Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Feb 9, 2016, 1:21 AM CST for 12 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 9, 2016, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 9, 2016, 1:21 AM CST (07:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 9, 2016, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 9, 2016, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Calhoun County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette 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), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:26 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 11:15 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 43 | 1 Wnw Tallahassee, FL | PEAK GUST OF 37 KNOTS OR 43 MPH AT THE NWS OFFICE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 98 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
308 WWUS82 KTAE 090721 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 221 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND REGION... FLZ007>011-013-016>019-026>029-118-127-128-092300- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0001.160209T1700Z-160209T2300Z/ NORTH WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-CALHOUN- GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA- INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA- COASTAL TAYLOR- 221 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2016 /121 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR MOST OF FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND REGION. 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 AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 007...008...009...010... 011...013...016...017...018...019...026...027...028 AND 029. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 118. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 127. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 128. * WIND...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH ARE LIKELY TODAY WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY...25 PERCENT * ERC VALUES...RISING INDICATING THAT VEGETATION IS DRYING OUT. * 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. && $$ MCDERMOTT
1 follow-up statement
041 WWUS82 KTAE 090815 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 315 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES... FLZ007>011-013-016-018-019-026-028-029-118-128-090915- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.W.0001.160209T1700Z-160209T2300Z/ NORTH WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-CALHOUN- GADSDEN-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL TAYLOR- 315 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2016 /215 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 007...008...009...010...011...013...016...018...019...026 ...028...029...118 AND 128... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ FLZ017-027-127-092300- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0001.160209T1700Z-160209T2300Z/ LEON-INLAND WAKULLA-COASTAL WAKULLA- 315 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 017 AND 027. * WIND...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH ARE LIKELY TODAY WITH GUSTS UPTO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY...25 PERCENT * ERC VALUES...RISING INDICATING THAT VEGETATION IS DRYING OUT. * 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. && $$ MCDERMOTT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2:30 AM CST | Freeze Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:30 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 17 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.