Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 85, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Dec 7, 2006, 3:27 PM CST for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 8, 2006, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 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
- Dec 7, 2006, 3:27 PM CST (21:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 8, 2006, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 8, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 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 21:31 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, 9.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 968 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 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 072127 CCA RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 327 PM CST THU DEC 7 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 PM CST TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT 9 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. A DOME OF COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT AND USHER DRIER AIR INTO THE AREA. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE EACH DAY THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. FLZ001>006-008-081100- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0069.061208T1500Z-061209T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0085.061208T1500Z-061209T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0070.061209T1500Z-061210T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0084.000000T0000Z-061207T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 327 PM CST THU DEC 7 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE CONTINUES A RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KMOB 081143 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 543 AM CST FRI DEC 8 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATIONS OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WELL BELOW 35 PERCENT AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT SATURDAY ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .A VERY DRY AND COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE MOVING SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. GUSTY NORTH WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL ALSO CONTINUE MAKING FOR VERY DANGEROUS BURNING CONDITIONS. THE DRY AIRMASS WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY WITH HUMIDITY VALUES AGAIN DROPPING INTO THE 15 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE FOR MOST LOCATIONS. FLZ001>006-008-081945- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0070.061209T1500Z-061210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0086.061209T1500Z-061210T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0085.061208T1500Z-061209T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 543 AM CST FRI DEC 8 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. GUSTY NORTH WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL ALSO CONTINUE MAKING FOR VERY DANGEROUS BURNING CONDITIONS. THE DRY AIRMASS WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY WITH HUMIDITY VALUES AGAIN DROPPING INTO THE 15 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE FOR MOST LOCATIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 081947 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 141 PM CST FRI DEC 8 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATIONS OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .A DRY AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL AGAIN FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY. FLZ001>006-008-091100- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0085.000000T0000Z-061209T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0086.061209T1500Z-061210T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 141 PM CST FRI DEC 8 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 8:55 PM CST | Freeze Warning | MOB | 36 hr | |
| Dec 7, 12:30 PM CST | Freeze Warning | MOB | 45 hr | |
| Dec 7, 3:27 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 14 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.