Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 35, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Apr 6, 2007, 5:45 AM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama; Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 6, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT. 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
- Apr 6, 2007, 5:45 AM CDT (10:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:48 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS84 KMOB 061045 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 545 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TODAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT AND NORTHERLY WINDS AT TIMES AROUND 15 MPH... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DISCUSSION...A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTH ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH SATURDAY. DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO FALL BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR SEVERAL HOURS TODAY ALONG WITH MODERATE NORTHERLY WINDS. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. FLZ001>006-008-062000- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0027.070406T1700Z-070407T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0035.070406T1700Z-070407T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0028.070407T1600Z-070408T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 545 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. LOWEST DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST TO DROP TO AROUND 23 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE AFTERNOONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST. A COMBINATION OF NORTHERLY WINDS AROUND 15 MPH AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR THE SPREAD OF FIRES ON THURSDAY OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ ALZ051>064-062000- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0035.070406T1700Z-070407T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0028.070407T1600Z-070408T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 545 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. LOWEST DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST TO DROP TO AROUND 23 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE AFTERNOONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS84 KMOB 061905 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 205 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT AND NORTHERLY WINDS AT TIMES AROUND 15 MPH... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY FROM 11 AM THROUGH 7 PM CDT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... .DISCUSSION...A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTH ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH SATURDAY. LOWEST DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST TO BE WITHIN CRITICAL FIRE GROWTH THRESHOLDS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND AGAIN FOR SATURDAY. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-008-070315- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0028.070407T1600Z-070408T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0036.070407T1600Z-070408T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0035.000000T0000Z-070407T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 205 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM CDT TONIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING. LOWEST DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST TO DROP TO AROUND 25 PERCENT OR LESS FOR SEVERAL HOURS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE AFTERNOONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY WILL CREATE CONDITIONS THAT INCREASE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 3:59 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:59 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 5:45 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:05 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 29 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Alabama, 2007Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2007Every red flag warning in 2007
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.