Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at May 20, 2012, 4:26 PM CDT for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 21, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. 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
- May 20, 2012, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 21, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 21, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
662 WWUS82 KTAE 202126 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 526 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSIONS... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT TODAY FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WINDS GREATER THAN 10 MPH AND KBDI VALUES ABOVE 500... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ MONDAY FOR INLAND AND COASTAL WALTON...WASHINGTON... INLAND AND COASTAL BAY...INLAND AND COASTAL WAKULLA...AND LEON COUNTY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND ERC VALUES OF 35 OR GREATER... FLZ007-008-010-012-017-027-210030- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0033.120521T1700Z-120521T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120521T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-WASHINGTON-INLAND BAY-LEON- INLAND WAKULLA- 526 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012 /426 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ MONDAY. * WIND...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH ON MONDAY. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 27 TO 32 PERCENT ON MONDAY. * DISPERSION...60 TO 70 ON MONDAY. * ERC...35 TO 37 ON MONDAY. * 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. && $$ FLZ108-112-127-210030- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0033.120521T1700Z-120521T2300Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL WAKULLA- 526 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012 /426 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ MONDAY. * WIND...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH ON MONDAY. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 27 TO 32 PERCENT ON MONDAY. * DISPERSION...60 TO 70 ON MONDAY. * ERC...35 TO 37 ON MONDAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ALZ065>069-202300- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120520T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 426 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WIND...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 27 TO 32 PERCENT. * DISPERSION...90 TO 110. * KBDI...560. * 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. && $$ FLZ009-011-013-016-026-210000- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120521T0000Z/ HOLMES-JACKSON-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LIBERTY- 526 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012 /426 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WIND...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 27 TO 32 PERCENT. * DISPERSION...90 TO 110. * ERC...30 TO 36. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ BLOCK/WALSH
3 follow-up statements
708 WWUS82 KTAE 210004 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 804 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ MONDAY FOR INLAND AND COASTAL WALTON... WASHINGTON... INLAND AND COASTAL BAY...INLAND AND COASTAL WAKULLA...AND LEON COUNTY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND ERC VALUES OF 35 OR GREATER... FLZ007-008-010-012-017-027-211115- /O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120521T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0033.120521T1700Z-120521T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-WASHINGTON-INLAND BAY-LEON- INLAND WAKULLA- 804 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012 /704 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ MONDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR SUNDAY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ MONDAY. *WIND...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH ON MONDAY. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 27 TO 32 PERCENT ON MONDAY. * DISPERSION...60 TO 70 ON MONDAY. * ERC...35 TO 37 ON MONDAY. * 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. && $$ FLZ009-011-013-016-026-210115- /O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120521T0000Z/ HOLMES-JACKSON-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LIBERTY- 804 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012 /704 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... $$ FLZ108-112-127-211115- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0033.120521T1700Z-120521T2300Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL WAKULLA- 804 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012 /704 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ MONDAY... * WIND...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH ON MONDAY. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 27 TO 32 PERCENT ON MONDAY. * DISPERSION...60 TO 70 ON MONDAY. * ERC...35 TO 37 ON MONDAY. * 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. && $$ BLOCK
093 WWUS82 KTAE 210919 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 519 AM EDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ TODAY FOR WASHINGTON...INLAND BAY...INLAND WAKULLA...AND LEON COUNTY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND ERC VALUES OF 35 OR GREATER... ...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED TODAY FOR INLAND AND COASTAL WALTON COUNTY AND THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF BAY AND WAKULLA COUNTIES... .RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON BUT CRITICAL DURATIONS IN THE PANHANDLE WILL BE MARGINAL. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE INCREASING ALONG THE GULF COAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THUS...WALTON COUNTY AND THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF GULF AND WAKULLA COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS AFTERNOON'S RED FLAG WARNING. AFTER TODAY...THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. FLZ007-008-108-112-127-211030- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.W.0033.120521T1700Z-120521T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- COASTAL WAKULLA- 519 AM EDT MON MAY 21 2012 /419 AM CDT MON MAY 21 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ FLZ010-012-017-027-212300- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0033.120521T1700Z-120521T2300Z/ WASHINGTON-INLAND BAY-LEON-INLAND WAKULLA- 519 AM EDT MON MAY 21 2012 /419 AM CDT MON MAY 21 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WIND...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 32 TO 34 PERCENT. * DISPERSION...69 TO 72. * ERC...35 TO 40. * 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
536 WWUS82 KTAE 212011 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 411 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ TODAY FOR WASHINGTON...INLAND BAY...INLAND WAKULLA...AND LEON COUNTIES DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND ERC VALUES OF 35 OR GREATER... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF THE INTERIOR FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE ZONES...FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LESS THAN 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH DISPERSIONS GREATER THAN 75 AND ERCS GREATER THAN 20... .WITH THE DRY AIR FAIRLY WELL ENTRENCHED ACROSS MUCH OF THE INTERIOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON...THE PRESENT RED FLAG WARNING OVER WASHINGTON...INLAND BAY...LEON...AND INLAND WAKULLA COUNTIES (WHERE THE ERC IS ALSO AT 35 OR GREATER) IS WELL ON TRACK TOWARDS VERIFICATION (4 HOUR MINIMUM DURATIONS). WE ARE EXPECTING SLIGHTLY MORE HUMID CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY...WHICH SHOULD KEEP MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES JUST ABOVE 35 PERCENT ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA...BUT THIS WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED VERY CLOSELY...AS THE COMBINATION OF ERCS AND DISPERSIONS WOULD OTHERWISE BE FAVORABLE FOR RED FLAG CONDITIONS. ON WEDNESDAY...DID GO AHEAD WITH A NEW FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE INTERIOR FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE ZONES...FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LESS THAN 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH DISPERSIONS GREATER THAN 75 AND ERCS GREATER THAN 20. FLZ010-017-221130- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0028.120523T1800Z-120523T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120521T2300Z/ WASHINGTON-LEON- 411 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2012 /311 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012/ ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ 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...NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 28 TO 33 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND 32 TO 34 PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY. * DISPERSION...69 TO 72 THIS AFTERNOON AND 85 TO 100 ON WEDNESDAY. * ERC...35 TO 40. * 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. && $$ FLZ012-027-212300- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120521T2300Z/ INLAND BAY-INLAND WAKULLA- 411 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2012 /311 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012/ ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WIND...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 32 TO 34 PERCENT. * DISPERSION...69 TO 72. * ERC...35 TO 40. * 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. && $$ FLZ007-009-011-013-016-018-019-026-029-221130- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0028.120523T1800Z-120523T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-JACKSON-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-INLAND JEFFERSON- MADISON-LIBERTY-LAFAYETTE- 411 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2012 /311 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012/ ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 31 TO 34 PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY. * DISPERSION...80 TO 105 ON WEDNESDAY. * ERC...GREATER THAN 20 ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ 17-GOULD
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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.