Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Nov 21, 2016, 12:44 AM CST for 9 counties in Florida. It took effect at Nov 21, 2016, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 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 21, 2016, 12:44 AM CST (06:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 21, 2016, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 21, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:45 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 3532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
337 WWUS82 KTAE 210644 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 144 AM EST MON NOV 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST/10 AM CST THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST/6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RH AND HIGH ERC'S... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR SIMILAR CONDITIONS... .THE COMBINATION OF RH VALUES BELOW 28 PERCENT FOR MUCH OF THIS AFTERNOON AND ERC VALUES FROM 38 TO 43 WILL MEET RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA IN THE WARNED AREA. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. FLZ007>013-016-017-026-027-108-112-127-220645- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0002.161121T1600Z-161121T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0008.161121T1600Z-161122T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0003.161122T1600Z-161123T0000Z/ NORTH WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-SOUTH WALTON- COASTAL BAY-COASTAL WAKULLA- 144 AM EST MON NOV 21 2016 /1244 AM CST MON NOV 21 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * HUMIDITY...BELOW 28 PERCENT 8 TO 9 HOURS...WITH MINIMUM VALUES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * ERC...38 TO 43. * 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. && $$ PULLIN
2 follow-up statements
458 WWUS82 KTAE 211936 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 236 PM EST MON NOV 21 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST/6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RH AND HIGH FUEL MOISTURE INDICES... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST/10 AM CST TUESDAY UNTIL 7 PM EST/6 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RH AND HIGH FUEL MOISTURE INDICES... FLZ007>013-016-017-026-027-108-112-127-220000- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0003.161122T1600Z-161123T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0009.161122T1600Z-161123T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-161122T0000Z/ NORTH WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-SOUTH WALTON- COASTAL BAY-COASTAL WAKULLA- 236 PM EST MON NOV 21 2016 /136 PM CST MON NOV 21 2016/ ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST/6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST/10 AM CST TUESDAY UNTIL 7 PM EST/6 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...NORTH FLORIDA COUNTIES INCLUDING AND WEST OF LEON AND GADSDEN COUNTIES TO WALTON COUNTY...EXCLUDING FRANKLIN AND GULF COUNTIES. * HUMIDITY...BELOW 28 PERCENT 8 TO 9 HOURS...WITH MINIMUM VALUES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * ERC...38 TO 43. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ HARRIGAN
183 WWUS82 KTAE 220009 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 709 PM EST MON NOV 21 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST/10 AM CST TUESDAY UNTIL 7 PM EST/6 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RH AND HIGH FUEL MOISTURE INDICES... FLZ007>013-016-017-026-027-108-112-127-221200- /O.EXP.KTAE.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-161122T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0009.161122T1600Z-161123T0000Z/ NORTH WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LEON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-SOUTH WALTON- COASTAL BAY-COASTAL WAKULLA- 709 PM EST MON NOV 21 2016 /609 PM CST MON NOV 21 2016/ ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST/10 AM CST TUESDAY UNTIL 7 PM EST/6 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...NORTH FLORIDA COUNTIES INCLUDING AND WEST OF LEON AND GADSDEN COUNTIES TO WALTON COUNTY...EXCLUDING FRANKLIN AND GULF COUNTIES. * HUMIDITY...BELOW 28 PERCENT 8 TO 9 HOURS...WITH MINIMUM VALUES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * ERC...38 TO 43. * 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. 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 12:44 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Leon and 3 more | 13 hr |
| Nov 21, 1:36 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Leon and 3 more | 28 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.