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Red Flag Warning 46, NWS Mobile, AL

April 28, 2007

NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Apr 28, 2007, 6:21 AM EDT. It took effect at Apr 28, 2007, 1:00 PM EDT. 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 28, 2007, 6:21 AM EDT (10:21 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 28, 2007, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 28, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 281021
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
521 AM CDT SAT APR 28 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING ACROSS THE INLAND AREAS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR 
EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN 
FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE 
HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

.DISCUSSION...A DRIER AIRMASS WILL MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST TODAY 
AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSES THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION 
TO THE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP
BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 TO 5 HOURS OVER THE INTERIOR PORTION OF THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT LOWER
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL EXTEND FARTHER SOUTH TO JUST NORTH OF THE COAST
ON SUNDAY...THEREFORE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR 
SUNDAY.

FLZ001-003-005-282000-
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0036.070428T1700Z-070428T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0046.070428T1700Z-070429T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0037.070429T1700Z-070429T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
521 AM CDT SAT APR 28 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

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 SUNDAY 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WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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. 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.

$$

FLZ002-004-006-008-282000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0037.070429T1700Z-070429T2300Z/
COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
COASTAL WALTON-
521 AM CDT SAT APR 28 2007

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 

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 281929
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
229 PM CDT SAT APR 28 2007

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
ACROSS THE INLAND AREAS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
ENTIRE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LONG DURATIONS
OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON WILL
DRIFT EAST ACROSS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH MONDAY. THIS WILL REINFORCE THE DRY AND
STABLE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION AND BRING A LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND
FLOW TO MOST OF THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY. 

FLZ001-003-005-290330-
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0046.000000T0000Z-070429T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0037.070429T1700Z-070429T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
229 PM CDT SAT APR 28 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SUNDAY 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.

$$

FLZ002-004-006-008-290330-
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0037.070429T1700Z-070429T2300Z/
COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
COASTAL WALTON-
229 PM CDT SAT APR 28 2007

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 6:21 AM EDTFire Weather WatchMOBWalton23 hr

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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.