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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Nov 20, 2016, 1:59 AM CST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Nov 20, 2016, 10:00 AM CST. 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 20, 2016, 1:59 AM CST (07:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 20, 2016, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 20, 2016, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
232 WWUS82 KTAE 200759 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 259 AM EST SUN NOV 20 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR LONG PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH ERC VALUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SIMILAR CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND... .THE COMBINATION OF RH VALUES BELOW 28 PERCENT FOR MUCH OF THIS AFTERNOON AND ERC VALUES FROM 37 TO 40 WILL MEET RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA IN THE WARNED AREA. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY...EXCEPT THE AREA OF CRITICAL ERC VALUES APPEARS TO BE EXPANDING EASTWARD. FLZ007>013-108-112-202130- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0001.161120T1600Z-161120T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0007.161120T1600Z-161120T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0002.161121T1600Z-161121T2300Z/ NORTH WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 259 AM EST SUN NOV 20 2016 /159 AM CST SUN NOV 20 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW RH AND HIGH ERC VALUES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SIMILAR CONDITIONS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE FORECAST BELOW WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS ON MONDAY...EXCEPT THE WINDS ON MONDAY WILL BE LIGHTER. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 007...008...009...010... 011...012...013...108 AND 112. * WIND...NORTH 9 TO 14 MPH. * HUMIDITY...BELOW 28 PERCENT 5 TO 7 HOURS...WITH MINIMUM VALUES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * ERC...37 TO 40. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY 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. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ016-017-026-027-127-202130- /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0002.161121T1600Z-161121T2300Z/ GADSDEN-LEON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-COASTAL WAKULLA- 259 AM EST SUN NOV 20 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW RH AND HIGH ERC VALUES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 016...017...026...027 AND 127. * WIND...NORTH 4 TO 8 MPH. * HUMIDITY...BELOW 28 PERCENT 5 TO 7 HOURS...WITH MINIMUM VALUES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * ERC...36 TO 40. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOURNIER
1 follow-up statement
648 WWUS82 KTAE 201945 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 245 PM EST SUN NOV 20 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON FOR LONG PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH ERC VALUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SIMILAR CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND... .THE COMBINATION OF RH VALUES BELOW 28 PERCENT FOR MUCH OF THIS AFTERNOON AND ERC VALUES FROM 37 TO 40 WILL MEET RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA IN THE WARNED AREA. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY...EXCEPT THE AREA OF CRITICAL ERC VALUES APPEARS TO BE EXPANDING EASTWARD. FLZ007>013-108-112-211000- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-161120T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0002.161121T1600Z-161121T2300Z/ NORTH WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 245 PM EST SUN NOV 20 2016 /145 PM CST SUN NOV 20 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND HIGH ERC VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 007... 008...009...010...011...012...013...108 AND 112... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SIMILAR CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 007...008...009...010...011...012...013...108 AND 112... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE FORECAST BELOW WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS ON MONDAY...EXCEPT THE WINDS ON MONDAY WILL BE LIGHTER. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 007...008...009...010... 011...012...013...108 AND 112. * WIND...NORTH 9 TO 14 MPH. * HUMIDITY...BELOW 28 PERCENT 5 TO 7 HOURS...WITH MINIMUM VALUES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * ERC...37 TO 40. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY 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. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ016-017-026-027-127-211000- /O.CON.KTAE.FW.A.0002.161121T1600Z-161121T2300Z/ GADSDEN-LEON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-COASTAL WAKULLA- 245 PM EST SUN NOV 20 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR LONG DURATION LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND HIGH ERC VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 016...017...026...027 AND 127... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 016...017...026...027 AND 127. * WIND...NORTH 4 TO 8 MPH. * HUMIDITY...BELOW 28 PERCENT 5 TO 7 HOURS...WITH MINIMUM VALUES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * ERC...36 TO 40. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ WESTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 1:59 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Leon and 3 more | 23 hr |
| Nov 20, 9:15 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Gulf | 8 hr |
| Nov 20, 1:30 PM CST | Freeze Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 18 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.