Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Dec 30, 2016, 3:03 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 30, 2016, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 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
- Dec 30, 2016, 3:03 AM EST (08:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 30, 2016, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2016, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 7 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 08:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.1 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1322 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
469 WWUS82 KMLB 300803 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 303 AM EST FRI DEC 30 2016 FLZ041-044>047-053-058-141-144-147-302200- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0004.161230T1500Z-161230T2200Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-ORANGE-SEMINOLE- SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-OSCEOLA-OKEECHOBEE-COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 303 AM EST FRI DEC 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WITH WIND FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY...NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY... ORANGE...SEMINOLE...SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...OSCEOLA... OKEECHOBEE...COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY...SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY... NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY. * WIND...NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 30 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. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 3:24 AM EST | Beach Hazards Statement | MLB | Volusia | 14 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.