Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 79, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Nov 22, 2006, 2:06 PM CST for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 23, 2006, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 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 22, 2006, 2:06 PM CST (20:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 23, 2006, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2006, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Walton County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 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 222006 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 206 PM CST WED NOV 22 2006 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .A DRY AIRMASS HAS SETTLED OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ001>006-008-222300- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0079.061123T1700Z-061123T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0078.000000T0000Z-061122T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 206 PM CST WED NOV 22 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 3 PM CST THURSDAY... A DRY AIRMASS HAS SETTLED OVER THE AREA WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KMOB 231128 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 528 AM CST THU NOV 23 2006 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .A DRY AIRMASS HAS SETTLED OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ001>006-008-231930- /O.EXT.KMOB.FW.W.0079.061123T1700Z-061123T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 528 AM CST THU NOV 23 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A DRY AIRMASS HAS SETTLED OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON.A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 231941 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 141 PM CST THU NOV 23 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE COUNTIES OF ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA AND COASTAL WALTON... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .A DRY AIRMASS HAS SETTLED OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY OVER THE INTERIOR SECTIONS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ001-003-005-232300- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0065.061124T1800Z-061124T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0079.000000T0000Z-061123T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 141 PM CST THU NOV 23 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A DRY AIRMASS HAS SETTLED OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON.A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RAPID 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. $$ FLZ002-004-006-008-232300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0079.000000T0000Z-061123T2300Z/ COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 141 PM CST THU NOV 23 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A DRY AIRMASS HAS SETTLED OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 6:00 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Walton | 11 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.