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Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at May 8, 2017, 5:11 AM EDT for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 8, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT. 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
- May 8, 2017, 5:11 AM EDT (09:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 8, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 8, 2017, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Lake County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 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 81 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
- 1953 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
531 WWUS82 KMLB 080911 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Melbourne FL 511 AM EDT Mon May 8 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LAKE...SEMINOLE...ORANGE...OSCEOLA...AND INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTIES FROM NOON TO 7 PM TODAY FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RH WITH HIGH ERC VALUES... FLZ044>046-053-144-082300- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0005.170508T1600Z-170508T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0012.170508T1600Z-170508T2300Z/ Northern Lake County-Orange-Seminole-Osceola-Southern Lake County- 511 AM EDT Mon May 8 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RH BELOW 35 PERCENT WITH HIGH ERC VALUES... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 7 PM EDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA... Lake, Orange, Seminole, and Osceola counties. * WIND...Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. * HUMIDITY...Min RHs between 25 and 30 percent. * 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. && $$ FLZ041-082300- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0012.170508T1600Z-170508T2300Z/ Inland Volusia County- 511 AM EDT Mon May 8 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RH BELOW 35 PERCENT WITH HIGH ERC VALUES... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 7 PM EDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA... Inland Volusia County. * WIND...Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast around 10 mph this afternoon. * HUMIDITY...Minimum values between 25 and 30 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ Ulrich
1 follow-up statement
862 WWUS82 KMLB 081852 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Melbourne FL 252 PM EDT Mon May 8 2017 ...DRY CONDITIONS WILL EXACERBATE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS AGAIN TOMORROW... FLZ041-044>046-053-144-091100- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.A.0006.170509T1600Z-170510T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-170508T2300Z/ Inland Volusia County-Northern Lake County-Orange-Seminole- Osceola-Southern Lake County- 252 PM EDT Mon May 8 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY VEGETATION/HIGH ERC VALUES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY VEGETATION/HIGH ERC VALUES... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Fire Weather Watch, which is in effect from Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening. * AFFECTED AREA... Lake, Orange, Seminole, and Osceola counties. * WIND...Northwest 5 to 10 mph today. variable winds tomorrow. * HUMIDITY...Minimum values between 20 and 30 percent the next two afternoons * 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. A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2:52 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 13 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.