Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 49, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Nov 1, 2012, 2:22 AM CDT for 16 counties in Florida. It took effect at Nov 1, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT. 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
- Nov 1, 2012, 2:22 AM CDT (07:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 1, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Nov 1, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 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 radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:24 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 1911 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
833 WWUS82 KTAE 010722 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 322 AM EDT THU NOV 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND FOR DRY CONDITIONS AND HIGH DISPERSION VALUES... .THE COMBINATION OF RECENT DRY CONDITIONS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH DISPERSION VALUES WILL CAUSE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND THIS AFTERNOON...DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE COULD BE A FEW SPRINKLES FROM AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING QUICKLY THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING. SLIGHTLY MORE HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY...DECREASING THE THREAT OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS. FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-020000- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0038.121101T1700Z-121101T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0049.121101T1600Z-121102T0000Z/ 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- 322 AM EDT THU NOV 1 2012 /222 AM CDT THU NOV 1 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. * 20 FT WIND: NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH. * ERC: MAXIMUM VALUES FROM 37 TO 46. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM VALUES 25 TO 35 PERCENT...LASTING 4 TO 7 HOURS. * DISPERSION: MAXIMUM VALUES FROM 75 TO 95. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY 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. && $$ FOURNIER
2 follow-up statements
007 WWUS82 KTAE 011846 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 246 PM EDT THU NOV 1 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND FOR LOW HUMIDITY...HIGH ERC AND HIGH DISPERSION VALUES... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING FOR MOST OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND A PORTION OF THE EASTERN PANHANDLE FOR SIMILAR REASONS... .THE COMBINATION OF RECENT DRY CONDITIONS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOW FUEL MOISTURE AND HIGH DISPERSION VALUES WILL CONTINUE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. DISPERSIONS WILL REMAIN HIGH ON FRIDAY AND DESPITE SLIGHTLY MORE AVAILABLE MOISTURE...THE BIG BEND AND PORTIONS OF THE ADJACENT PANHANDLE WILL PERSIST UNDER RED FLAG CONDITIONS. THEREFORE A WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. FLZ011-013-016>019-026>029-034-118-127-128-134-020300- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0050.121102T1800Z-121102T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0049.000000T0000Z-121102T0000Z/ JACKSON-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE- COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE- 246 PM EDT THU NOV 1 2012 /146 PM CDT THU NOV 1 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ FRIDAY. * 20 FT WIND: WEST 10 MPH OR LESS ON FRIDAY. * ERC: MAXIMUM VALUES FROM 37 TO 46 ON FRIDAY. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM VALUES 30 TO 35 PERCENT ON FRIDAY. * DISPERSION: MAXIMUM VALUES FROM 80 TO 98 ON FRIDAY. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY 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>010-012-014-015-108-112-114-115-020000- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0049.000000T0000Z-121102T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-INLAND BAY- INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- COASTAL FRANKLIN- 246 PM EDT THU NOV 1 2012 /146 PM CDT THU NOV 1 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * 20 FT WIND: NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH. * ERC: MAXIMUM VALUES FROM 37 TO 46. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM VALUES 25 TO 35 PERCENT...LASTING 4 TO 7 HOURS. * DISPERSION: MAXIMUM VALUES FROM 75 TO 95. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY 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. && $$ BLOCK
148 WWUS82 KTAE 020008 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 808 PM EDT THU NOV 1 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING FOR MOST OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND A PORTION OF THE EASTERN PANHANDLE FOR SIMILAR REASONS... .DISPERSIONS AND ERC VALUES WILL REMAIN HIGH ON FRIDAY AND DESPITE SLIGHTLY MORE AVAILABLE MOISTURE...THE BIG BEND AND PORTIONS OF THE ADJACENT PANHANDLE WILL PERSIST UNDER RED FLAG CONDITIONS. THEREFORE A WARNING REMAINS FOR THESE AREAS. FLZ011-013-016>019-026>029-034-118-127-128-134-021015- /O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0049.000000T0000Z-121102T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0050.121102T1800Z-121102T2300Z/ JACKSON-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE- COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE- 808 PM EDT THU NOV 1 2012 /708 PM CDT THU NOV 1 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ FRIDAY... * 20 FT WIND: WEST 10 MPH OR LESS ON FRIDAY. * ERC: MAXIMUM VALUES FROM 37 TO 46 ON FRIDAY. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM VALUES 30 TO 35 PERCENT ON FRIDAY. * DISPERSION: MAXIMUM VALUES FROM 80 TO 98 ON FRIDAY. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FLZ007>010-012-014-015-108-112-114-115-020115- /O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0049.000000T0000Z-121102T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-INLAND BAY- INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- COASTAL FRANKLIN- 808 PM EDT THU NOV 1 2012 /708 PM CDT THU NOV 1 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 1:46 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Dixie, Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette and 4 more | 28 hr |
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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.