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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL

January 10, 2007Walton County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Jan 10, 2007, 2:29 AM CST for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 10, 2007, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 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
Jan 10, 2007, 2:29 AM CST (08:29 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 10, 2007, 11:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 10, 2007, 5:00 PM CST
In force
6 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 08:32 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 00:00Z, 8.5 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 00:00Z on 2007-01-10Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2007-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2345 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 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 100829
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
229 AM CST WED JAN 10 2007

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 5 PM FOR
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO
CRITICALLY LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITIES...

...ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA AND COASTAL WALTON...

.A DRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE TENNESSEE RIVER
VALLEY BUILDS SOUTHWARD. 

FLZ001>006-008-101630-
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0002.070110T1700Z-070110T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0002.070110T1700Z-070110T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
COASTAL WALTON-
229 AM CST WED JAN 10 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 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 5 PM CST
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.

$$

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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.