Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 80, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Dec 2, 2007, 1:41 PM CST for Walton County, Florida; 10 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Dec 3, 2007, 1:41 PM CST. It was in force for 28 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
- Dec 2, 2007, 1:41 PM CST (19:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 3, 2007, 1:41 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 4, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 28 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 19:40 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, 7.7 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
- 1125 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 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 021941 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 141 PM CST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...A RED FLAG HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION LATER TONIGHT WILL BRING DRIER...COOLER AND BREEZY CONDITIONS TO THE AREA. MONDAY AFTERNOON HUMIDITY SHOULD NOT DROP MUCH BELOW 35 PERCENT BUT BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WE EXPECT SEVERAL HOURS BELOW 35 PERCENT...POSSIBLY AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT. FLZ001>006-008-031200- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0071.071204T1600Z-071205T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0080.071204T1600Z-071205T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 141 PM CST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SEVERAL HOURS OF SURFACE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT IS EXPECTED FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING TO NEAR SUNSET. 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. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KMOB 031143 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 543 AM CST MON DEC 3 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FROM NOON TUESDAY UNTIL CLOSE TO SUNSET...DUE TO LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. .A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION TODAY WILL BRING COOL DRY AIR AND BREEZY CONDITIONS TO THE AREA. THIS AFTERNOON HUMIDITY SHOULD NOT DROP MUCH BELOW 35 PERCENT BUT BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WE EXPECT SEVERAL HOURS BELOW 35 PERCENT... POSSIBLY AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT. FLZ001>006-008-040345- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0080.071204T1600Z-071205T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 543 AM CST MON DEC 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY DUE TO LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... SEVERAL HOURS OF SURFACE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT IS EXPECTED FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING TO NEAR SUNSET. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ ALZ054>060-040345- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0072.071204T1800Z-071204T2200Z/ WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON- 543 AM CST MON DEC 3 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BETWEEN 15 AND 25 PERCENT IS EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FROM NOON TUESDAY UNTIL CLOSE TO SUNSET. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 031941 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 141 PM CST MON DEC 3 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FROM NOON TUESDAY UNTIL CLOSE TO SUNSET...DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. .A COLD FRONT WHICH MOVED THROUGH THE REGION EARLIER TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO BRING COOL DRY AIR AND BREEZY CONDITIONS TO THE AREA. THIS AFTERNOON HUMIDITY SHOULD NOT DROP MUCH BELOW 35 PERCENT...BUT BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...SEVERAL HOURS BELOW 35 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED... WITH MOST OF THE AREA DROPPING INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE. ALZ054>060-041145- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0072.071204T1800Z-071204T2200Z/ /O.EXB.KMOB.FW.W.0080.071204T1800Z-071204T2300Z/ WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON- 141 PM CST MON DEC 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM CST TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT IS EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ALABAMA FROM NOON TUESDAY UNTIL CLOSE TO SUNSET. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ ALZ051>053-041145- /O.EXB.KMOB.FW.W.0080.071204T1800Z-071204T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE- 141 PM CST MON DEC 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM CST TUESDAY. A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT IS EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FROM NOON TUESDAY UNTIL CLOSE TO SUNSET. 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. $$ FLZ001>006-008-041145- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0080.071204T1600Z-071205T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 141 PM CST MON DEC 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT IS EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM NOON TUESDAY UNTIL CLOSE TO SUNSET. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 041300 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 700 AM CST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM CST TODAY FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 25 PERCENT... .WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THEN BECOME REINFORCED FROM THE NORTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AS A RESULT NORTHERLY WINDS AND SEAS WILL REBUILD SLIGHTLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A LIGHT SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL DEVELOP LATER IN THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EAST. WILL ALLOW THE SCAS TO EXPIRED AT 12Z THIS MORNING. FLZ001>006-008-050000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0080.071204T1600Z-071205T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 700 AM CST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 25 PERCENT IS EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM NOON TUESDAY UNTIL JUST AFTER SUNSET. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARMING AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ ALZ051>060-042300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0080.071204T1800Z-071204T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON- 700 AM CST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT IS EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ALABAMA FROM NOON TUESDAY UNTIL JUST AFTER SUNSET. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARMING AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 042000 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 200 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND MOST OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT... .WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOME REINFORCED FROM THE NORTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AS A RESULT...NORTHERLY WINDS AND SEAS WILL REBUILD SLIGHTLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A LIGHT SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL DEVELOP LATER IN THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EAST. ALZ051>060-042300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0080.000000T0000Z-071204T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON- 200 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT IS AND WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ALABAMA FROM NOON TUESDAY UNTIL JUST AFTER SUNSET. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARMING AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ FLZ001>006-008-050000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0080.000000T0000Z-071205T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 200 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 25 PERCENT WILL AND CONTINUE TO OCCUR OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM NOON TUESDAY UNTIL JUST AFTER SUNSET. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARMING AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 5:56 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 8 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.