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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 13, 20136 counties in Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Mar 13, 2013, 3:03 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 13, 2013, 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
Mar 13, 2013, 3:03 AM EDT (07:03 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 13, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Mar 13, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

Counties Lake County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:08 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

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2013-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2013-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

723 
WWUS82 KMLB 130703
RFWMLB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
303 AM EDT WED MAR 13 2013

FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-140000-
/O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0006.130313T1600Z-130314T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0007.130313T1600Z-130314T0000Z/
INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-
OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD-
303 AM EDT WED MAR 13 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA... INLAND VOLUSIA... NORTHERN LAKE... ORANGE... 
  SEMINOLE... SOUTHERN BREVARD... OSCEOLA... INDIAN RIVER... 
  OKEECHOBEE... ST. LUCIE... MARTIN... COASTAL VOLUSIA... 
  SOUTHERN LAKE... NORTHERN BREVARD. 

* WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ARE FORECAST WITH 
  HIGHER AFTERNOON GUSTS. 

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON VALUES AROUND 20 TO 25 PERCENT
  WITH 4 TO 6 HOURS BELOW 35 PERCENT. 

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR
THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL LIKELY OCCUR
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

&&

$$

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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.