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Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Apr 9, 2012, 7:23 PM CDT for 5 counties in Alabama; Leon County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 10, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT. 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
- Apr 9, 2012, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Leon County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 2247 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
333 WWUS82 KTAE 100023 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 823 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR LEON COUNTY FLORIDA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH HIGH ERC VALUES... .RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH A VERY DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE. THIS DRY AIRMASS WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH ERC VALUES IN THE WARNED AREA TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ017-110000- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0021.120410T1600Z-120411T0000Z/ LEON- 823 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR LEON COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...LEON COUNTY FLORIDA. * WIND...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...24 TO 28 PERCENT MINIMUM. * ERC VALUE...35. * 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. && $$ 38-GODSEY
2 follow-up statements
639 WWUS82 KTAE 100755 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 355 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA FOR LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LEON COUNTY FLORIDA FOR LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT COINCIDENT WITH AN ERC OF 35 OR GREATER... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE FOR POTENTIAL RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH DISPERSION OF 75 OR GREATER... .DISCUSSION...WITH THE CURRENT GRIDS COMING IN A BIT DRIER THAN EARLIER FORECAST...WE NOW HAVE 4+ HRS OF SUB-25 PERCENT RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...WILL HOIST A RED FLAG WARNING...AND KEEP THE CURRENT WARNING FOR LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...FOR SEVERAL HOURS BELOW 35 PERCENT RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH A FCST ERC OF 35. ALTHOUGH MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL ALSO BE BELOW 25 PERCENT RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR 4+ HOURS TODAY...FORECAST FUEL MOISTURES ARE ABOVE 6 PERCENT...SO NO HAZARD WILL BE NECESSARY AT THIS TIME. ON WEDNESDAY...CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS DRY...BUT WITH FORECAST DISPERSIONS NOW EXPECTED TO BE 75 OR HIGHER...COINCIDENT WITH SEVERAL HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...WILL PLAN ON A FAIRLY LARGE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE. ALZ065>069-102200- /O.EXB.KTAE.FW.W.0021.120410T1800Z-120410T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 255 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WIND...NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH. * HUMIDITY...22 TO 24 PERCENT MINIMUM. * 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. && $$ FLZ017-102200- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0018.120411T1700Z-120412T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0021.120410T1600Z-120411T0000Z/ LEON- 355 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WIND...VARIABLE WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON TODAY...AND NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. * HUMIDITY...23 TO 25 PERCENT MINIMUM TODAY AND 27 TO 31 PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY. * ERC VALUE...35 TODAY. * DISPERSION...75 OR GREATER ON WEDNESDAY. * 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ007>016-018-019-026>029-034-112-118-127-128-102200- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0018.120411T1700Z-120412T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-INLAND JEFFERSON- MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- INLAND DIXIE-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA- COASTAL TAYLOR- 355 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 /255 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2012/ ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WIND...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...24 TO 33 PERCENT MINIMUM. * DISPERSION...75 OR GREATER. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ 17-GOULD
722 WWUS82 KTAE 101819 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 219 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA FOR LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LEON COUNTY FLORIDA FOR LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT COINCIDENT WITH AN ERC OF 35 OR GREATER... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH DISPERSION OF 75 OR GREATER AND ERC VALUES OF 20 OR GREATER... .DISCUSSION...DISPERSION VALUES ARE STILL FORECAST TO BE ABOVE 75 OVER A LARGE AREA OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON COINCIDENT WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT. ERC VALUES ARE ALSO FAIRLY HIGH...SO THE LARGE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WARNING FOR MOST OF THE FLORIDA ZONES. ELSEWHERE IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...RED FLAG CRITERIA IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE MET...ALTHOUGH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S IN THE AFTERNOON. FLZ017-111100- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0018.120411T1700Z-120412T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0022.120411T1700Z-120412T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120411T0000Z/ LEON- 219 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON TODAY...AND NORTH AROUND 10 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. * HUMIDITY...23 TO 25 PERCENT MINIMUM TODAY AND 27 TO 31 PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY. * DISPERSION...75 OR GREATER ON WEDNESDAY. * ERC...GREATER THAN 20. * 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. && $$ FLZ007>016-018-019-026>029-034-112-118-127-128-111100- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0018.120411T1700Z-120412T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0022.120411T1700Z-120412T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-INLAND JEFFERSON- MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- INLAND DIXIE-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA- COASTAL TAYLOR- 219 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 /119 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...NORTH AROUND 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...24 TO 33 PERCENT MINIMUM. * DISPERSION...75 OR GREATER. * ERC...GREATER THAN 20. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ALZ065>069-102300- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120410T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 119 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WIND...NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH. * HUMIDITY...22 TO 24 PERCENT MINIMUM. * 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. && $$ DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2:55 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:19 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 30 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Alabama, 2012Red 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.