Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Nov 5, 2016, 1:47 AM CDT for Bay County, Walton County, Washington County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 5, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. 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
- Nov 5, 2016, 1:47 AM CDT (06:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 5, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:49 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1944 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
422 WWUS82 KTAE 050647 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 247 AM EDT SAT NOV 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WALTON...WASHINGTON...AND BAY COUNTIES IN FL... .A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE TODAY WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES DIPPING INTO THE 20S ACROSS ALL BUT EXTREME SE BIG BEND. ERC VALUES ARE FORECAST TO BE AT OR NEAR 37 IN WALTON...WASHINGTON...AND BAY ALONG WITH RH VALUES AROUND 25 FOR 4 HOURS...SO A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON. FLZ007-008-010-012-108-112-060000- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0005.161105T1700Z-161106T0000Z/ NORTH WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-WASHINGTON-INLAND BAY-SOUTH WALTON- COASTAL BAY- 247 AM EDT SAT NOV 5 2016 /147 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR RH BELOW 28 FOR FOUR HOURS AND ERC OF 37 FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 007...008...010...012...108 AND 112... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 007...008...010...012... 108 AND 112. * WIND...AROUND 10 TO 12 MPH * HUMIDITY...25 TO 27 PERCENT FOR FOUR HOURS * THUNDERSTORMS...NONE * 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. && $$ MOORE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2:28 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Franklin | 25 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.