Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 75, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Nov 7, 2007, 2:01 PM CST for Walton County, Florida; 10 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Nov 8, 2007, 5:32 AM CST. It was in force for 10 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 7, 2007, 2:01 PM CST (20:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 8, 2007, 5:32 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 8, 2007, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 10 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 20:04 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, 8.0 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
- 1544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 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 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. $$ ALZ051>064-081200- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0064.071108T1800Z-071108T2200Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0074.000000T0000Z-071107T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 201 PM CST WED NOV 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A VERY DRY AIRMASS HAS MOVED OVER THE AREA...THIS AFTERNOONS HUMIDITY HAS BEEN BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT WITH NIGHT TIME RECOVERY EXPECTED TO BE ONLY AROUND 75 PERCENT. THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL SEE SIMILAR HUMIDITY VALUES BUT THE SURFACE WIND SHOULD BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KMOB 081132 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 532 AM CST THU NOV 8 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 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 FRIDAY. LOWEST AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL RANGE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT TODAY...AROUND 30 PERCENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS SOME CLOUDINESS RETURNS TO THE AREA...BUT CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE SLIM UNTIL EARLY NEXT WEEK. ALZ051>064-082200- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0064.071108T1800Z-071108T2200Z/ /O.EXB.KMOB.FW.W.0075.071108T1800Z-071108T2200Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 532 AM CST THU NOV 8 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A VERY DRY AIRMASS HAS MOVED OVER THE AREA...WITH THIS AFTERNOONS HUMIDITY EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT WITH NIGHT TIME RECOVERY EXPECTED TO BE ONLY AROUND 75 PERCENT. WINDS HAVE LIGHTENED AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE AREA...WITH DISPERSIONS LESS THAN WEDNESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ FLZ001-003-005-082200- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0065.071109T1700Z-071109T2300Z/ /O.EXT.KMOB.FW.W.0075.071108T1600Z-071108T2200Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 532 AM CST THU NOV 8 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A VERY DRY AIRMASS HAS MOVED OVER THE AREA...WITH THIS AFTERNOONS HUMIDITY EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT WITH NIGHT TIME RECOVERY EXPECTED TO BE ONLY AROUND 75 PERCENT. WINDS HAVE LIGHTENED AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE AREA...WITH DISPERSIONS LESS THAN WEDNESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ FLZ002-004-006-008-082200- /O.EXT.KMOB.FW.W.0075.071108T1600Z-071108T2200Z/ COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 532 AM CST THU NOV 8 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A VERY DRY AIRMASS HAS MOVED OVER THE AREA...WITH THIS AFTERNOONS HUMIDITY EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT WITH NIGHT TIME RECOVERY EXPECTED TO BE ONLY AROUND 75 PERCENT. WINDS HAVE LIGHTENED AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE AREA...WITH DISPERSIONS LESS THAN WEDNESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 081924 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 124 PM CST THU NOV 8 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST FRIDAY FOR THE INLAND SECTIONS OF THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR THE INLAND SECTIONS OF THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .SURFACE HUMIDITY IS BELOW 30 PERCENT OVER MOST OF THE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON WITH RECOVERY EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY SHIFT TO THE EAST BUT THE AREA WILL REMAIN UNDER ITS INFLUENCE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE MOVE TO THE EAST WILL BEGIN TO BRING A LITTLE MORE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE AREA BY THE WEEKEND AFTER ANOTHER DRY AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY. HUMIDITY WILL BE UP A BIT OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI WHERE SOME CLOUDINESS WILL EDGE INTO THE AREA BY SATURDAY. FLZ001-003-005-091200- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0065.071109T1700Z-071109T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0076.071109T1700Z-071109T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0075.000000T0000Z-071108T2200Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 124 PM CST THU NOV 8 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A VERY DRY AIRMASS REMAINS OVER THE AREA...WITH THIS AFTERNOONS HUMIDITY BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT. THE INLAND SECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE WILL SEE LOW HUMIDITY AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.| $$ FLZ002-004-006-008-091200- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0066.071109T1700Z-071109T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0075.000000T0000Z-071108T2200Z/ COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 124 PM CST THU NOV 8 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A VERY DRY AIRMASS REMAINS OVER THE AREA...WITH THIS AFTERNOONS HUMIDITY BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE COASTAL SECTIONS WILL SEE LOW HUMIDITY AGAIN FRIDAY BUT AN EARLY AFTERNOON ONSHORE WIND IS EXPECTED TO PREVENT A LONG DURATION OVER THE COASTAL SECTIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. 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. $$ ALZ051>064-082200- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0075.000000T0000Z-071108T2200Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 124 PM CST THU NOV 8 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A VERY DRY AIRMASS REMAINS OVER THE AREA...WITH THIS AFTERNOONS HUMIDITY BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT. FRIDAY AFTERNOON HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 25 PERCENT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 5:25 AM CST | Freeze Warning | MOB | 27 hr | |
| Nov 7, 2:01 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 16 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.