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Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at May 6, 2017, 4:40 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 6, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT. 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
- May 6, 2017, 4:40 AM EDT (08:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 6, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 6, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Lake County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 1775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
401 WWUS82 KMLB 060840 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Melbourne FL 440 AM EDT Sat May 6 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR VOLUSIA...LAKE...ORANGE...SEMINOLE... OSCEOLA...BREVARD AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WITH WIND 15 MPH OR GREATER AND HIGH ERC VALUES... FLZ041-044>047-053-141-144-147-070000- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0004.170506T1600Z-170507T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0010.170506T1600Z-170507T0000Z/ Inland Volusia County-Northern Lake County-Orange-Seminole- Southern Brevard County-Osceola-Coastal Volusia County- Southern Lake County-Northern Brevard County- 440 AM EDT Sat May 6 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RH...WIND AND HIGH ERC VALUES FOR VOLUSIA...LAKE... ORANGE...SEMINOLE...OSCEOLA...and BREVARD county... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 8 PM EDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA... Inland Volusia County... Northern Lake County... Orange... Seminole... Southern Brevard County... Osceola... Coastal Volusia County... Southern Lake County... Northern Brevard County. * WIND...Sustained winds around 15 mph with gusts near 25 mph through mid afternoon. * HUMIDITY...Minimum relative humidity near 30 percent this afternoon. * 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. && $$ FLZ054-070000- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0010.170506T1600Z-170507T0000Z/ Indian River- 440 AM EDT Sat May 6 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RH...WINDS 15 MPH OR GREATER AND HIGH ERC VALUES FOR INDIAN RIVER COUNTY... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 8 PM EDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA... Indian River. * WIND...Sustained winds around 15 mph with gusts near 25 mph through mid afternoon. * HUMIDITY...Minimum relative humidity near 30 percent this afternoon. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ 15
1 follow-up statement
876 WWUS82 KMLB 061430 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Melbourne FL 1030 AM EDT Sat May 6 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WITH WIND 15 MPH OR GREATER AND HIGH ERC VALUES... FLZ058-059-064-070000- /O.EXA.KMLB.FW.W.0010.170506T1600Z-170507T0000Z/ Okeechobee-St. Lucie-Martin- 1030 AM EDT Sat May 6 2017 The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect until 8 PM EDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Okeechobee...Saint Lucie and Martin Counties. * WIND...Sustained winds around 15 mph with gusts near 25 mph into this afternoon. * HUMIDITY...Minimum relative humidity near 30 percent this afternoon. * 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. && $$ FLZ041-044>047-053-054-141-144-147-070000- /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0010.170506T1600Z-170507T0000Z/ Inland Volusia County-Northern Lake County-Orange-Seminole- Southern Brevard County-Osceola-Indian River- Coastal Volusia County-Southern Lake County- Northern Brevard County- 1030 AM EDT Sat May 6 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WITH WIND 15 MPH OR GREATER AND HIGH ERC VALUES... * AFFECTED AREA... Inland Volusia County... Northern Lake County... Orange... Seminole... Southern Brevard County... Osceola... Coastal Volusia County... Southern Lake County... Northern Brevard County. * WIND...Sustained winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts of 25 to 30 mph through mid afternoon. * HUMIDITY...Minimum relative humidity near 30 percent this afternoon. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ Cristaldi
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 4:07 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 11 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.