Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Jan 25, 2007, 1:27 PM CST for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 26, 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
- Jan 25, 2007, 1:27 PM CST (19:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 26, 2007, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Walton County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1209 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -231 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 251927 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 127 PM CST THU JAN 25 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EASTWARD AND BRINGS A DRY DAY TO THE GULF COAST FRIDAY. FLZ001>006-008-261130- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0003.070126T1600Z-070127T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0004.070126T1700Z-070127T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 127 PM CST THU JAN 25 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON FRIDAY WITH LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING TO AROUND 20 PERCENT. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS FROM LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OF LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITIES FRIDAY SUPPORT THE INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR WILD FIRE. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KMOB 261058 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 458 AM CST FRI JAN 26 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER ALABAMA TODAY WILL MAINTAIN A VERY DRY AIRMASS ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT BY LATE MORNING...AND WILL FALL TO AROUND 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE INLAND AREAS. FLZ001>006-008-270000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0004.070126T1700Z-070127T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 458 AM CST FRI JAN 26 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY WITH LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING TO AROUND 20 PERCENT OVER THE INLAND AREAS. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OF LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITIES FRIDAY SUPPORT THE INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR WILD FIRE. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 261938 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 138 PM CST FRI JAN 26 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM CST TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER ALABAMA WILL MAINTAIN THE DRY AIRMASS OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. LIGHT TRANSPORT WINDS TODAY AND LOWER THAN AVERAGE MIXING HEIGHTS BRINGS ABOUT LOWER THAN NORMAL DAYTIME DISPERSIONS. THIS CARRIES OVER INTO THE EVENING...WITH DISPERSIONS QUICKLY BECOMING POOR. FLZ001>006-008-270000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070127T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 138 PM CST FRI JAN 26 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... A DRY AIRMASS IS FORECAST TO PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. LATEST OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT LOWEST DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE FALLEN TO AROUND 25 PERCENT ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10. WITH A COUPLE MORE DEGREES OF HEATING...HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST TO DROP TO AROUND THE 20 PERCENT MARK MAINLY OVER THE INLAND AREAS. CLOSER TO THE COAST... HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST TO BE AROUND 30 PERCENT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OF LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITIES CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR WILD FIRE THIS AFTERNOON. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 4:54 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 9 hr |
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.