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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 5, 2016Bay County, Walton County, Washington County, Florida

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-11-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 55 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 2:28 AM CDTRip Current StatementTAEFranklin25 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.