Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 84, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Dec 23, 2007, 1:58 PM CST for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 24, 2007, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 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 23, 2007, 1:58 PM CST (19:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 24, 2007, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2007, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 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 20:01 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, 8.0 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
- 926 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 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 231958 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 158 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW SURFACE HUMIDITY OVER THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .DISCUSSION...COOLER AND DRIER AIR HAS FOLLOWED LAST NIGHTS COLD FRONT SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. AFTER MONDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING OVER MOST OF THE AREA...SURFACE HUMIDITY WILL DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING IS UP FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. FLZ001>006-008-241200- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0075.071224T1600Z-071225T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0084.071224T1600Z-071224T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 158 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT BY LATE MONDAY MORNING AND RETURN ABOVE 35 PERCENT BY SUNSET. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KMOB 241230 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 630 AM CST MON DEC 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .DISCUSSION...COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY THEN A MOISTENING TREND FOLLOWS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. FLZ001>006-008-250430- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0076.071225T1700Z-071225T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0084.071224T1600Z-071224T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 630 AM CST MON DEC 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT BY LATE MONDAY MORNING AND RETURN ABOVE 35 PERCENT BY SUNSET EACH DAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 242022 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 222 PM CST MON DEC 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .DISCUSSION...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA ON CHRISTMAS DAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL APPROACH CRITICAL VALUES AGAIN ON TUESDAY...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO ONLY COVER A SMALL AREA. WILL STILL LEAVE A WATCH UP FOR THE WESTERN PANHANDLE AND SEE IF LATER MODEL RUNS CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE DEW POINT TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE PANHANDLE. IF THEY DO...THE WATCH CAN BE DROPPED FOR TUESDAY. IF NOT...LATER SHIFTS WILL HAVE TO ADD A RED FLAG FOR THE AREA ON TUESDAY. FLZ001>006-008-251230- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0084.000000T0000Z-071224T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0076.071225T1700Z-071225T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 222 PM CST MON DEC 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN BELOW 35 UNTIL AROUND 500 THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY 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. $$
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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.