Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 19, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at May 27, 2017, 4:23 AM EDT for Orange County, Seminole County, Florida. It took effect at May 27, 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 27, 2017, 4:23 AM EDT (08:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 27, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 27, 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 08:21 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, 8.4 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
- 1742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
528 WWUS82 KMLB 270823 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Melbourne FL 423 AM EDT Sat May 27 2017 FLZ044-053-144-270930- /O.CAN.KMLB.FW.A.0011.170527T1600Z-170528T0000Z/ Northern Lake County-Osceola-Southern Lake County- 423 AM EDT Sat May 27 2017 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR FOR LAKE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has cancelled the Fire Weather Watch. Recent rainfall has moistened the soil sufficiently to preclude the need to upgrade to a Red Flag Warning. Thus, the Fire Weather Watch has been cancelled. $$ FLZ045-046-272000- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0011.170527T1600Z-170528T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0019.170527T1600Z-170528T0000Z/ Orange-Seminole- 423 AM EDT Sat May 27 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RH FOR ORANGE AND SEMIMOLE COUNTIES... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 8 PM EDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA... Orange... Seminole. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MIN HUMIDITY BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
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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.