Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Feb 13, 2008, 6:49 AM CST for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 13, 2008, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 2008, 6:49 AM CST (12:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2008, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2008, 11:21 AM CST
- In force
- 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 12:54 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, 0.8 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
- 1003 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 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 131249 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 649 AM CST WED FEB 13 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THROUGH THURSDAY. AS A RESULT AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS MAINLY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THURSDAY. BREEZY CONDITIONS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FOLLOWED BY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. FLZ001>006-008-140500- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0015.080213T1800Z-080214T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0017.080213T1800Z-080213T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0016.080214T1700Z-080214T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 649 AM CST WED FEB 13 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... FOR TODAY AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT COMBINED WITH 20 FOOT WINDS IN EXCESS OF 15 MPH. FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR MORE THAN 4 CONSECUTIVE HOURS OR MORE. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS84 KMOB 131721 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1121 AM CST WED FEB 13 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THROUGH THURSDAY. AS A RESULT AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS MAINLY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON THURSDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. FLZ001>006-008-140930- /O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0017.080213T1800Z-080213T2200Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0016.080214T1700Z-080214T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 1121 AM CST WED FEB 13 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THROUGH THURSDAY. AS A RESULT AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS MAINLY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON THURSDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 6:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 23 min |
| Feb 12, 6:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 53 min |
| Feb 12, 6:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 42 min |
| Feb 13, 6:49 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 23 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.