Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2020
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Mar 7, 2020, 8:59 AM EST for Lake County, Orange County, Osceola County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 7, 2020, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 6 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 7, 2020, 8:59 AM EST (13:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2020, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2020, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Lake County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:01 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 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 1452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
020 WWUS82 KMLB 071359 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Melbourne FL 859 AM EST Sat Mar 7 2020 FLZ044-045-053-144-072200- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0002.200307T1700Z-200307T2300Z/ Northern Lake-Orange-Osceola-Southern Lake- 859 AM EST Sat Mar 7 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR LAKE, ORANGE, AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 6 PM EST this evening. * AFFECTED AREA... Northern Lake... Orange... Osceola... Southern Lake. * WIND...North to northeast winds up to 15 mph with higher gusts. * HUMIDITY...Minimum relative humidity of 25 to 30 percent, mainly in Lake, western Orange, and northwest Osceola. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 3:13 AM EST | Beach Hazards Statement | MLB | Volusia | 16 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2020Every red flag warning in 2020
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.