Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 31, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at May 19, 2012, 4:01 AM EDT for Leon County, Wakulla County, Florida. It took effect at May 19, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 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
- May 19, 2012, 4:01 AM EDT (08:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 19, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 19, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:03 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 11 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
- 1701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
368 WWUS82 KTAE 190801 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 401 AM EDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES OF NORTH FLORIDA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ALONG WITH ERC VALUES OF 35 OR HIGHER... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE SAME COUNTIES AND SAME REASON... .MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE FORECAST TO DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON OVER INTERIOR PORTIONS OF NORTH FLORIDA. THIS COMBINED WITH FORECAST ERC VALUES AROUND 35 FOR LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES WILL RESULT IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS PROMPTING THE ISSUANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN PLACE. FLZ017-027-200000- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0031.120519T1900Z-120520T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0027.120520T1800Z-120521T0000Z/ LEON-INLAND WAKULLA- 401 AM EDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * AFFECTED AREA...LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES. * WIND...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 30 TO 34 PERCENT. * ERC...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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ BARRY
1 follow-up statement
171 WWUS82 KTAE 191849 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 249 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES OF NORTH FLORIDA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ALONG WITH ERC VALUES OF 35 OR HIGHER... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSIONS WITH ERC VALUES OF 20 OR HIGHER... FLZ017-027-201100- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0027.120520T1800Z-120521T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0032.120520T1800Z-120521T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0031.120519T1900Z-120520T0000Z/ LEON-INLAND WAKULLA- 249 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 30 TO 34 PERCENT. * DISPERSION...75 TO 80. * ERC...35. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FLZ007>013-016-026-201100- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0032.120520T1800Z-120521T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LIBERTY- 249 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2012 /149 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ SUNDAY. * WIND...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 27 TO 32 PERCENT. * DISPERSION...90 TO 110. * 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 4:01 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 11 hr |
| May 19, 2:49 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Leon and 3 more | 29 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.