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Red Flag Warning 71, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Nov 3, 2007, 5:59 AM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 3, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Nov 3, 2007, 5:59 AM CDT (10:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 3, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Nov 3, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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 10:58 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, 11.0 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
- 1821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 031059 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 559 AM CDT SAT NOV 3 2007 ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .A DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A DISSIPATING COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING. THE CENTER OF A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING DRIER AIR TO THE REGION ON SUNDAY...BUT WITH LIGHT WINDS. A RED FLAG WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. FLZ001>006-008-031900- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0058.071103T1700Z-071103T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0071.071103T1700Z-071103T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0059.071104T1800Z-071104T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 559 AM CDT SAT NOV 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A DRIER AIRMASS WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA TODAY BEHIND A WEAK FRONT. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS84 KMOB 031931 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 231 PM CDT SAT NOV 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 35 PERCENT OR LOWER FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .A DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN THE WAKE OF A DISSIPATING COLD FRONT THAT PASSED THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT. FLZ001>006-008-041145- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0059.071104T1800Z-071104T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0072.071104T1800Z-071104T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0071.000000T0000Z-071103T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 231 PM CDT SAT NOV 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. A DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN THE WAKE OF A DISSIPATING COLD FRONT THAT PASSED THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAVE DROPPED TO 30 TO 35 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...AND ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE 28 TO 32 PERCENT RANGE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2:31 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Walton | 27 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.