Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 66, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Sep 29, 2007, 5:10 AM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama; Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 29, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 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
- Sep 29, 2007, 5:10 AM CDT (10:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 29, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2007, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 2576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 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 291010 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 510 AM CDT SAT SEP 29 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... EXCEPT FOR COASTAL MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES. THE WARNING IS FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY AND WINDS OF 10 MPH OR MORE... .HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE AREA HAS BROUGHT DRY NORTHEAST WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TO THE AREA. SURFACE WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH BY MID MORNING WILL DIMINISH A BIT AS THE LOWEST SURFACE HUMIDITY IS REACHED BY MID AFTERNOON. SUNNY SKIES AND A GENERALLY NORTHEAST TO EAST WIND IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID WEEK. ALZ051>062-FLZ001>006-008-291900- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0052.070929T1700Z-070929T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0066.070929T1700Z-070929T2200Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA- COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-COASTAL WALTON- 510 AM CDT SAT SEP 29 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... EXCEPT FOR COASTAL MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES. THE WARNING IS FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY AND WINDS OF 10 MPH OR MORE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CDT THIS 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. A COMBINATION OF MODERATE WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS84 KMOB 291930 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 230 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTH ALABAMA...EXCEPT FOR COASTAL MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES. THE WARNING IS FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY AND WINDS OF 10 MPH OR MORE... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE INLAND ZONES OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR POTENTIAL LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE AREA HAS BROUGHT DRY NORTHEAST WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TO THE AREA. SURFACE WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL DIMINISH A BIT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY ALONG THE COAST AND JUST INLAND ON SUNDAY WITH A SOMEWHAT LIGHTER WIND FLOW EXPECTED...HOWEVER THE INLAND AREAS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE COULD POTENTIALLY SEE SEVERAL HOURS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON SUNDAY MEETING THE LOCAL RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA. FLZ001-003-005-292200- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0053.070930T1700Z-070930T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0066.000000T0000Z-070929T2200Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 230 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF MODERATE WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ ALZ051>062-FLZ002-004-006-008-292200- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0066.000000T0000Z-070929T2200Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-COASTAL WALTON- 230 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2:30 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | 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.