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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Mar 3, 2012, 8:42 PM CST for 5 counties in Alabama; 16 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 4, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 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
- Mar 3, 2012, 8:42 PM CST (02:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2012, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 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 02:42 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 469 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
110 WWUS82 KTAE 040242 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 942 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR SOUTH GEORGIA...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW HUMIDITY...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND HIGH DISPERSION... .MUCH DRIER AIR WILL SPILL INTO THE REGION ON SUNDAY BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH DISPERSIONS...AND WIND SPEEDS ABOVE 15 MPH WILL RESULT IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND ON SUNDAY. RED FLAG CRITERIA WILL ALSO BE MET ACROSS OUR GEORGIA AND ALABAMA COUNTIES ON SUNDAY. FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-042300- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0013.120304T1700Z-120305T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0013.120304T1700Z-120304T2300Z/ 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- 942 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 /842 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ SUNDAY FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ SUNDAY. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES AROUND 20 PERCENT. * DISPERSIONS...UP TO 120. * WIND...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP COULD 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. && $$ ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-042300- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0013.120304T1900Z-120304T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0013.120304T1900Z-120304T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 942 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 /842 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EST /1 PM CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ SUNDAY FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTH GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EST /1 PM CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ SUNDAY. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES AROUND 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. * WIND...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOURNIER
2 follow-up statements
500 WWUS82 KTAE 041223 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 723 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /NOON EST/ TODAY UNTIL 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/ THIS FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA EASTERN PANHANDLE AND THE BIG BEND DUE TO EXPECTED LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH VERY HIGH DISPERSIONS AND SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF AT LEAST 15 MPH... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CST /2 PM EST/ TODAY UNTIL 5 PM CDT /6 PM EST/ THIS EVEEING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. IT WILL BE BREEZY ON SUNDAY AND WINDS MAY ALSO MEET RED FLAG CRITERIA... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO POSSIBLE LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSION INDICES... .MUCH DRIER AIR WILL SPILL INTO THE REGION TODAY BEHIND YESTERDAY'S COLD FRONT. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH DISPERSIONS AND WIND SPEEDS ABOVE 15 MPH WILL RESULT IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND TODAY. RED FLAG CRITERIA WILL ALSO BE MET ACROSS OUR GEORGIA AND ALABAMA COUNTIES TODAY. RED FLAG CRITERIA MAY ALSO BE MET ON MONDAY FOR AT LEAST A POTION OF OUR FLORIDA ZONES AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-042300- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0014.120305T1700Z-120306T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0013.120304T1700Z-120304T2300Z/ 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- 723 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012 /623 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THE SAME AREAS... * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES AROUND 20 PERCENT. * DISPERSIONS...UP TO 120. * WIND...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP COULD 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-042300- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0013.120304T1900Z-120304T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 723 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012 /623 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EST /1 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTH GEORGIA... * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES AROUND 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. * WIND...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ BARRY
901 WWUS82 KTAE 042039 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 339 PM EST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/ THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA EASTERN PANHANDLE AND THE BIG BEND DUE TO CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH VERY HIGH DISPERSIONS AND SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF AT LEAST 15 MPH... ...A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 5 PM CST /6 PM EST/ THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND SUSTAINED OR GUSTY WINDS ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ MONDAY FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO A COMBINATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND FORECAST DISPERSION INDICES AT OR ABOVE 75... .A DRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSIONS WILL ONCE AGAIN MEET RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA. MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST TO DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR 2 TO 3 HOURS ACROSS OUR GEORGIA AND ALABAMA COUNTIES ON MONDAY. THIS WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR ANY CHANGES TO THE FORECAST BUT FOR NOW THERE WILL NOT BE A WATCH OR WARNING IN EFFECT. FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-050830- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0014.120305T1700Z-120306T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0014.120305T1700Z-120306T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120304T2300Z/ 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- 339 PM EST SUN MAR 4 2012 /239 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ MONDAY FOR |.. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ MONDAY. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES AROUND 20 PERCENT. * DISPERSIONS...UP TO 120 TODAY AND MONDAY. * WIND...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH TODAY AND NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 MPH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP COULD 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. && $$ ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-042300- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120304T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY- MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR- GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 339 PM EST SUN MAR 4 2012 /239 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTH GEORGIA... * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES AROUND 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. * WIND...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH TODAY AND NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 MPH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ BARRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2:01 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 15 hr |
| Mar 4, 6:23 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:39 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 27 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.