Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 62, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Jun 20, 2007, 3:07 PM CDT for Walton County, Florida; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jun 21, 2007, 5:39 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 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
- Jun 20, 2007, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 21, 2007, 5:39 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 310 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS84 KMOB 202007 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 307 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR THURSDAY DUE TO EXPECTED LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO LOW HUMIDITY... .DRIER AIR WILL IS MOVING SOUTH ON THE HEELS OF A NORTHERLY IN THE WAKE OF LAST NIGHT COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL BE A BIT GUSTY WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT WILL SETTLE DOWN BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...EXCEPT MAY REMAIN UP A BIT OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...GENERALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED UNTIL LATE IN THE WEEKEND. FLZ001>006-008-211100- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0050.070621T1600Z-070622T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0062.070621T1600Z-070622T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 307 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY OVER THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... DRY AIR FLOWING INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. WINDS ON THURSDAY MORNING WILL BE A BIT GUSTY BEFORE SETTLING DOWN IN THE 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. $$ ALZ056>060-211100- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0051.070621T1600Z-070622T0000Z/ CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON- 307 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO LOW HUMIDITY... DRIER AIR IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONTWILL BE OVER THE AREA ON THURSDAY. WINDS WILL BE A BIT GUSTY THURSDAY MORNING BUT WILL SETTLE DOWN BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...EXCEPT MAY REMAIN UP A BIT OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...GENERALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED UNTIL LATE IN THE WEEKEND. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KMOB 211039 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 539 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR THURSDAY DUE TO EXPECTED LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO LOW HUMIDITY... .DRIER AIR WILL IS MOVING SOUTH ON THE HEELS OF A NORTHERLY IN THE WAKE OF LAST NIGHT COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL BE A BIT GUSTY OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...GENERALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED UNTIL LATE IN THE WEEKEND. ALZ056>060-211845- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0051.070621T1600Z-070622T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMOB.FW.W.0062.070621T1600Z-070622T0000Z/ CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON- 539 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. DRIER AIR HAS MOVED OVER THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL BE A BIT GUSTY THIS MORNING...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO SETTLE DOWN BY THIS AFTERNOON...EXCEPT MAY REMAIN UP A BIT OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...GENERALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED UNTIL LATE IN THE WEEKEND. 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. $$ FLZ001>006-008-211845- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0062.070621T1600Z-070622T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 539 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. DRIER AIR HAS MOVED OVER THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL BE A BIT GUSTY THIS MORNING...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO SETTLE DOWN BY THIS AFTERNOON...EXCEPT MAY REMAIN UP A BIT OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...GENERALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED UNTIL LATE IN THE WEEKEND. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 211844 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 144 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... ...A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO LOW HUMIDITY AND 10 MPH WINDS... .DRY AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA UNTIL SUNSET...EXCEPT FOR THE COASTAL SECTIONS WHERE AN AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE WILL MODIFY THE LOW HUMIDITY. NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED UNTIL LATE IN THE WEEKEND. ALZ056>060-FLZ001>006-008-220000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0062.000000T0000Z-070622T0000Z/ CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-INLAND ESCAMBIA- COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-COASTAL WALTON- 144 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... DRY AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA UNTIL SUNSET...EXCEPT FOR THE COASTAL SECTIONS WHERE AN AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE WILL MODIFY THE LOW HUMIDITY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING NOW. A COMBINATION OF MODERATE WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Jun 19, 8:05 PM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | MOB | 115 min | |
| Jun 20, 5:20 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 10 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:07 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 15 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Alabama, 2007Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2007Every red flag warning in 2007
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.