Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at May 26, 2017, 4:36 AM EDT for Orange County, Seminole County, Florida. It took effect at May 26, 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 26, 2017, 4:36 AM EDT (08:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 26, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 26, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Orange County, FL, Seminole County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 1978 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
596 WWUS82 KMLB 260836 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Melbourne FL 436 AM EDT Fri May 26 2017 FLZ045-046-270000- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0018.170526T1600Z-170527T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.A.0011.170527T1600Z-170528T0000Z/ Orange-Seminole- 436 AM EDT Fri May 26 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RH FOR ORANGE AND SEMIMOLE COUNTIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RH FOR LAKE...SEMINOLE...ORANGE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES... 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. This Fire Weather Watch is in effect from Saturday afternoon through Saturday evening. * AFFECTED AREA... Orange... Seminole. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MIN HUMIDITY 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. A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$ FLZ044-053-144-270000- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.A.0011.170527T1600Z-170528T0000Z/ Northern Lake County-Osceola-Southern Lake County- 436 AM EDT Fri May 26 2017 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RH FOR LAKE...SEMINOLE...ORANGE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Fire Weather Watch, which is in effect from Saturday afternoon through Saturday evening. * AFFECTED AREA... Northern Lake County... Osceola... Southern Lake County. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MIN RHS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$ 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:36 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 24 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.