Red Flag Warning 20, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Feb 25, 2007, 2:49 PM EST (19:49 UTC)

Expired

Feb 25, 2007, 7:00 PM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 251949
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
149 PM CST SUN FEB 25 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF OKALOOSA COUNTY.
THE RED FLAG WARNING IS FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...

.DRIER AIR IN THE WAKE OF A COLD THAT CROSSED THE AREA THIS MORNING HAS
LOWERED SURFACE HUMIDITY QUICKER THAN EXPECTED. SURFACE HUMIDITY IS
ALREADY BELOW 30 PERCENT OVER THE NORTHWEST PANHANDLE AND IS EXPECTED
TO DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OVER THE REMAINDER OF
THE WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON.

FLZ001>005-260000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0020.070225T1949Z-070226T0000Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
149 PM CST SUN FEB 25 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 THIS AFTERNOON. 

SURFACE HUMIDITY IS
ALREADY BELOW 30 PERCENT OVER THE NORTHWEST PANHANDLE AND IS EXPECTED
TO DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OVER THE REMAINDER OF
THE WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES HAS CREATED RAPID FIRE
GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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