Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this red flag warning at Apr 2, 2021, 3:08 AM EDT for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 2, 2021, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 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 2, 2021, 3:08 AM EDT (07:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2021, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 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 07:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 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
- 1529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
415 WWUS82 KMLB 020708 RFWMLB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Melbourne FL 308 AM EDT Fri Apr 2 2021 ...Strong, Gusty North Winds and Very Dry Air Will Produce a High Fire Weather Danger Across Much of the Area... FLZ041-044>046-053-144-030000- /O.NEW.KMLB.FW.W.0003.210402T1700Z-210403T0000Z/ Inland Volusia-Northern Lake-Orange-Seminole-Osceola- Southern Lake- 308 AM EDT Fri Apr 2 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR STRONG NORTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 8 PM EDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA... Inland Volusia... Northern Lake... Orange... Seminole... Osceola... Southern Lake Counties. * WIND...North at 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph. * HUMIDITY...26 to 34 percent. * 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 3:13 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MLB | Volusia | 19 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:17 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | MLB | Volusia | 3 days |
Nearby
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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.