Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 44, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Apr 21, 2007, 6:26 AM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 21, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 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 21, 2007, 6:26 AM CDT (11:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 21, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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 11:28 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 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
- 1499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 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 211126 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 626 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA DUE TO CRITICALLY LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES... .COASTAL WALTON...OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK THEN GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH SATURDAY. AS A RESULT AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL HAVE TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED THROUGH SUNDAY. BY MONDAY A BETTER ONSHORE IN EXPECTED...CONTINUING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...GIVING WAY TO HIGHER HUMIDITIES THROUGH SATURDAY. FLZ001-211230- /O.CAN.KMOB.FW.A.0035.070421T1700Z-070421T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA- 626 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS THROUGH SUNDAY AND THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK. $$ FLZ003-005-211930- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0035.070421T1700Z-070421T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0044.070421T1700Z-070421T2300Z/ INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 626 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ FLZ006-008-211930- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0044.070421T1700Z-070421T2300Z/ COASTAL OKALOOSA-COASTAL WALTON- 626 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS84 KMOB 211932 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 232 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA DUE TO CRITICALLY LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES... .INLAND OKALOOSA AND INLAND SANTA ROSA. FLZ006-008-212045- /O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0044.000000T0000Z-070421T2300Z/ COASTAL OKALOOSA-COASTAL WALTON- 232 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW CRITICAL VALUES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON ALONG THE COAST. $$ FLZ003-005-212300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0044.000000T0000Z-070421T2300Z/ INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 232 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 10:57 AM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | MOB | 8 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.