National Weather Service National Headquarters

• Home
• Site Map
• News
• Organization
• Search for: NWS All NOAA 

000
WWUS82 KTAE 240833
RFWTAE

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
433 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT/ 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
TO 7 PM EDT/ 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR A SMALL PORTION OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND MOST OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO THE
COMBINATION OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MILES PER HOUR OR HIGHER...
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 28 PERCENT AND ERC
VALUES OF 26 OR HIGHER...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH FLORIDA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS
OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH ERC`S AT OR ABOVE 37...

...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

...HIGH DISPERSION ACROSS ALL OF NORTH FLORIDA TODAY AND POSSIBLY AGAIN
FOR A SMALLER PORTION OF NORTH FLORIDA ON SATURDAY...

.VERY DRY AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE TRI-STATE REGION OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE REACHED OVER INTERIOR
PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND WESTERN BIG BEND THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS WILL COMBINE WITH OTHER CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PARAMETERS RESULTING
IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS. IT WILL BE JUST AS DRY OVER OUR ALABAMA AND
GEORGIA ZONES BUT RED FLAG CRITERIA WILL NOT BE MET. THE WATCH THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA TODAY HAS BEEN DROPPED. ON SATURDAY
WE EXPECT LONG DURATIONS OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED
WITH ERC`S AT OR ABOVE 37 OVER LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA
BIG BEND AS WELL AS OUR FOUR WESTERNMOST PANHANDLE COUNTIES. A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. DISPERSION WILL BE ABOVE
75 OVER ALL OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH
DISPERSIONS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FOR A PORTION OF OUR FLORIDA ZONES AGAIN
ON SATURDAY.

FLZ007-009-010-241930-
/O.CAN.KTAE.FW.A.0014.130524T1600Z-130524T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0015.130525T1800Z-130526T0000Z/
INLAND WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-
333 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES AROUND 27 TO 28 PERCENT

* ERC...26 OR GREATER

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

&&

$$

ALZ065>069-240945-
/O.CAN.KTAE.FW.A.0014.130524T1800Z-130525T0000Z/
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-
333 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

$$

FLZ011-013-016-026-241930-
/O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0014.130524T1600Z-130524T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0022.130524T1800Z-130524T2300Z/
JACKSON-CALHOUN-GADSDEN-LIBERTY-
433 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013 /333 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING...

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES AROUND 27 TO 28 PERCENT

* ERC...26 OR GREATER

* 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. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

FLZ017-027-241930-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0022.130524T1800Z-130524T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0015.130525T1800Z-130526T0000Z/
LEON-INLAND WAKULLA-
433 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
EDT THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

* WIND...AROUND 15 MPH TODAY

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES AROUND 27 TO 28 PERCENT TODAY AND 21
  TO 24 PERCENT SATURDAY

* ERC...AROUND 40 TODAY AND SATURDAY

* 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. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

&&

$$

FLZ008-012-108-112-127-241930-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0015.130525T1800Z-130526T0000Z/
CENTRAL WALTON-INLAND BAY-SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-
COASTAL WAKULLA-
433 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013 /333 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013/

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

* WIND...AROUND 15 MPH TODAY

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES AROUND 27 TO 28 PERCENT TODAY AND 21
  TO 24 PERCENT SATURDAY

* ERC...37 OR GREATER

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

&&

$$

BARRY