Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 11, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Feb 10, 2007, 4:00 AM CST for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 10, 2007, 9:14 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
- Feb 10, 2007, 4:00 AM CST (10:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 10, 2007, 9:14 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2007, 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 10:04 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 00:00Z, 10.0 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
- 1531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 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 101000 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 400 AM CST SAT FEB 10 2007 ......A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND SECTIONS OF SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 6 PM CST DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...... .A DRY AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA WILL CAUSE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO EXCEED CRITICAL VALUES IN SOME INLAND AREAS IN THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. FLZ003-005-101800- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0011.070210T1800Z-070211T0000Z/ INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 400 AM CST SAT FEB 10 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... .INLAND SANTA ROSA...INLAND OKALOOSA... THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT DUE TO CRITICALLY LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. .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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KMOB 101514 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 914 AM CST SAT FEB 10 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THROUGH 6 PM TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .A DRY AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA WILL CAUSE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO EXCEED CRITICAL VALUES ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH AT TIMES WILL INCREASE THE DANGER OF UNCONTROLLABLE FIRES...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING TO AROUND 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. FLZ001-002-004-006-008-110000- /O.EXB.KMOB.FW.W.0011.070210T1600Z-070211T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA-COASTAL WALTON- 914 AM CST SAT FEB 10 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TODAY. THIS RED FLAG WARNING WARNING IS IN EFFECT DUE TO CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TODAY...AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH AT TIMES. .RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ FLZ003-005-110000- /O.EXT.KMOB.FW.W.0011.070210T1600Z-070211T0000Z/ INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 914 AM CST SAT FEB 10 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TODAY. THIS RED FLAG WARNING WARNING IS IN EFFECT DUE TO CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TODAY...AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH AT TIMES. .RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 102046 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 246 PM CST SAT FEB 10 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INLAND ZONES OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND COASTAL ZONES EAST OF NAVARRE ON SUNDAY FOR EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL ZONES OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE WEST OF NAVARRE ON SUNDAY FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .A DRY AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA WILL CAUSE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO ONCE AGAIN DROP BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS ON SUNDAY FOR MANY ZONES ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. WINDS ON SUNDAY WILL BE LIGHTER THAN THOSE OBSERVED ON SATURDAY...HOWEVER THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DUE TO SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY COULD STILL RESULT IN UNCONTROLLABLE FIRES. FLZ001-003-005-006-008-110000- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0012.070211T1600Z-070212T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070211T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA-COASTAL WALTON- 246 PM CST SAT FEB 10 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TODAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE AN EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ FLZ002-004-110000- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0009.070211T1600Z-070212T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070211T0000Z/ COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- 246 PM CST SAT FEB 10 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TODAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL TODAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS FOR SUNDAY AS WELL. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2:46 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | 13 hr | |
| Feb 10, 2:46 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Walton | 26 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.