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Red Flag Warning 87, NWS Mobile, AL

December 27, 2006

NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Dec 27, 2006, 6:34 AM EST. It took effect at Dec 27, 2006, 12:00 PM EST. 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: Dec 27, 2006, 6:34 AM EST (11:34 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 27, 2006, 12:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 27, 2006, 2:47 PM EST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

The text

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

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 271134
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
534 AM CST WED DEC 27 2006

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL LONG DURATION OF
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF LESS THAN 35 PERCENT...

.A DRY AIRMASS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY DROPPING
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR MORE THAN FOUR
HOURS...ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM THE COAST.

FLZ002-004-006-008-271245-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FW.A.0071.061227T1700Z-061227T2200Z/
COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
COASTAL WALTON-
534 AM CST WED DEC 27 2006

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH. 

EVEN THOUGH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO
LESS THAN 35 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...IT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BLOW
FOR LESS THAN FOUR HOURS.

$$

FLZ001-003-005-271945-
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0071.061227T1700Z-061227T2200Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0087.061227T1700Z-061227T2200Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
534 AM CST WED DEC 27 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 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 4 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

A DRY AIRMASS WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA TODAY...WITH INTERIOR SECTIONS
OF THE AREA EXPECTED TO SEE RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS OF LESS THAN 335
PERCENT FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE
FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 271455
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
855 AM CST WED DEC 27 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY ACROSS THE INLAND AREAS OF THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

.A DRY AIRMASS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY DROPPING
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR MORE THAN FOUR
HOURS...ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM THE COAST.

FLZ001-003-005-272200-
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0087.061227T1700Z-061227T2200Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
855 AM CST WED DEC 27 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A DRY AIRMASS WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA TODAY...WITH INTERIOR SECTIONS
OF THE AREA EXPECTED TO SEE RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS OF LESS THAN 35
PERCENT FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE
FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 271947
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
147 PM CST WED DEC 27 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE 
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

.COOLER THAN EXPECTED TEMPERATURES HAVE RESULTED IN SLIGHTLY HIGHER 
HUMIDITY LEVELS THAN FORECASTED. LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS
WILL FALL TO AROUND 35 PERCENT FOR A BRIEF TIME THIS AFTERNOON...BUT
WILL NOT MEET THE RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA OF AT LEAST 4 HOURS BELOW
35 PERCENT. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  

FLZ001-003-005-272100-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0087.000000T0000Z-061227T2200Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
147 PM CST WED DEC 27 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

COOLER THAN EXPECTED TEMPERATURES HAVE RESULTED IN SLIGHTLY HIGHER
HUMIDITY LEVELS THAN FORECASTED. LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL
FALL TO AROUND 35 PERCENT FOR A BRIEF TIME THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL
NOT MEET THE RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA OF AT LEAST 4 HOURS BELOW 35
PERCENT. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.


$$

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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.