Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Nov 3, 2014, 3:30 AM CST for 14 counties in Florida; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Nov 3, 2014, 11:00 AM CST. 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 3, 2014, 3:30 AM CST (09:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 3, 2014, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 3, 2014, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson 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), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 2271 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
414 WWUS82 KTAE 030930 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 430 AM EST MON NOV 3 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM EST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ TODAY FOR INLAND AREAS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TO 5 PM CST TODAY FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... .RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO NEAR 20 PERCENT ACROSS INLAND AREAS THIS AFTERNOON FOR 4 TO 5 HOURS. IN FLORIDA...ERC VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE A CRITICAL LEVELS...RESULTING A PERIOD OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS TODAY. ALZ065>069-032300- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0009.141103T1700Z-141103T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0013.141103T1800Z-141103T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 330 AM CST MON NOV 3 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. * WIND...EAST TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 19 TO 23 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. && $$ FLZ007>019-026>028-032300- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0009.141103T1700Z-141103T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0013.141103T1700Z-141103T2300Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON- MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR- 430 AM EST MON NOV 3 2014 /330 AM CST MON NOV 3 2014/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR INLAND AREAS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND FLORIDA PANHANDLE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREAS...INLAND AREAS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND FLORIDA PANHANDLE. * WIND...EAST TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 19 TO 23 PERCENT. * ERC VALUES...31 TO 42. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ 38-GODSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 9:02 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 10 hr |
Nearby
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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.