Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 25, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Mar 2, 2007, 5:38 AM CST for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 3, 2007, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 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
- Mar 2, 2007, 5:38 AM CST (11:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2007, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 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 11:44 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
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 902 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 409 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS84 KMOB 021138 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 538 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY AND AGAIN SATURDAY FOR THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A SUSTAINED PERIOD LOW SURFACE HUMIDITY... .A DRY AIRMASS WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION DURING THE DAY TODAY...RESULTING IN AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS FOR MANY LOCATIONS IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...BOTH TODAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ001>006-008-022000- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0025.070303T1700Z-070303T2300Z/ /O.EXT.KMOB.FW.W.0024.070302T1600Z-070303T0100Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 538 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING AND AGAIN FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW SURFACE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KMOB 022014 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 214 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY AND AGAIN SATURDAY FOR THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF CRITICALLY LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY... .A DRY AIRMASS SETTLES ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION...RESULTING IN AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SETTLING BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS FOR MANY LOCATIONS IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...BOTH TODAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ001>006-008-031100- /O.EXT.KMOB.FW.W.0025.070303T1700Z-070304T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070303T0100Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 214 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM CST THIS EVENING AND AGAIN FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LOW DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 031140 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 540 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY AND AGAIN SUNDAY FOR THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF CRITICALLY LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA ON MONDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .A DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA INTO THE FIRST OF THE WEEK. A SURGE OF COOLER AIR LATE TONIGHT WILL BRING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY. WINDS DIMINISH ON MONDAY BUT AFTERNOON HUMIDITY MAY BE LOWER DUE TO WARMER AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES. FLZ001>006-008-032015- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0026.070304T1700Z-070305T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0018.070305T1800Z-070306T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0025.070303T1700Z-070304T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 540 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST TODAY AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LOW DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A STRONGER WIND...GENERALLY NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH IS FORECAST ON SUNDAY TO GO ALONG WITH THE LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 032041 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 241 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM TODAY AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY FOR THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF CRITICALLY LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA ON MONDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .A DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA INTO THE FIRST OF THE WEEK. A SURGE OF COOLER AIR LATE TONIGHT WILL BRING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY. WINDS DIMINISH ON MONDAY BUT AFTERNOON HUMIDITY MAY BE LOWER DUE TO WARMER AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES. FLZ001>006-008-040000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0025.000000T0000Z-070304T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0026.070304T1700Z-070305T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0018.070305T1800Z-070306T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 241 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LOW DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A STRONGER WIND...GENERALLY NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH IS FORECAST ON SUNDAY TO GO ALONG WITH THE LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 6:49 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 41 min | |
| Mar 1, 8:51 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 24 min |
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.