Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this red flag warning at Mar 23, 2008, 5:08 AM CDT for 28 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Mar 23, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 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
- Mar 23, 2008, 5:08 AM CDT (10:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 28 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:12 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 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 4520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 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 KBMX 231008 RFWBMX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 508 AM CDT SUN MAR 23 2008 ...DRIER AIRMASS TO CREATE A HIGH FIRE DANGER SUNDAY AND MONDAY... .A DRY AIRMASS HAS MOVED INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY. THIS COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THE RED FLAG WARNING ARE GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REFORM TO BIRMINGHAM TO TALLADEGA TO WEDOWEE. HOWEVER...IF DEWPOINTS MIX OUT LOWER THAN EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON...ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA WOULD FALL IN THE CRITERIA. MONDAY...WILL BE COOLER THAN SUNDAY...HOWEVER DEWPOINTS ARE FORECAST TO BE MUCH LOWER. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WELL BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL ALABAMA MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL ALSO BE DRY...WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES... RESULTING IN ANOTHER HIGH FIRE DANGER POSSIBILITY. ALZ022>025-027>050-232300- /O.UPG.KBMX.FW.A.0009.080323T1800Z-080323T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.W.0013.080323T1800Z-080323T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.A.0010.080324T1800Z-080324T2300Z/ PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH- SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS- MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK- LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 508 AM CDT SUN MAR 23 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THE RED FLAG WARNING ARE GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REFORM TO BIRMINGHAM TO TALLADEGA TO WEDOWEE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE 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. $$ ALZ011>015-017>021-026-232300- /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.A.0010.080324T1800Z-080324T2300Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.FW.A.0009.080323T1800Z-080323T2300Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-ST. CLAIR- 508 AM CDT SUN MAR 23 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SUNDAY ARE GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM REFORM TO BIRMINGHAM TO TALLADEGA TO WEDOWEE. ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA IS INCLUDED IN THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS84 KBMX 232310 RFWBMX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 610 PM CDT SUN MAR 23 2008 ...DRY AIRMASS LIKELY TO CREATE A HIGH FIRE DANGER AGAIN ON MONDAY... .A COMBINATION OF A DRY AIRMASS AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON ON MONDAY. TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL ALSO BE DRY...WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES... RESULTING IN ANOTHER HIGH FIRE DANGER POSSIBILITY. ALZ022>025-027>050-241100- /O.EXP.KBMX.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080323T2300Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.FW.A.0010.080324T1800Z-080324T2300Z/ PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH- SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS- MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK- LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 610 PM CDT SUN MAR 23 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON. DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WITH VALUES LIKELY FALLING BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ ALZ011>015-017>021-026-241100- /O.EXP.KBMX.FW.A.0009.000000T0000Z-080323T2300Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.FW.A.0010.080324T1800Z-080324T2300Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-ST. CLAIR- 610 PM CDT SUN MAR 23 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS EXPIRED... TODAYS FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS EXPIRED. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON. DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WITH VALUES LIKELY FALLING BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 3:28 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 20 hr |
| Mar 23, 5:08 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 37 hr |
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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.