Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 72, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Nov 2, 2006, 2:34 PM CST for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 3, 2006, 10:00 AM CST. 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
- Nov 2, 2006, 2:34 PM CST (20:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 3, 2006, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 3, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
- 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 20:32 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, 8.6 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
- 1525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 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 022034 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 234 PM CST THU NOV 2 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO POTENTIAL LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE AND A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S ON FRIDAY...COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 30S...WILL RESULT IN MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ON SUNDAY BRINGING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES. FLZ001>006-008-030900- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0057.061103T1600Z-061104T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0072.061103T1600Z-061104T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0058.061104T1600Z-061105T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 234 PM CST THU NOV 2 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS UPGRADED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR FRIDAY ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO POTENTIAL LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KMOB 031149 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 549 AM CST FRI NOV 3 2006 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO POTENTIAL LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE AND A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S TODAY...COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 20S...WILL RESULT IN MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AND IN THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WITH THIS...WILL MEET RED FLAG CRITERIA FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND LIKELY AGAIN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ001>006-008-031945- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0072.061103T1600Z-061104T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0058.061104T1600Z-061105T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 549 AM CST FRI NOV 3 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND MODERATE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 031911 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 110 PM CST FRI NOV 3 2006 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM SATURDAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE AND A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S TODAY AND SATURDAY...COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 20S...WILL RESULT IN MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AND IN THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WITH THIS...WILL CONTINUE THE RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND UPGRADE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ001>006-008-040800- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0058.061104T1600Z-061105T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0073.061104T1600Z-061105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0072.000000T0000Z-061104T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 110 PM CST FRI NOV 3 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE CONTINUES A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 3:24 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 11 hr |
| Nov 2, 2:34 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 23 hr |
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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.