Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 47, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Jun 3, 2006, 1:58 PM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jun 4, 2006, 12:00 PM CDT. 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
- Jun 3, 2006, 1:58 PM CDT (18:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 4, 2006, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 603 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS84 KMOB 031858 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 158 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CDT SUNDAY AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD INTO THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS IN EXCESS OF FOUR HOURS...SUPPORTING A RED FLAG WARNING AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOON...RESPECTIVELY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE NEAR CRITICAL LEVELS ON TUESDAY BUT NOT SATISFY DURATION REQUIREMENTS. MOISTURE LEVELS WILL INCREASE DURING THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK. FLZ001-003-005-040300- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0047.060604T1700Z-060604T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0040.060605T1700Z-060605T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 158 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CDT SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON. 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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KMOB 040917 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 403 AM CDT SUN JUN 4 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CDT TODAY AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD INTO THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS IN EXCESS OF FOUR HOURS...SUPPORTING A RED FLAG WARNING TODAY FOR INLAND AREAS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. A REINFORCING SHOT OF DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON MONDAY AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND SECTIONS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ001-003-005-042000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0047.060604T1700Z-060604T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0040.060605T1700Z-060605T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 403 AM CDT SUN JUN 4 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR INLAND AREAS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR INLAND AREAS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE CONTINUES THE RED FLAG WARNING TODAY ALONG WITH A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR INLAND AREAS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 041934 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 234 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING AND ALSO FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DISCUSSION...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY. SOMEWHAT ABOVE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THE DRIER AIR WILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATIONS. MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. FLZ002-004-006-008-050000- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0041.060606T1600Z-060607T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMOB.FW.W.0047.000000T0000Z-060605T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMOB.FW.A.0040.060605T1600Z-060606T0000Z/ COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 234 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUE FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THESE ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. 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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ FLZ001-003-005-050000- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0041.060606T1600Z-060607T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMOB.FW.W.0047.000000T0000Z-060605T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMOB.FW.A.0040.060605T1600Z-060606T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 234 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THESE ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min | |
| Jun 2, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Jun 3, 1:58 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 38 hr |
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.