Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at May 12, 2017, 3:48 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 12, 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 12, 2017, 3:48 AM EDT (07:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 12, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 12, 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 07:47 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, 7.8 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
172 WWUS82 KMLB 120748 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Melbourne FL 348 AM EDT Fri May 12 2017 FLZ045>047-053-054-058-059-064-147-130000- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0009.170512T1600Z-170513T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0016.170512T1600Z-170513T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.A.0010.170513T1600Z-170514T0000Z/ Orange-Seminole-Southern Brevard County-Osceola-Indian River- Okeechobee-St. Lucie-Martin-Northern Brevard County- 348 AM EDT Fri May 12 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION WITH WIND... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION WITH WIND... 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. A Fire Weather Watch has also been issued for Saturday afternoon through Saturday evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Seminole...Orange...Brevard...Osceola...Indian River...Okeechobee...St. Lucie and Martin counties. * WIND...Southwest around 10 to 15 mph with some higher gusts today increasing around 20 mph and gusty Saturday. * HUMIDITY...Minimum RH values 25 to 30 percent this afternoon and near 35 percent Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will be capable of spreading rapidly. A burn ban is in effect for all of east central Florida. 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. && $$ FLZ041-044-141-144-130000- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0009.170512T1600Z-170513T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0016.170512T1600Z-170513T0000Z/ Inland Volusia County-Northern Lake County-Coastal Volusia County- Southern Lake County- 348 AM EDT Fri May 12 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION WITH WIND... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 8 PM EDT this evening. The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Fire Weather Watch, which is in effect from Friday afternoon through Friday evening. * AFFECTED AREA...LAKE and VOLUSIA COUNTIES. * WIND...Southwest 10 to 15 mph and gusty. * HUMIDITY...Minimum RH values 25 to 30 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will be capable of spreading rapidly. A burn ban is in effect for all of east central Florida. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now...or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ Kelly
1 follow-up statement
499 WWUS82 KMLB 121922 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Melbourne FL 322 PM EDT Fri May 12 2017 ...Very High Wildfire Spread Threat on Saturday... FLZ054-058-059-140000- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0010.170513T1600Z-170514T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0017.170513T1600Z-170514T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170513T0000Z/ Indian River-Okeechobee-St. Lucie- 322 PM EDT Fri May 12 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION WITH WIND... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION WITH WIND... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon to 8 PM EDT Saturday. The * AFFECTED AREA...Indian River...Okeechobee...and St. Lucie counties. * WIND...Southwest around 10 to 15 mph with some higher gusts this afternoon increasing to around 20 mph and gusty Saturday. * HUMIDITY...Minimum RH values 25 to 30 percent this afternoon and 30 to 35 percent Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will be capable of spreading rapidly. A burn ban is in effect for all of east central Florida. 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. && $$ FLZ045>047-053-064-147-140000- /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170513T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.A.0010.170513T1600Z-170514T0000Z/ Orange-Seminole-Southern Brevard County-Osceola-Martin- Northern Brevard County- 322 PM EDT Fri May 12 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION WITH WIND... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION WITH WIND... A Red Flag Warning remains in effect until 8 PM EDT this evening. A Fire Weather Watch has also been issued for Saturday afternoon through Saturday evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Seminole...Orange...Brevard...Osceola...and Martin counties. * WIND...Southwest 10 to 15 mph with some higher gusts this afternoon increasing to around 20 mph and gusty Saturday. * HUMIDITY...Minimum RH values 25 to 30 percent this afternoon and 35 to 40 percent Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will be capable of spreading rapidly. A burn ban is in effect for all of east central Florida. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$ FLZ041-044-141-144-130000- /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170513T0000Z/ Inland Volusia County-Northern Lake County-Coastal Volusia County- Southern Lake County- 322 PM EDT Fri May 12 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION WITH WIND... * AFFECTED AREA...LAKE and VOLUSIA COUNTIES. * WIND...Southwest 10 to 15 mph and gusty. * HUMIDITY...Minimum RH values 25 to 30 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will be capable of spreading rapidly. A burn ban is in effect for all of east central Florida. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 3:48 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 23 hr |
| May 12, 3:22 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 23 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.