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Red Flag Warning 28, NWS Mobile, AL

March 5, 2007Walton County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Mar 5, 2007, 1:35 PM CST for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 6, 2007, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 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 5, 2007, 1:35 PM CST (19:35 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 6, 2007, 10:00 AM CST
Expired: Mar 6, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Walton County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2498 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 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 051935
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
135 PM CST MON MAR 5 2007

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM TODAY FOR THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT TUESDAY ACROSS THE 
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF 
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

.A DRY AIR MASS REMAINS OVER THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY. WINDS WILL BE
LIGHTER TUESDAY...BUT AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL AGAIN BE LOW DUE TO
WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES.

FLZ001>006-008-060000-
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0019.070306T1600Z-070307T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0028.070306T1600Z-070307T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-070306T0000Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
COASTAL WALTON-
135 PM CST MON MAR 5 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS 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 AND UNCONTROLLABLE FIRES.


$$

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 060013
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
613 PM CST MON MAR 5 2007

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY ACROSS THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...

.A DRY AIR MASS REMAINS OVER THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY. WINDS WILL
BE LIGHTER TUESDAY...BUT AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL AGAIN BE LOW DUE
TO WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES.

FLZ001>006-008-060815-
/O.EXP.KMOB.FW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-070306T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0028.070306T1600Z-070307T0000Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
COASTAL WALTON-
613 PM CST MON MAR 5 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...
...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR TODAY...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON. 
A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
FORECAST TO OCCUR. LOW DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE RAPID
FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL AND UNCONTROLLABLE FIRES.

$$

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 061200
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
600 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2007

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

.A DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH TODAY. WINDS WILL
BE LIGHT...BUT AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL AGAIN BE LOW DUE TO WARM
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES.

FLZ001>006-008-062000-
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0028.070306T1600Z-070307T0000Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
COASTAL WALTON-
600 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM CST THIS 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 AND UNCONTROLLABLE FIRES.

$$

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 061902
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
102 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2007

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES...

...A RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR INLAND AREAS OF THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

.A DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WINDS
WILL BE LIGHT...BUT AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL AGAIN BE LOW DUE TO WARM
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES.

FLZ001-003-005-070315-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0029.070307T1700Z-070308T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-070307T0000Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
102 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. A
RED FLAG WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
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 AND UNCONTROLLABLE FIRES.

$$

FLZ002-004-006-008-070000-
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-070307T0000Z/
COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
COASTAL WALTON-
102 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE CONTINUES A RED FLAG WARNING
THAT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS 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 AND UNCONTROLLABLE FIRES.

$$

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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.