Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Feb 26, 2008, 3:21 PM CST for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 27, 2008, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 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 26, 2008, 3:21 PM CST (21:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 27, 2008, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 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 21:20 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, 9.4 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
- 534 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS84 KMOB 262121 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 321 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. COOLER/DRIER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL HAVE TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED THROUGH THURSDAY. FLZ001>006-008-271330- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0018.080227T1600Z-080228T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0022.080227T1600Z-080228T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 321 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. COOLER/DRIER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL HAVE TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED THROUGH THURSDAY. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KMOB 270948 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 348 AM CST WED FEB 27 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM TODAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. COOLER AND MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL HAVE TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED THROUGH THURSDAY. FLZ001>006-008-280200- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0019.080228T1800Z-080229T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0022.080227T1600Z-080228T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 348 AM CST WED FEB 27 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 271956 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 156 PM CST WED FEB 27 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. COOLER AND MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL HAVE TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED THROUGH THURSDAY. FLZ001>006-008-281200- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0019.080228T1800Z-080229T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0023.080228T1600Z-080229T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080228T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 156 PM CST WED FEB 27 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. COOLER AND MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT WILL BE LIKELY ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARMER 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 8:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 35 min |
| Feb 26, 9:43 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 6 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.