Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 74, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Nov 11, 2006, 6:30 AM CST for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 12, 2006, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 3 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 11, 2006, 6:30 AM CST (12:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 12, 2006, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 12, 2006, 2:12 PM CST
- In force
- 3 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 12:29 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, 0.5 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 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 111149 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 630 AM CST SAT NOV 11 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF A LONG DURATION OF LOW HUMIDITY... .A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WILL BRING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS...BUT LITTLE IN TERMS OF RAINFALL AMOUNT. A MUCH DRIER AIR MASS WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY...THUS ALLOWING MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. FLZ001>006-008-111945- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0059.061112T1400Z-061113T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0074.061112T1700Z-061112T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0060.061113T1700Z-061113T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 630 AM CST SAT NOV 11 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY... 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. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KMOB 112011 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 211 PM CST SAT NOV 11 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF A LONG DURATION OF LOW HUMIDITY... .DRY AND COOLER AIR WILL FLOW INTO THE REGION AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS TEMPERATURES WARM DURING THE DAY. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO RETURN TO THE REGION ON TUESDAY WHICH WILL KEEP AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. FLZ001>006-008-120415- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0074.061112T1700Z-061112T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0060.061113T1700Z-061113T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 211 PM CST SAT NOV 11 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 121235 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 635 AM CST SUN NOV 12 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST TODAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF A LONG DURATION OF LOW HUMIDITY... .DRY AND COOLER AIR WILL FLOW INTO THE REGION BEHIND A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH THROUGH THE GULF OF MEXICO. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS BOTH TODAY AND MONDAY AS TEMPERATURES WARM DURING THE DAY. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO RETURN TO THE REGION ON TUESDAY WHICH WILL KEEP AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. FLZ001>006-008-122045- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0074.061112T1700Z-061112T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0060.061113T1700Z-061113T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 635 AM CST SUN NOV 12 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 122012 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 212 PM CST SUN NOV 12 2006 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A MARGINAL DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DRY AND COOL AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WAS SUFFICIENT TO EITHER KEEP AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE OR AT LEAST ONLY ALLOW FOR A BRIEF DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON HAS THUS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL ALLOW FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS AND SHOULD JUST EXCEED DURATION REQUIREMENTS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA AS A RESULT. MOISTURE RETURNS TO THE REGION TUESDAY AND A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY ACCOMPANIED BY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FLZ001>006-008-130415- /O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0074.000000T0000Z-061112T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0060.061113T1700Z-061113T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 212 PM CST SUN NOV 12 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 6:30 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 48 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.