Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2018
Red Flag Warning 11, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Mar 23, 2018, 4:36 AM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 23, 2018, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 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 23, 2018, 4:36 AM EDT (08:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2018, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Okeechobee County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 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 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
- 2074 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
996 WWUS82 KMLB 230836 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Melbourne FL 436 AM EDT Fri Mar 23 2018 FLZ045-046-053-058-231645- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0003.180323T1200Z-180324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0011.180323T1500Z-180324T0000Z/ Orange-Seminole-Osceola-Okeechobee- 436 AM EDT Fri Mar 23 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR INTERIOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 8 PM EDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA...Seminole, Orange, Osceola, and Okeechobee counties. * WIND...North 5 to 10 mph. * HUMIDITY...Falling to 25 percent or less for four hours or more. * 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 extreme fire behavior. && $$ FLZ047-054-059-064-147-231645- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0011.180323T1500Z-180324T0000Z/ Southern Brevard County-Indian River-St. Lucie-Martin- Northern Brevard County- 436 AM EDT Fri Mar 23 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE SPACE AND TREASURE COAST COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 8 PM EDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, and Martin counties. * WIND...North 10 to 15 mph. * HUMIDITY...Falling to 25 to 30 percent for four hours or more. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
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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.