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Red Flag Warning 77, NWS Mobile, AL

November 21, 2006Walton County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Nov 21, 2006, 6:08 AM CST for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 21, 2006, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 4 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 21, 2006, 6:08 AM CST (12:08 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 21, 2006, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 21, 2006, 2:07 PM CST
In force
4 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 12:08 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2006-11-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2006-11-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1042 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 211208
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
608 AM CST TUE NOV 21 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE COUNTIES OF
ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA AND COASTAL WALTON DUE TO BREEZY
WIND CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

.DISCUSSION...DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO THE REGION THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.  SOMEWHAT BREEZY CONDITIONS TODAY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
DROPPING TO AROUND CRITICAL LEVELS WILL COMBINE TO SATISFY RED
FLAG WARNING CRITERIA FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY.
AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO AROUND CRITICAL LEVELS
ON WEDNESDAY BUT NOT SATISFY DURATION CRITERIA.  THIS WILL CHANGE
ON THURSDAY AS WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN LOW AFTERNOON
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR SEVERAL HOURS OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE.

FLZ001>006-008-212015-
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0064.061121T1700Z-061122T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0077.061121T1600Z-061121T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
COASTAL WALTON-
608 AM CST TUE NOV 21 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

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.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS84 KMOB 212007
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
207 PM CST TUE NOV 21 2006


FLZ001>006-008-212115-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0077.000000T0000Z-061121T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
COASTAL WALTON-
207 PM CST TUE NOV 21 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING. 



$$

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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.