Red Flag Warning 73, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Nov 3, 2006, 1:10 PM CST (19:10 UTC)

In effect from

Nov 4, 2006, 10:00 AM CST

Expired

Nov 4, 2006, 6:00 PM CST

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

County Walton County, FL

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

$$

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 041126
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
526 AM CST SAT NOV 4 2006

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE THROUGH 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF
CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT...

.A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE INFLUENCES THE LOCAL FORECAST BY
MAINTAINING THE DRY AIRMASS OVER THE AREA TODAY.

FLZ001>006-008-042000-
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0073.061104T1600Z-061105T0000Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
COASTAL WALTON-
526 AM CST SAT NOV 4 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO
A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

ALTHOUGH DEWPOINTS ARE FORECAST TO RECOVER INTO THE 30S TODAY...HIGH
TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S LOOK TO SEND RELATIVE HUMIDITY
READINGS INTO THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
FORECAST. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SUPPORT AN INCREASED RISK OF
WILDFIRE.

$$

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 042047
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
200 PM CST SAT NOV 4 2006

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE THROUGH 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF
CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT...

.A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL MAINTAIN A
DRY AIRMASS OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

FLZ001>006-008-050000-
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0073.000000T0000Z-061105T0000Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
COASTAL WALTON-
200 PM CST SAT NOV 4 2006
 
...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE THROUGH 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF 
CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT...

HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S WILL KEEP RELATIVE 
HUMIDITY READINGS INTO THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE THROUGH THE REST 
OF THE AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE 
FORECAST. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SUPPORT AN INCREASED RISK OF 
WILDFIRE.

$$

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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.