Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Apr 7, 2017, 8:11 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 8, 2017, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2017, 8:11 PM EDT (00:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 8, 2017, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 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 00:12 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 4:00 PM EDT | WILDFIRE | 4 Nnw Bithlo, FL | FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE REPORTS A ROUGHLY 180 ACRE BRUSHFIRE IN THE LIVE OAK RESERVE AREA, JUST OFF COUNTY ROAD 419 NEAR CHULUOTA IN SEMINOLE COUNTY. FIRE RESCUE REPORTS 100 PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED. SEVERAL CAMPSITES AND BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED IN CAMP MAH-KAH-W |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 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
- 2601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
443 WWUS82 KMLB 080011 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Melbourne FL 811 PM EDT Fri Apr 7 2017 ...Very drier air will keep the fire danger high across east central Florida this weekend... FLZ041-044>046-053-058-144-090000- /O.EXP.KMLB.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170408T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0002.170408T1500Z-170409T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0007.170408T1400Z-170409T0000Z/ Inland Volusia County-Northern Lake County-Orange-Seminole- Osceola-Okeechobee-Southern Lake County- 811 PM EDT Fri Apr 7 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH ERC VALUES FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 10 AM to 8 PM EDT Saturday. * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. * WIND...NORTHWEST TO NORTH AROUND 10 MPH VEERING TO THE NORTHEAST VERY LATE IN THE DAY OR EVENING. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS. * 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. && $$ FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-090000- /O.EXP.KMLB.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170408T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0007.170408T1400Z-170409T0000Z/ Southern Brevard County-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin- Coastal Volusia County-Northern Brevard County- 811 PM EDT Fri Apr 7 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH ERC VALUES FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 10 AM to 8 PM EDT Saturday. * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. * WIND...NORTHWEST TO NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH VEERING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...25 TO 35 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ SEDLOCK
2 follow-up statements
946 WWUS82 KMLB 081931 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Melbourne FL 331 PM EDT Sat Apr 8 2017 ...Very drier air will keep the fire danger high across east central Florida this weekend... FLZ044>046-053-144-092300- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.A.0003.170409T1700Z-170409T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170409T0000Z/ Northern Lake County-Orange-Seminole-Osceola-Southern Lake County- 331 PM EDT Sat Apr 8 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY PLUS HIGH ERC VALUES... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Fire Weather Watch, which is in effect from Sunday afternoon through Sunday evening. * AFFECTED AREA...All of east central Florida through sunset today. Interior portions of east central Florida Sunday afternoon. * HUMIDITY...Around 20 to 25 percent through sunset today. 25 to 34 percent for 4 to 6 hours on Sunday. * IMPACTS...Any new or existing fires will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning should not be conducted. 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. && $$ FLZ041-047-054-058-059-064-141-147-090000- /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170409T0000Z/ Inland Volusia County-Southern Brevard County-Indian River- Okeechobee-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia County- Northern Brevard County- 331 PM EDT Sat Apr 8 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM... * AFFECTED AREA...All of east central Florida through sunset. * HUMIDITY...25 TO 34 percent through sunset. * IMPACTS...Any new or existing fires will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning should not be conducted. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
854 WWUS82 KMLB 090027 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Melbourne FL 827 PM EDT Sat Apr 8 2017 ...Very drier air will keep the fire danger high across east central Florida on Sunday... FLZ044>046-053-144-091000- /O.EXP.KMLB.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170409T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.FW.A.0003.170409T1700Z-170409T2300Z/ Northern Lake County-Orange-Seminole-Osceola-Southern Lake County- 827 PM EDT Sat Apr 8 2017 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY PLUS HIGH ERC VALUES... * AFFECTED AREA...Interior portions of east central Florida Sunday afternoon. * HUMIDITY...25 to 34 percent for 4 to 6 hours on Sunday. * IMPACTS...Any new or existing fires will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning should not be conducted. 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. && $$ FLZ041-047-054-058-059-064-141-147-090130- /O.EXP.KMLB.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170409T0000Z/ Inland Volusia County-Southern Brevard County-Indian River- Okeechobee-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia County- Northern Brevard County- 827 PM EDT Sat Apr 8 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... Conditions remain dry, though there will be a slow relative humidity recovery through the night. $$ SEDLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 4:00 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | MLB | Volusia | 16 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:31 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.