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Red Flag Warning 80, NWS Mobile, AL

November 24, 2006

NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Nov 24, 2006, 6:33 AM EST. It took effect at Nov 24, 2006, 12:00 PM EST. 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 24, 2006, 6:33 AM EST (11:33 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 24, 2006, 12:00 PM EST
Expired: Nov 24, 2006, 6:00 PM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

The text

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

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 241133
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
533 AM CST FRI NOV 24 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.

FLZ001-003-005-241945-
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0065.061124T1800Z-061124T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0080.061124T1700Z-061124T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
533 AM CST FRI NOV 24 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 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 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

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. 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 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.

$$

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Sources

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