Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 47, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Apr 29, 2007, 4:16 AM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 29, 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 29, 2007, 4:16 AM CDT (09:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 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 09:21 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, 9.3 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
- 2337 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 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 290916 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 416 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 NOON TO 7 PM CDT TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT MONDAY ACROSS THE 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. LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20 AND LOWER 30 PERCENT RANGE AT MOST LOCATIONS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL ZONES. FLZ001>006-008-292000- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0037.070429T1700Z-070429T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0047.070429T1700Z-070430T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0038.070430T1700Z-070501T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 416 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY 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 FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON. LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20 AND LOWER 30 PERCENT RANGE AT MOST LOCATIONS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL ZONES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE 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. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS84 KMOB 291947 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 247 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF LONG DURATION AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF BELOW 35 PERCENT... .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING CONTINUED RAIN FREE CONDITIONS TO THE REGION...WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING INTO THE LOWER 30S AND EVEN SOME UPPER 20S ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON MONDAY WHERE CRITERIA WILL LIKELY BE MET...AND THIS WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING WITH THE NEXT FIRE WEATHER FORECAST ISSUANCE. EXPECT A GRADUALLY MOISTENING AIRMASS TUESDAY THROUGH THE LATE WEEK AS DOMINANT WIND FLOW BECOMES MORE SOUTHEASTERLY. FLZ001>006-008-300400- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0047.000000T0000Z-070430T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0038.070430T1700Z-070501T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 247 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE DROPPED INTO THE UPPER 20 AND LOWER 30 PERCENT RANGE AT MOST LOCATIONS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL ZONES THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL LIKELY DO SO AGAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...A RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM THIS EVENING AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING LATER TONIGHT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 4:16 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 25 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.