Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Mar 21, 2016, 3:03 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 21, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 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 21, 2016, 3:03 AM EDT (07:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 21, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Lake County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:03 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
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 550 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1095 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted.
774 WWUS82 KMLB 210703 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 303 AM EDT MON MAR 21 2016 ...MUCH DRIER AND BREEZY TODAY... FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-141-144-147-212300- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0001.160321T1400Z-160321T2300Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-ORANGE-SEMINOLE- SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 303 AM EDT MON MAR 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA... INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY... NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY... ORANGE... SEMINOLE... SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY... OSCEOLA... INDIAN RIVER... OKEECHOBEE... COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY... SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY... NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY. * WIND...20 FOOT WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 20 TO 30 PERCENT OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR AND AROUND 35 PERCENT NEAR THE COAST. * 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. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT VALUES WILL CREATE VERY HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ SEDLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2:56 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 16 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.