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Red Flag Warning 53, NWS Mobile, AL

May 10, 2007

NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at May 10, 2007, 6:27 AM EDT. It took effect at May 10, 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: May 10, 2007, 6:27 AM EDT (10:27 UTC)
In effect from: May 10, 2007, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 10, 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 101027
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
527 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2007

......A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING 
INLAND ZONES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA DUE TO CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES...

.INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND SANTA ROSA AND INLAND OKALOOSA. 

.DRY AIR CONTINUES TO ADVECT SOUTHWARD OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST
REGION GIVING WAY TO LOWER THAN NORMAL AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES TODAY. 
AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE CRITICAL
THRESHOLDS FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

FLZ001-003-005-101830-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0053.070510T1700Z-070511T0000Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
527 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
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. 

DRY AIR CONTINUES TO ADVECT SOUTHWARD OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST
REGION GIVING WAY TO LOWER THAN NORMAL AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES TODAY. 
AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE CRITICAL
THRESHOLDS FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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.

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 101848
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
148 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007

......A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR THE
FOLLOWING INLAND ZONES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA DUE TO CRITICALLY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

.INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND SANTA ROSA AND INLAND OKALOOSA.

.VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA
THROUGH EARLY EVENING. AN INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND RAIN 
CHANCES LATE IN THE WEEK WILL ALLOW THE LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES TO MODERATE ABOVE RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA...HOWEVER AN
INCREASE IN LIGHTNING ACTIVITY OVER THE WEEKEND MAY IGNITE THE DRY
DEBRIS AND POTENTIALLY CREATE WILDFIRES.

FLZ001-003-005-110000-
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0053.000000T0000Z-070511T0000Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
148 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA
THROUGH EARLY EVENING. AN INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND RAIN 
CHANCES LATE IN THE WEEK WILL ALLOW THE LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES TO MODERATE ABOVE RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA...HOWEVER AN
INCREASE IN LIGHTNING ACTIVITY OVER THE WEEKEND MAY IGNITE THE DRY
DEBRIS AND POTENTIALLY CREATE WILDFIRES.

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.

$$

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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.