Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this red flag warning at Sep 28, 2007, 11:27 AM CDT for 23 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Sep 28, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 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
- Sep 28, 2007, 11:27 AM CDT (16:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 28, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 23 counties
Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:30 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1091 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 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 KBMX 281627 RFWBMX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1127 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2007 ...VERY DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS SPREADING INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA... .HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL SPREAD A VERY DRY AIRMASS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH SATURDAY. ALONG WITH THE DRY CONDITIONS...BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL MAKE FOR A HIGH FIRE DANGER DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ALZ017>021-024>029-034>038-290030- /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.W.0013.070928T1800Z-070928T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.A.0005.070929T1800Z-070929T2300Z/ BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-JEFFERSON-SHELBY- ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA- CHAMBERS- 1127 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT 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. $$ ALZ011>015-022-023-282300- /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.W.0013.070928T1800Z-070928T2300Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA- 1127 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ ALZ033-040>050-290030- /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.A.0005.070929T1800Z-070929T2300Z/ PERRY-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE- RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 1127 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS84 KBMX 282306 RFWBMX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 606 PM CDT FRI SEP 28 2007 ...VERY DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA... .HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL SPREAD A VERY DRY AIRMASS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH SATURDAY. ALONG WITH THE DRY CONDITIONS...BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL MAKE FOR A POSSIBLE HIGH FIRE DANGER ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ALZ017>021-024>029-034>038-291000- /O.EXP.KBMX.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070928T2300Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.FW.A.0005.070929T1800Z-070929T2300Z/ BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-JEFFERSON-SHELBY- ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA- CHAMBERS- 606 PM CDT FRI SEP 28 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ ALZ011>015-022-023-290015- /O.EXP.KBMX.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070928T2300Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA- 606 PM CDT FRI SEP 28 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ ALZ033-040>050-291000- /O.CON.KBMX.FW.A.0005.070929T1800Z-070929T2300Z/ PERRY-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE- RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 606 PM CDT FRI SEP 28 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 11:27 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 22 more | 16 hr |
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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.