Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Jan 7, 2014, 3:54 AM CST for 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 7, 2014, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 4 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
- Jan 7, 2014, 3:54 AM CST (09:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2014, 1:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2014, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 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, 9.9 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
- 1979 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -288 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -371 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
578 WWUS82 KTAE 070954 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 454 AM EST TUE JAN 7 2014 ..A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA FOR THIS AFTERNOON.... .A VERY DRY AIRMASS CONTINUES TO OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST ALABAMA TODAY. EXPECT MINIMUM RH TO DROP BELOW 20 PERCENT WITH AT LEAST FOUR HOURS BELOW 25 PERCENT. THEREFORE A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. ALZ065>069-072215- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0002.140107T1900Z-140107T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 354 AM CST TUE JAN 7 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * MINIMUM HUMIDITY...AROUND 19 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. && $$ BLOCK
1 follow-up statement
324 WWUS82 KTAE 072113 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 413 PM EST TUE JAN 7 2014 ..A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA FOR THIS AFTERNOON.... .A VERY DRY AIRMASS CONTINUES TO OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST ALABAMA TODAY. EXPECT MINIMUM RH TO DROP BELOW 20 PERCENT WITH AT LEAST FOUR HOURS BELOW 25 PERCENT. THEREFORE A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. ALZ065>069-081200- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0003.140108T1700Z-140108T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140107T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 313 PM CST TUE JAN 7 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 065...066... 067...068 AND 069... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 065...066...067... 068 AND 069... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * MINIMUM HUMIDITY...AROUND 19 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 1:58 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 30 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:13 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 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.