Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 48, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Jun 5, 2006, 4:02 AM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jun 5, 2006, 11:00 AM CDT. 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
- Jun 5, 2006, 4:02 AM CDT (09:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 5, 2006, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 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 09:04 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 00:00Z, 9.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2789 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS84 KMOB 050909 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 402 AM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 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. FLZ001>006-008-051900- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0040.060605T1600Z-060606T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0048.060605T1600Z-060606T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0041.060606T1600Z-060607T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 402 AM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT TODAY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE ALSO CONTINUES A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS 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. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS84 KMOB 051905 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 205 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA AND COASTAL WALTON. THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS FOR 4 CONSECUTIVE HOURS OR MORE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 30 PERCENT FOR MOST AREAS THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. BY TUESDAY NIGHT A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH INCREASING MOISTURE FROM SOUTH WILL HELP GIVE WAY TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR MOST AREAS BEGINNING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. FLZ001>006-008-060000- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0041.060606T1600Z-060607T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0049.060606T1600Z-060607T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0048.000000T0000Z-060606T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 205 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS FOR 4 CONSECUTIVE HOURS OR MORE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES COULD CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2:05 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Walton | 29 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.