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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 9, 20165 counties in Florida; 16 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Apr 9, 2016, 3:51 AM EDT for 5 counties in Florida; 16 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 9, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT. 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
Apr 9, 2016, 3:51 AM EDT (07:51 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 9, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 9, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
All 21 counties

Dixie County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

324 
WWUS82 KTAE 090751
RFWTAE

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
351 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON 
TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA 
AND THE EASTERN BIG BEND OF FLORIDA...

FLZ018-019-028-029-034-118-128-134-GAZ124>131-145>148-158>161-
100000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0002.160409T1800Z-160410T0000Z/
INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-
COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-
LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-
BERRIEN-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
351 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016

...A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE
  EASTERN BIG BEND OF FLORIDA.

* WIND...AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES BETWEEN 22 TO 25 PERCENT.

* DISPERSION INDICES...85 TO 95.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP COULD 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.

&&

$$

HARRIGAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 11:28 AM EDTRip Current StatementTAEGulf15 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Georgia, 2016Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2016Every red flag warning in 2016

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.