Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Mar 20, 2013, 1:51 PM CDT for 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Mar 21, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 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 20, 2013, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 21, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 2797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
018 WWUS82 KTAE 201851 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 251 PM EDT WED MAR 20 2013 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... .THERE IS A HIGH DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE THAT LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. THEREFORE...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING. WHILE IT WILL BE JUST AS DRY ACROSS OUR GEORGIA AND FLORIDA ZONES...WIND AND FUEL MOISTURE CRITERIA REQUIRED FOR A WARNING WILL NOT BE MET IN THOSE STATES. ALZ065>069-211130- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0009.130321T1700Z-130322T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0013.130321T1600Z-130322T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 151 PM CDT WED MAR 20 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM 16 TO 21 PERCENT. * DURATION...6 TO 8 HOURS BELOW 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. && $$ 18-WOOL
2 follow-up statements
081 WWUS82 KTAE 210918 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 518 AM EDT THU MAR 21 2013 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... .LONG DURATIONS OF AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 25 PERCENT ARE STILL EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA TODAY...SO THE CURRENT RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT. ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL ALSO BE QUITE LOW ACROSS OUR GEORGIA AND FLORIDA ZONES THIS AFTERNOON...THE OTHER REQUIRED PARAMETERS WILL NOT BE IN PLACE TO REQUIRE ANY WARNINGS OR WATCHES. ALZ065>069-212300- /O.EXT.KTAE.FW.W.0013.130321T1800Z-130321T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 418 AM CDT THU MAR 21 2013 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM 20 TO 21 PERCENT. * DURATION...4 TO 5 HOURS BELOW 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ 17-GOULD
720 WWUS82 KTAE 211932 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 332 PM EDT THU MAR 21 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...A SMALL AREA OF DISPERSIONS GREATER THAN 75 IS EXPECTED ALONG THE SUWANNEE RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON... .DISCUSSION...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE ONGOING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER TODAY...THERE WON'T BE ANY FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS AT LEAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ALZ065>069-212300- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130321T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 232 PM CDT THU MAR 21 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM 20 TO 21 PERCENT. * DURATION...4 TO 5 HOURS BELOW 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. && $$ BARRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 3:38 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 10 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.