Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 52, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Nov 8, 2012, 1:56 PM EST for Leon County, Wakulla County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 9, 2012, 12:00 PM EST. 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
- Nov 8, 2012, 1:56 PM EST (18:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 9, 2012, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 9, 2012, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 11 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
- 1207 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
599 WWUS82 KTAE 081856 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 156 PM EST THU NOV 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH ERC VALUES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR FRIDAY CANCELLED FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... FLZ007-008-010-012-108-112-082000- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.A.0039.121109T1800Z-121109T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-WASHINGTON-INLAND BAY-SOUTH WALTON- COASTAL BAY- 1256 PM CST THU NOV 8 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$ FLZ017-027-127-091230- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0039.121109T1800Z-121109T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0052.121109T1700Z-121109T2300Z/ LEON-INLAND WAKULLA-COASTAL WAKULLA- 156 PM EST THU NOV 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RH AROUND 25 PERCENT. * ERC........36. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOURNIER
1 follow-up statement
159 WWUS82 KTAE 091040 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 540 AM EST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH HIGH ERCS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SAME COUNTIES FOR THE SAME REASONS... FLZ017-027-127-092300- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0040.121110T1800Z-121110T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0052.121109T1700Z-121109T2300Z/ LEON-INLAND WAKULLA-COASTAL WAKULLA- 540 AM EST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RH AROUND 22 PERCENT TODAY AND 28 PERCENT ON SATURDAY. * ERC...AROUND 35. * 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ 17-GOULD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 8:17 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 10 hr | |
| Nov 8, 12:30 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Leon, Wakulla, Walton, Washington | 86 min |
| Nov 8, 2:17 PM EST | Frost Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 18 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.