Red Flag Warning 35, NWS Tallahassee, FL

Issued

May 25, 2012, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)

In effect from

May 26, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT

Expired

May 26, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties 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

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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862 
WWUS82 KTAE 252011
RFWTAE

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
411 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 8 PM
EDT /7 PM CDT/ SATURDAY FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

.TOMORROW WE ARE EXPECTING ANOTHER HOT DAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES
WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES CAUSING
DRIER CONDITIONS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FACTORS AND UNSTABLE
LOWER ATMOSPHERE WILL LEAD TO RED FLAG CONDITIONS IN INLAND
PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND. RED FLAG CONDTIONS
MAY ALSO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA.


FLZ108-112-127-252115-
/O.CAN.KTAE.FW.A.0029.120526T1800Z-120526T2300Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL WAKULLA-
411 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2012 /311 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012/

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTH WALTON... COASTAL
BAY... AND COASTAL WAKULLA COUNTIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH. 

$$

FLZ007>010-012-017-027-261100-
/O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0029.120526T1800Z-120526T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0035.120526T1700Z-120527T0000Z/
INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-INLAND BAY-LEON-
INLAND WAKULLA-
411 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2012 /311 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 8 PM
EDT /7 PM CDT/ SATURDAY FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND...

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/ SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

* WIND...NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 28 TO 34 PERCENT.

* DISPERSIONS...MAXIMUM VALUES 75 TO 90.

* 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.

&&

$$

FLZ011-013>016-018-019-026-028-029-034-261100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0035.120526T1700Z-120527T0000Z/
JACKSON-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-
INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-
INLAND DIXIE-
411 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2012 /311 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 8 PM
EDT /7 PM CDT/ SATURDAY FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND...

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/ SATURDAY. 

* WIND...NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 28 TO 34 PERCENT.

* DISPERSIONS...MAXIMUM VALUES 75 TO 90.

* 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>069-261100-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0029.120526T1800Z-120526T2200Z/
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-
311 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

* WIND...NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...28 TO 30 PERCENT.

* KBDI...GREATER THAN 500

* 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.

&&

$$

08/LV

859 
WWUS82 KTAE 260742
RFWTAE

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
342 AM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/
TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE INLAND FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES...DISPERSIONS OF AT LEAST 75 AND ERC OF 20 OR GREATER...

...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

.A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE LOCAL REGION TODAY.
THIS WILL SUPPRESS CLOUD COVER...RAISE TEMPERATURES TO THE MID TO
UPPER 90S AND LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. HIGH MIXING HEIGHTS WILL
ALSO ELEVATE DISPERSIONS. THIS COMBINATION WILL LEAD TO RED FLAG
CONDITIONS IN PORTIONS OF THE INLAND FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG
BEND. ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...THE KBDI WILL REMAIN ABOVE 500.
HOWEVER DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND SUSTAINED 20 FOOT
WINDS OF 10 MPH OR GREATER ARE UNLIKELY. THEREFORE THE WATCH WAS
CANCELLED. CONDITIONS WILL BE MONITORED LATER TODAY SHOULD A RED
FLAG WARNING BE NEEDED. AS SUB TROPICAL STORM BERYL BEGINS TO
APPROACH THE FORECAST AREA BEGINNING LATE SUNDAY...AMPLE RAIN IS
EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY ELIMINATING ANY RED FLAG CONCERNS.

FLZ008-010-012>015-027-260845-
/O.CAN.KTAE.FW.W.0035.120526T1700Z-120527T0000Z/
CENTRAL WALTON-WASHINGTON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-
INLAND FRANKLIN-INLAND WAKULLA-
342 AM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012 /242 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012/

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING. 

$$

ALZ065>069-260845-
/O.CAN.KTAE.FW.A.0029.120526T1800Z-120526T2200Z/
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-
242 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH. 

$$

FLZ007-009-011-016>019-026-028-029-034-262300-
/O.EXT.KTAE.FW.W.0035.120526T1800Z-120526T2300Z/
INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-JACKSON-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-
MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-
342 AM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012 /242 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012/

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR INLAND PORTIONS
OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND...

* WIND...NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 28 TO 34 PERCENT.

* DISPERSIONS...MAXIMUM VALUES 75 TO 90.

* ERC...ABOVE 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.

&&

$$

BLOCK

697 
WWUS82 KTAE 261945
RFWTAE

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
345 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ 
THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF THE INLAND FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG 
BEND DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...DISPERSIONS 
OF AT LEAST 75 AND ERC OF 20 OR GREATER...

.THE RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES ACROSS MOST OF THE FLORIDA BIG
BEND AND INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE INCREASING SUNDAY ALONG WITH RAIN CHANCES
EACH DAY THIS UPCOMING WEEK WITH NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.

FLZ007-009-011-016>019-026-028-029-034-262300-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120526T2300Z/
INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-JACKSON-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-
MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-
345 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012 /245 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/
THIS EVENING FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG
BEND...

* WIND...NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 28 TO 34 PERCENT.

* DISPERSIONS...MAXIMUM VALUES 75 TO 90.

* ERC...ABOVE 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.

&&

$$

BARRY

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