Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at May 13, 2013, 8:21 PM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 14, 2013, 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
- May 13, 2013, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 14, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 14, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 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, 1.4 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
- 3861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
614 WWUS82 KTAE 140121 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 921 PM EDT MON MAY 13 2013 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TOMORROW AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH FLORIDA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY PAIRED WITH HIGH ERC VALUES... FLZ017-027-127-150000- /O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-130514T0100Z/ /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0013.130514T1700Z-130515T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0021.130514T1600Z-130515T0000Z/ LEON-INLAND WAKULLA-COASTAL WAKULLA- 921 PM EDT MON MAY 13 2013 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES... * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES AROUND 25 PERCENT FOR MORE THAN 4 HOURS. * ERC...37 TO 40. 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. && $$ FLZ012-112-150000- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0013.130514T1700Z-130515T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0021.130514T1600Z-130515T0000Z/ INLAND BAY-COASTAL BAY- 821 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR BAY COUNTY... * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES AROUND 25 PERCENT FOR MORE THAN 4 HOURS. * ERC...37 TO 40. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FLZ010-150000- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0021.130514T1600Z-130515T0000Z/ WASHINGTON- 821 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES AROUND 25 PERCENT FOR MORE THAN 4 HOURS. * ERC...37 TO 40. 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. && $$ HARRIGAN/NAVARRO
1 follow-up statement
513 WWUS82 KTAE 140551 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 151 AM EDT TUE MAY 14 2013 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LEON...WAKULLA...BAY... AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... FLZ010-012-017-027-112-127-150000- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0021.130514T1600Z-130515T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-INLAND BAY-LEON-INLAND WAKULLA-COASTAL BAY- COASTAL WAKULLA- 151 AM EDT TUE MAY 14 2013 /1251 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 21 TO 26 PERCENT FOR MORE THAN 4 HOURS. * ERC...37 TO 40. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ DVD
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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.