Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Apr 9, 2017, 4:30 AM EDT for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 9, 2017, 11:00 AM 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
- Apr 9, 2017, 4:30 AM EDT (08:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2017, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2017, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 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 08:33 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, 8.5 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
- 1824 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
780 WWUS82 KMLB 090830 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Melbourne FL 430 AM EDT Sun Apr 9 2017 ...Very dry air will maintain a high fire danger across east central Florida on Sunday... FLZ044>046-053-144-091630- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0003.170409T1700Z-170409T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0008.170409T1500Z-170409T2300Z/ Northern Lake County-Orange-Seminole-Osceola-Southern Lake County- 430 AM EDT Sun Apr 9 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR OSCEOLA, ORANGE, SEMINOLE, AND LAKE COUNTY... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 7 PM EDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA...Osceola, Orange, Seminole, and Lake County. * HUMIDITY...25 to 34 percent for 5 to 7 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. && $$ FLZ041-091630- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0008.170409T1500Z-170409T2300Z/ Inland Volusia County- 430 AM EDT Sun Apr 9 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR INTERIOR VOLUSIA COUNTY... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 7 PM EDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA... Inland Volusia County. * HUMIDITY...25 to 34 percent for 4 to 6 hours on Sunday. * IMPACTS...Any new or existing fires will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning should not be conducted. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
1 follow-up statement
367 WWUS82 KMLB 091129 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Melbourne FL 729 AM EDT Sun Apr 9 2017 ...Very dry air will maintain a high fire danger across east central Florida today... FLZ041-044>046-053-144-092300- /O.CON.KMLB.FW.W.0008.170409T1500Z-170409T2300Z/ Inland Volusia County-Northern Lake County-Orange-Seminole- Osceola-Southern Lake County- 729 AM EDT Sun Apr 9 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY PLUS HIGH ERC VALUES FOR OSCEOLA, ORANGE, SEMINOLE, INLAND VOLUSIA, AND LAKE COUNTIES... * AFFECTED AREA...Osceola, Orange, Seminole, inland Volusia, and Lake counties. * HUMIDITY...22 to 31 percent for 5 to 7 hours today. * 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. && $$ SEDLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 3:50 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | MLB | Volusia | 16 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2017Every red flag warning in 2017
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.