONT...A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION ON SATURDAY. MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT. IN ADDITION... DISPERSION INDICES ARE FORECAST TO BE ABOVE 75 ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA. THIS A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR NORTH FLORIDA FOR SATURDAY. UP TO THREE HOURS OF CRITICAL HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA BUT WITH 20 FOOT WINDS NOT REACHING CRITICAL SPEEDS...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NOT FORECAST AND THE WATCH WAS CANCELLED. HOWEVER THIS AREA WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY SHOULD NEW GUIDANCE DICTATE A WARNING. THE AIRMASS WILL QUICKLY MOISTEN AHEAD OF THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM ON SUNDAY. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-250215- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.A.0012.120225T1800Z-120225T2300Z/ 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- 807 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 /707 PM CST FRI FEB 24 2012/ ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH... && $$ FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-251200- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0012.120225T1800Z-120225T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0012.120225T1700Z-120226T0100Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON- MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR- COASTAL DIXIE- 807 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 /707 PM CST FRI FEB 24 2012/ ...A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TO 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/ SATURDAY FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO A COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT AND DISPERSION INDICES OF 75 OR HIGHER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TO 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/ SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES AROUND 20 PERCENT. * DISPERSIONS...75 TO 95 OVER NORTH FLORIDA IN THE AFTERNOON. * * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ MOORE
1 follow-up statement
301 WWUS82 KTAE 251057 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 557 AM EST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY UNTIL 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FLORIDA EASTERN PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DISPERSION INDICES OF 75 OR HIGHER... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... .A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TODAY BEHIND YESTERDAY'S COLD FRONT. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS ACROSS ALL OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE BIG BEND. THIS COMBINED WITH DISPERSION INDICES GREATER THAN 75 AND POSSIBLY BRIEF PERIODS OF WINDS AT OR ABOVE 15 MPH WILL RESULT IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS TODAY. FOR OUR ALABAMA AND GEORGIA ZONES WE SHOW BORDERLINE RED FLAG CONDITIONS FOR THIS AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING BELOW 25 PERCENT AROUND 4 HOURS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED AND THEN DROPPED. SINCE ITS TOO CLOSE TO CALL...WE WILL ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION AND HAVE A RED FLAG WARNING IN PLACE FOR ALL ZONES THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER TODAY THERE ARE NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS AT LEAST THROUGH NEXT WEEK. ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-252300- /O.EXB.KTAE.FW.W.0012.120225T1800Z-120225T2300Z/ 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- 557 AM EST SAT FEB 25 2012 /457 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012/ ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... 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. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES AROUND 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-260100- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0012.120225T1700Z-120226T0100Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON- MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR- COASTAL DIXIE- 557 AM EST SAT FEB 25 2012 /457 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY UNTIL 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING DUE TO A COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT AND DISPERSION INDICES OF 75 OR HIGHER... * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * DISPERSIONS...75 TO 95 IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ BARRY
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.