Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Mar 3, 2017, 4:14 AM EST for Lake County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 3, 2017, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 6 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
- Mar 3, 2017, 4:14 AM EST (09:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2017, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2017, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Lake County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 743 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
004 WWUS82 KMLB 030914 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Melbourne FL 414 AM EST Fri Mar 3 2017 FLZ044-144-032300- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0001.170303T1700Z-170303T2300Z/ Northern Lake County-Southern Lake County- 414 AM EST Fri Mar 3 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR long duration of low Relative Humidity with Wind FOR Lake county... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 6 PM EST this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Lake County. * WIND...North 15 mph with gusts 25 to 30 mph. * HUMIDITY...Minimum RH values will be around 30 percent this afternoon. Duration below 35 percent will be around 4 hours. * 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. && $$ Kelly
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 3:50 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 15 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:04 AM EST | Beach Hazards Statement | MLB | Volusia | 15 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.