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Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Mobile, AL

February 22, 2007

NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Feb 22, 2007, 2:53 PM EST. 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 22, 2007, 2:53 PM EST (19:53 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2007, 7:00 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

The text

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

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 221953
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
153 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007


...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR INLAND AREAS OF THE WESTERN
 FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW
 RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... 
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE COUNTIES OF
ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA AND COASTAL WALTON DUE TO LONG
DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

.DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION TODAY THEN SLOWLY
SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM ADVANCES ACROSS THE PLAINS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WILL BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO THE
COAST HELPING TO LIMIT THE AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES. DRIER AIR FLOWING
INTO THE REGION COMBINED WITH CONTINUED MILD DAYTIME TEMPERATURES
WILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING BELOW CRITICAL
LEVELS FOR A LONG DURATION ON FRIDAY OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE. ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE REGION ON
SATURDAY WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT AND NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE
ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT.

FLZ001-003-005-230400-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0018.070222T1953Z-070223T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0015.070223T1600Z-070224T0000Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
153 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A
FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

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.

$$

FLZ002-004-006-008-230400-
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0015.070223T1600Z-070224T0000Z/
COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
COASTAL WALTON-
153 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY 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 Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 7:31 AM ESTFire Weather WatchMOBWalton24 hr

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Sources

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