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Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Mobile, AL

February 19, 2007Walton County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Feb 19, 2007, 6:05 AM CST for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 19, 2007, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 4 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 19, 2007, 6:05 AM CST (12:05 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 19, 2007, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 19, 2007, 4:00 PM CST
In force
4 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 12:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 0.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2007-02-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2007-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 191205
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
605 AM CST MON FEB 19 2007

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH 400 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR LONG DURATIONS OF
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

.
FLZ001-191300-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FW.A.0014.070219T1600Z-070220T0000Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-
605 AM CST MON FEB 19 2007

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH AS THE OCCURRENCE OF CRITICAL LOW DAYTIME RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST TO BE OF SHORT DURATION.


$$

FLZ003-005-192000-
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0014.070219T1600Z-070220T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0017.070219T1800Z-070219T2200Z/
INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
605 AM CST MON FEB 19 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM CST THIS 
AFTERNOON FROM NEAR ALLENTOWN TO CRESTVIEW TO NORTH OF VALPARAISO 
DUE TO THE FORECAST OCCURRENCE OF LONG DURATIONS OF LOW AFTERNOON 
HUMIDITY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS NOW ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE 
FORECAST TO OCCUR. LOWEST DAYTIME HUMIDITIES TODAY LOOK TO FALL TO A 
RANGE OF 27 TO 32 PERCENT.

THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY INCREASES THE DANGER FOR WILD FIRE. 

$$

FLZ006-008-192000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0017.070219T1800Z-070219T2200Z/
COASTAL OKALOOSA-COASTAL WALTON-
605 AM CST MON FEB 19 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM CST THIS 
AFTERNOON TO NORTH OF VALPARAISO TO NORTH OF FREEPORT SOUTH OF 
INTERSTATE 10 DUE TO THE FORECAST OCCURRENCE OF LONG DURATIONS OF 
LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS NOW ISSUED A RED FLAG 
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM CST THIS 
AFTERNOON. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE 
FORECAST TO OCCUR. LOWEST DAYTIME HUMIDITIES TODAY LOOK TO FALL TO 
AROUND 30 PERCENT.

THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY INCREASES THE DANGER FOR WILD FIRE. 

$$

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.