Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 46, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Oct 28, 2012, 1:58 PM CDT for 16 counties in Florida; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Oct 29, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Oct 28, 2012, 1:58 PM CDT (18:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 29, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
All 21 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
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
736 WWUS82 KTAE 281858 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 258 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ MONDAY FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH DISPERSION...ERC OF 20 OR GREATER AND 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS AT LEAST 15 MPH... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE A COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITY... 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 10 MPH AND A KBDI OVER 500... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE DUE TO A LIKELY COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH DISPERSION...ERC OF 20 OR GREATER AND 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS AT LEAST 15 MPH... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE A LIKELY COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITY...20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS OF GREATER THAN 10 MPH AND A KBDI OVER 500... .THE COMBINATION OF STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FROM SANDY'S EXTENDED WIND FIELD PLUS VERY DRY AIR OVERSPREADING THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD FAVORABLE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THEREFORE A RED FLAG WARNING FOR MONDAY AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR TUESDAY WAS ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE. FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-290730- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0035.121029T1700Z-121030T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0046.121029T1500Z-121030T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0036.121030T1600Z-121031T0100Z/ 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- 258 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 /158 PM CDT SUN OCT 28 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ MONDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WIND...NORTHWEST WIND 17 WITH GUSTS TO 32 MPH. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...NONE. * 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. && $$ ALZ065>069-290730- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0046.121029T1800Z-121030T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0036.121030T1800Z-121031T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 158 PM CDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WIND...NORTHWEST WIND 19 WITH GUSTS TO 32 MPH. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT * THUNDERSTORMS...NONE * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ BLOCK
2 follow-up statements
630 WWUS82 KTAE 290744 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 344 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ TODAY FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH DISPERSION...ERC OF 20 OR GREATER AND 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS AT LEAST 15 MPH... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT TODAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE A COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITY... 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 10 MPH AND A KBDI OVER 500... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE DUE TO A LIKELY COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH DISPERSION...ERC OF 20 OR GREATER AND 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS AT LEAST 15 MPH... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE A LIKELY COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITY...20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS OF GREATER THAN 10 MPH AND A KBDI OVER 500... ALZ065>069-292100- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0046.121029T1800Z-121030T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0036.121030T1800Z-121031T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 244 AM CDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WIND...NORTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AROUND 25 PERCENT. * 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. && $$ FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-292100- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0046.121029T1500Z-121030T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0036.121030T1600Z-121031T0100Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON- MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR- COASTAL DIXIE- 344 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 /244 AM CDT MON OCT 29 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WIND...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AROUND 25 PERCENT INLAND AREAS AND AROUND 30 PERCENT NEAR THE COAST. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ DVD
882 WWUS82 KTAE 292003 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 403 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH DISPERSION...ERC OF 20 OR GREATER AND 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS AT LEAST 15 MPH... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM UNTIL 7 PM CDT TODAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE A COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITY... 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 10 MPH AND A KBDI OVER 500... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE DUE TO A LIKELY COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH DISPERSION...ERC OF 20 OR GREATER AND 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS AT LEAST 15 MPH... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE A LIKELY COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITY...20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS OF GREATER THAN 10 MPH AND A KBDI OVER 500... ALZ065>069-300900- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0036.121030T1800Z-121031T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0047.121030T1700Z-121030T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0046.000000T0000Z-121030T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 303 PM CDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT TUESDAY. * WIND...NORTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AROUND 25 PERCENT. * 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. && $$ FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-300900- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0036.121030T1600Z-121031T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0047.121030T1500Z-121031T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0046.000000T0000Z-121030T0100Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON- MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR- COASTAL DIXIE- 403 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 /303 PM CDT MON OCT 29 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ TUESDAY. * WIND...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 TO 25 PERCENT INLAND AREAS AND AROUND 30 PERCENT NEAR THE COAST. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 4:17 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 10 hr |
| Oct 28, 4:17 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington | 7 hr |
| Oct 28, 1:58 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 25 hr |
| Oct 28, 1:28 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 29 hr |
Nearby
Red 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.