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Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 23, 20164 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Oct 23, 2016, 1:21 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Oct 23, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 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
Oct 23, 2016, 1:21 AM CDT (06:21 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 23, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 23, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:26 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2016-10-23Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-10-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

349 
WWUS82 KTAE 230621
RFWTAE

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
221 AM EDT SUN OCT 23 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE COUNTIES NORTH OF THE IMMEDIATE COAST THIS AFTERNOON
DUE TO CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND HIGH ENERGY RELEASE
COMPONENTS...

FLZ007>010-012-108-112-232200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0003.161023T1700Z-161023T2200Z/
NORTH WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-INLAND BAY-
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-
221 AM EDT SUN OCT 23 2016 /121 AM CDT SUN OCT 23 2016/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TO 5 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON.

* AFFECTED AREA...EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE COUNTIES NORTH OF THE
  IMMEDIATE COAST.

* WIND...AROUND 10 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT.

* ERC VALUES...AROUND 38.

* 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.

&&

$$

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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.