Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2018
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Mar 14, 2018, 3:27 AM EDT for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 14, 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 14, 2018, 3:27 AM EDT (07:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 14, 2018, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2018, 8:00 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 07:33 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, 7.5 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
- 1672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
196 WWUS82 KMLB 140727 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Melbourne FL 327 AM EDT Wed Mar 14 2018 ...A reinforcing cold front will pass southward across the area today with drier air and elevated northwest winds... FLZ045-046-150000- /O.UPG.KMLB.FW.A.0002.180314T1600Z-180315T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0005.180314T1600Z-180315T0000Z/ Orange-Seminole- 327 AM EDT Wed Mar 14 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...ELEVATED WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING DRY COLD FRONT AND DRY VEGETATION WITH HIGH ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT VALUES ACROSS MUCH 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. * AFFECTED AREA... Orange... Seminole. * WIND...Northwest winds approaching up to around 15 mph this afternoon. * HUMIDITY...Min Humidity around 20 percent this afternoon. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop could spread quickly. 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 dry vegetation can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ FLZ041-044-047-053-054-141-144-147-150000- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0005.180314T1600Z-180315T0000Z/ Inland Volusia County-Northern Lake County- Southern Brevard County-Osceola-Indian River- Coastal Volusia County-Southern Lake County- Northern Brevard County- 327 AM EDT Wed Mar 14 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...ELEVATED WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING DRY COLD FRONT AND DRY VEGETATION WITH HIGH ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT VALUES ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 8 PM EDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA... Inland Volusia County... Northern Lake County... Southern Brevard County... Osceola... Indian River... Coastal Volusia County... Southern Lake County... Northern Brevard County. * WIND...Northwest winds approaching up to around 15 mph this afternoon. * HUMIDITY...Min Humidity 20 to 25 percent this afternoon just inland from the coast. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop could spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.s not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and dry vegetation can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ Sedlock
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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.