Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 74, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Nov 6, 2007, 2:22 PM CST for Walton County, Florida; 10 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Nov 7, 2007, 5:43 AM CST. It was in force for 11 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 6, 2007, 2:22 PM CST (20:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 7, 2007, 5:43 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 7, 2007, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 11 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 20:20 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, 8.4 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
- 1462 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 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 062047 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 222 PM CST TUE NOV 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .A DRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH THIS MORNING. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP NEAR CRITICAL VALUES ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA ON WEDNESDAY AND BELOW CRITICAL VALUES ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON WEDNESDAY AND POSSIBLY AGAIN ON THURSDAY. FLZ001>006-008-071230- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0062.071107T1400Z-071108T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0074.071107T1700Z-071107T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0063.071108T1500Z-071109T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 222 PM CST TUE NOV 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY 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 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. $$ ALZ051>064-071230- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0062.071107T1700Z-071107T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 222 PM CST TUE NOV 6 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE CONTINUES A FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KMOB 071143 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 541 AM CST WED NOV 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .A DRY AIRMASS HAS MOVED OVER THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT MOVED OVER THE AREA TUESDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL VALUES ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ON WEDNESDAY AND BELOW CRITICAL VALUES ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON WEDNESDAY AND LIKELY AGAIN ON THURSDAY. ALZ051>064-072000- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0062.071107T1700Z-071107T2300Z/ /O.EXA.KMOB.FW.W.0074.071107T1700Z-071107T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 541 AM CST WED NOV 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A VERY DRY AIRMASS HAS MOVED OVER THE AREA...WITH DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE OVER MOST OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. MORE THAN FOUR HOURS OF LESS THAN 25 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED. 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. $$ FLZ001>006-008-072000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0074.071107T1700Z-071107T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0063.071108T1500Z-071109T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 541 AM CST WED NOV 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A VERY DRY AIRMASS HAS MOVED OVER THE AREA...WITH DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. MORE THAN FOUR HOURS OF LESS THAN 25 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 072001 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 201 PM CST WED NOV 7 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 4 PM CST THURSDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... .A COOL AND DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. LOWEST AFTERNOON HUMIDITY BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT ON THURSDAY. AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS SOME CLOUDINESS RETURNS TO THE AREA BUT CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE SLIM UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. FLZ001>006-008-081200- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0063.071108T1500Z-071109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0075.071108T1700Z-071108T2200Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0074.000000T0000Z-071107T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 201 PM CST WED NOV 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 4 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 4 PM CST THURSDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A VERY DRY AIRMASS HAS MOVED OVER THE AREA...THIS AFTERNOONS HUMIDITY HAS BEEN BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT WITH NIGHT TIME RECOVERY EXPECTED TO BE ONLY AROUND 75 PERCENT. THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL SEE SIMILAR HUMIDITY VALUES BUT THE SURFACE WIND SHOULD BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE. 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 RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ ALZ051>064-081200- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0064.071108T1800Z-071108T2200Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0074.000000T0000Z-071107T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 201 PM CST WED NOV 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A VERY DRY AIRMASS HAS MOVED OVER THE AREA...THIS AFTERNOONS HUMIDITY HAS BEEN BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT WITH NIGHT TIME RECOVERY EXPECTED TO BE ONLY AROUND 75 PERCENT. THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL SEE SIMILAR HUMIDITY VALUES BUT THE SURFACE WIND SHOULD BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 4:07 AM CST | Freeze Watch | MOB | 25 hr | |
| Nov 6, 6:22 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 32 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.