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Red Flag Warning 47, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Oct 29, 2012, 4:03 PM EDT for 26 counties in Georgia; 16 counties in Florida; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Oct 30, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT. 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
- Oct 29, 2012, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 30, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 30, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
All 47 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, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 1179 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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. && $$ FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-300900- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0036.121030T1600Z-121031T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0047.121030T1500Z-121031T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0046.000000T0000Z-121030T0100Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON- MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR- COASTAL DIXIE- 403 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 /303 PM CDT MON OCT 29 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ TUESDAY. * WIND...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 TO 25 PERCENT INLAND AREAS AND AROUND 30 PERCENT NEAR THE COAST. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
4 follow-up statements
964 WWUS82 KTAE 300840 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 440 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH DISPERSIONS...STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS...AND ELEVATED FUEL MOISTURE INDICES ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA... ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- 310000- /O.EXT.KTAE.FW.W.0047.121030T1600Z-121031T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-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- 440 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 /340 AM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012/ ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH DISPERSIONS...STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS...AND ELEVATED FUEL MOISTURE INDICES ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTH FLORIDA... * WIND...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES AROUND 25 PERCENT INLAND AND NEAR 30 PERCENT ALONG 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. && $$ HARRIGAN
924 WWUS82 KTAE 301134 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 734 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANAHANDLE AND BIG BEND... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY...AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL FIRE WEATHER ZONES. FORECAST 10-HOUR FUEL MOISTURE VALUES FROM THE WFAS AND GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA BOTH CAME IN ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 6 PERCENT OVER MUCH OF THE AREA - WHICH MEETS RED FLAG CRITERIA. THE FORECAST FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA ARE ALSO QUITE LOW. COMBINED WITH A BREEZY DAY WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND AN UNSTABLE LOWER ATMOSPHERE...THE CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-302300- /O.EXB.KTAE.FW.W.0047.121030T1700Z-121030T2300Z/ QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER- TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK- BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 734 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: ALL OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA * WIND: NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM VALUES 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- 310000- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0047.121030T1600Z-121031T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-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- 734 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 /634 AM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * AFFECTED AREA: SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND. * WIND: NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM VALUES AROUND 25 PERCENT INLAND AND NEAR 30 PERCENT ALONG 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. && $$ 08
879 WWUS82 KTAE 301907 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 307 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS OUR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON...INCLUDING THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS FALLEN BELOW 25 PERCENT IN MOST LOCATIONS...TO AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT IN ISOLATED SPOTS...AND IS COMBINING WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND DRYING FUELS. FOR WEDNESDAY...ANOTHER DRY DAY IS EXPECTED BUT THE WESTERLY WINDS SHOULD BE WEAKER THAN TODAY. HIGH DISPERSION INDICES INDICATING AN UNSTABLE LOWER ATMOSPHERE WARRANT A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND. HOWEVER...THERE IS LESS CERTAINTY OVER SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...WHERE CONDITIONS MAY BE CLOSE TO RED FLAG CRITERIA. THEREFORE...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THOSE LOCATIONS. FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-302300- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0048.121031T1700Z-121031T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0047.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ 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- 307 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 /207 PM CDT TUE OCT 30 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/ WEDNESDAY... 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/ WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: ALL OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND. * WIND: REST OF TODAY...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WEDNESDAY...WEST AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM VALUES TODAY 17 TO 22 PERCENT. MINIMUM VALUES WEDNESDAY 25 TO 30 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. && $$ ALZ065>069-302300- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0037.121031T1800Z-121031T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0047.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 207 PM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA: SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. * WIND: REST OF TODAY...NORTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WEDNESDAY...WEST AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM VALUES TODAY 18 TO 21 PERCENT. MINIMUM VALUES WEDNESDAY 25 TO 28 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. && $$ GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-302300- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0037.121031T1800Z-121031T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0047.000000T0000Z-121030T2300Z/ QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER- TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK- BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 307 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: ALL OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA * WIND: REST OF TODAY...NORTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WEDNESDAY...WEST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM VALUES TODAY 17 TO 20 PERCENT. MINIMUM VALUES WEDNESDAY 21 TO 26 PERCENT. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ 08-LAMERS
650 WWUS82 KTAE 310006 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 806 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... .FOR WEDNESDAY...ANOTHER DRY DAY IS EXPECTED BUT THE WESTERLY WINDS SHOULD BE WEAKER THAN TODAY. HIGH DISPERSION INDICES INDICATING AN UNSTABLE LOWER ATMOSPHERE WARRANT A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND. HOWEVER...THERE IS LESS CERTAINTY OVER SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...WHERE CONDITIONS MAY BE CLOSE TO RED FLAG CRITERIA. THEREFORE...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THOSE LOCATIONS. FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-312300- /O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0047.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0048.121031T1700Z-121031T2300Z/ 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- 806 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 /706 PM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY HAS EXPIRED... A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: ALL OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND. * WIND: WEST AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM VALUES 25 TO 30 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. && $$ ALZ065>069-312300- /O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0047.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0037.121031T1800Z-121031T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 706 PM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR TODAY... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA: SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. * WIND: WEDNESDAY...WEST AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM VALUES 25 TO 28 PERCENT. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-312300- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0037.121031T1800Z-121031T2300Z/ QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER- TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK- BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- 806 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: ALL OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA * WIND: WEDNESDAY...WEST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM VALUES 21 TO 26 PERCENT. * 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. && $$
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.