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Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL

February 24, 2008

NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Feb 24, 2008, 5:07 AM EST. It took effect at Feb 24, 2008, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 2 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: Feb 24, 2008, 5:07 AM EST (10:07 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 24, 2008, 1:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 24, 2008, 3:11 PM EST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 241007
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
407 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR INLAND SECTIONS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO
A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

.A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH TODAY. WARM
TEMPERATURES COMBINED THE DRY AIR WILL ALLOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES TO BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOW 30S ACROSS INLAND SECTIONS OF THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

FLZ001-003-005-242300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0021.080224T1800Z-080224T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
407 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

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
RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 242011
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
211 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING CANCELED FOR THE INTERIOR PORTION OF THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY...

.DESPITE WARMER TEMPERATURES AND DRY AIR...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE
REMAINED ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.
ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAY DROP BRIEFLY TO NEAR OR BELOW 35
PERCENT...THE DURATION CRITERIA WILL NOT BE MET THUS THE RED FLAG
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.

FLZ001-003-005-242115-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080224T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
211 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELED THE RED FLAG
WARNING. 

AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAY DROP BRIEFLY TO NEAR OR BELOW 35
PERCENT BUT DURATION CRITERIA WILL NOT BE MET...THUS THE RED FLAG
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.

$$

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Sources

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