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Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Mar 22, 2018, 2:17 AM EDT for Orange County, Osceola County, Seminole County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 22, 2018, 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
- Mar 22, 2018, 2:17 AM EDT (06:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 22, 2018, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:19 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 2040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
296 WWUS82 KMLB 220617 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Melbourne FL 217 AM EDT Thu Mar 22 2018 FLZ045-046-053-230000- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0010.180322T1600Z-180323T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.A.0003.180323T1200Z-180324T0000Z/ Orange-Seminole-Osceola- 217 AM EDT Thu Mar 22 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... 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 Friday morning through Friday evening. * AFFECTED AREA... Orange... Seminole... Osceola. * WIND...Northwest winds around 10 to 15 mph. * HUMIDITY...falling into the lower to mid 20s this afternoon for greater than 5 hours. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread. 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 potentially dangerous fire spread. A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$ FLZ047-054-147-230000- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0010.180322T1600Z-180323T0000Z/ Southern Brevard County-Indian River-Northern Brevard County- 217 AM EDT Thu Mar 22 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 8 PM EDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA... Southern Brevard County... Indian River... Northern Brevard County. * WIND...Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. * HUMIDITY...falling into the mid to upper 20s for 4 hours or greater. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to potentially dangerous fire spread. && $$ FLZ058-230000- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.A.0003.180323T1200Z-180324T0000Z/ Okeechobee- 217 AM EDT Thu Mar 22 2018 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Fire Weather Watch, which is in effect from Friday morning through Friday evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Okeechobee. * HUMIDITY...Falling to 25 to 35 percent for four hours or more. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2:17 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 26 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.