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Red Flag Warning 68, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Oct 11, 2007, 1:41 PM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 12, 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
- Oct 11, 2007, 1:41 PM CDT (18:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 12, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 12, 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 18:44 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 12:00Z, 6.7 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
- 1840 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 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 111841 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 141 PM CDT THU OCT 11 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND 20 FOOT WINDS OF 10 MPH OR GREATER... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE EXPECTED OCCURRENCE OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .A DRY AIRMASS HOLDS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. FLZ001>006-008-120200- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0055.071012T1700Z-071012T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0068.071012T1700Z-071012T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0067.000000T0000Z-071011T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 141 PM CDT THU OCT 11 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND 20 FOOT WINDS OF 10 MPH OR GREATER... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CDT FRIDAY ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE EXPECTED OCCURRENCE OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE MAINTAINS THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR FRIDAY HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY. A COMBINATION OF NORTHERLY WINDS FROM 10 TO 15 MPH AND LOW HUMIDITIES RANGING FROM 28 TO 33 PERCENT IS CONDUCIVE FOR THE GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDFIRE TODAY. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED FRIDAY. $$ ALZ051>064-112300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0067.000000T0000Z-071011T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 141 PM CDT THU OCT 11 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND 20 FOOT WINDS OF 10 MPH OR GREATER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE MAINTAINS THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. A COMBINATION OF NORTHERLY WINDS FROM 10 TO 15 MPH AND LOW HUMIDITIES RANGING FROM 28 TO 33 PERCENT IS CONDUCIVE FOR THE GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDFIRE. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KMOB 120444 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1144 PM CDT THU OCT 11 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE EXPECTED OCCURRENCE OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .A DRY AIRMASS HOLDS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. FLZ001>006-008-121245- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0068.071012T1700Z-071012T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 1144 PM CDT THU OCT 11 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CDT FRIDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY. A COMBINATION OF NORTHERLY WINDS FROM 10 TO 15 MPH AND LOW HUMIDITIES RANGING FROM 28 TO 33 PERCENT IS CONDUCIVE FOR THE GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDFIRE TODAY. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED FRIDAY. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 121124 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 624 AM CDT FRI OCT 12 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE INLAND PORTION OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO MARGINAL DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .DISCUSSION...A DRY AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FLZ001-003-005-121930- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0056.071013T1700Z-071014T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMOB.FW.W.0068.071012T1700Z-071013T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 624 AM CDT FRI OCT 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ FLZ002-004-006-008-121930- /O.EXT.KMOB.FW.W.0068.071012T1700Z-071013T0000Z/ COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 624 AM CDT FRI OCT 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND SEASONABLE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 121846 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 146 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE INLAND PORTION OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO MARGINAL DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .DISCUSSION...A DRY AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FLZ001-003-005-130300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0068.000000T0000Z-071013T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0056.071013T1700Z-071014T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 146 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ FLZ002-004-006-008-130000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0068.000000T0000Z-071013T0000Z/ COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 146 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND SEASONABLE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 4:42 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 9 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.