Red Flag Warning 45, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Apr 26, 2007, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 27, 2007, 1:00 PM EDT

Expired

Apr 27, 2007, 7:00 PM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 261925
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
225 PM CDT THU APR 26 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CDT FRIDAY AND
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE INTERIOR
PORTION OF ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO MARGINALLY LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION EARLY
THIS EVENING BRINGING AN END TO THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND
USHERING SOMEWHAT COOLER AND DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION. AFTERNOON
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS OVER THE
INTERIOR PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE BOTH FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH THE DURATION WILL BE MARGINAL.
MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY RETURN TO THE REGION SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY
NEXT WEEK.

FLZ001-003-005-270330-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0045.070427T1700Z-070427T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0036.070428T1700Z-070428T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
225 PM CDT THU APR 26 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CDT FRIDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CDT FRIDAY. A
FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY 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.

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 271007
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
507 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CDT TODAY AND FIRE
WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE INTERIOR PORTION
OF ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

.DISCUSSION...DRIER AIR MOVING IN BEHIND A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL
ALLOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR
SEVERAL HOURS OVER THE INTERIOR PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE BOTH TODAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

FLZ001-003-005-272000-
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0045.070427T1700Z-070427T2300Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0036.070428T1700Z-070428T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
507 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT
THIS AFTERNOON...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT
THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF 
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.

$$

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