Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Feb 12, 2015, 2:02 PM CST for 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 13, 2015, 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
- Feb 12, 2015, 2:02 PM CST (20:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2015, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2015, 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
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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 12:00Z, 8.0 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
- 1985 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
693 WWUS82 KTAE 122002 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 302 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 25 PERCENT... ALZ065>069-132300- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0001.150213T1700Z-150213T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0002.150213T1700Z-150213T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 202 PM CST THU FEB 12 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 20 TO 23 PERCENT. * DURATIONS...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. && $$ DVD
1 follow-up statement
733 WWUS82 KTAE 130945 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 445 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA TODAY DUE TO EXTENDED DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ALZ065>069-132300- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0002.150213T1700Z-150213T2300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON- 345 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 23 TO 25 PERCENT. * DURATIONS...AROUND 4 HOURS BELOW 25 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2:51 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 11 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.