Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 76, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Nov 8, 2007, 1:24 PM CST for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 9, 2007, 5:13 AM CST. It was in force for 12 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 8, 2007, 1:24 PM CST (19:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 9, 2007, 5:13 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 9, 2007, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 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 19:28 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, 7.4 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
- 2407 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 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 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. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS84 KMOB 091113 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 513 AM CST FRI NOV 9 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST TODAY FOR BOTH INLAND AND COASTAL SECTIONS SECTIONS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT... .SURFACE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE 30 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE FOR AT LEAST 4 OR 5 HOURS THIS AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY OVER INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY SHIFT TO THE EAST BUT THE AREA WILL REMAIN UNDER ITS INFLUENCE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE MOVE TO THE EAST WILL BEGIN TO BRING A LITTLE MORE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE AREA BY THE WEEKEND AFTER ANOTHER DRY AFTERNOON TODAY. FLZ002-004-006-008-092300- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0066.071109T1700Z-071109T2300Z/ /O.EXA.KMOB.FW.W.0076.071109T1700Z-071109T2300Z/ COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 513 AM CST FRI NOV 9 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A VERY DRY AIRMASS REMAINS OVER THE AREA...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE 30 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE FOR AT LEAST 4 OR 5 HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ FLZ001-003-005-092300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0076.071109T1700Z-071109T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 513 AM CST FRI NOV 9 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A VERY DRY AIRMASS REMAINS OVER THE AREA...WITH THIS AFTERNOONS MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 30 PERCENT FOR A LEAST 4 OR 5 HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARMER 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 5:32 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | 8 hr | |
| Nov 8, 1:24 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 16 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.