Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 31, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Mar 22, 2008, 2:41 PM CDT for 5 counties in Alabama; Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 23, 2008, 11:00 AM CDT. 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
- Mar 22, 2008, 2:41 PM CDT (19:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2008, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 1441 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 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 221941 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 241 PM CDT SAT MAR 22 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO EXPECTED CRITICALLY LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF CRITICALLY LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... .A DRY AIRMASS OVER THE AREA WILL BE RE-ENFORCED ON SUNDAY IN THE WAKE OF A WEAK COLD FRONT...WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING BELOW CRITICAL VALUES OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND MOST OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL. ALZ056>060-FLZ001>006-008-231145- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0026.080323T1600Z-080323T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0031.080323T1600Z-080324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0027.080324T1600Z-080325T0100Z/ CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-INLAND ESCAMBIA- COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-COASTAL WALTON- 241 PM CDT SAT MAR 22 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE IS AN UPGRADE TO THE PREVIOUS FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A NEW FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BENN ISSUED FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON. WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS STILL EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING...REINFORCING THE DRY AIR AND ALSO BRINGING SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION. THIS WILL BRING LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE NORTHERLY WINDS IN THE MIXED LAYER OVER THE LATE PART OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK...RESULTING IN GOOD DAYTIME DISPERSIONS. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED WITH THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE. A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM...BUILDING SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON SUNDAY...LOOKS TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF CRITICALLY LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITIES TO THE AREA ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF MODERATE 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KMOB 231054 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 554 AM CDT SUN MAR 23 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO EXPECTED CRITICALLY LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF CRITICALLY LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... .A DRY AIRMASS OVER THE AREA MOVING OVER THE AREA TODAY WILL BE RE- ENFORCED ON MONDAY AS ANOTHER SURGE OF NORTHERLY AIR PASSES TONIGHT. DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...AROUND 20 PERCENT MONDAY AFTERNOON. DISPERSIONS WILL BE HIGH BOTH DAYS DUE TO MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS. ALZ056>060-231900- /O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0031.080323T1600Z-080324T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0027.080324T1600Z-080325T0100Z/ CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON- 554 AM CDT SUN MAR 23 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY PASSED OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING...REINFORCING THE DRY AIR AND ALSO BRINGING SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION. DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 25 PERCENT TODAY...20 TO 25 PERCENT MONDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF MODERATE 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. $$ FLZ001>006-008-231900- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0031.080323T1600Z-080324T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0027.080324T1600Z-080325T0100Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 554 AM CDT SUN MAR 23 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY PASSED OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING...REINFORCING THE DRY AIR AND ALSO BRINGING SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION. DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 25 PERCENT TODAY...20 TO 25 PERCENT MONDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF MODERATE 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. $$ ALZ051>055-061>064-231900- /O.EXA.KMOB.FW.A.0027.080324T1600Z-080325T0100Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-UPPER MOBILE- UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- 554 AM CDT SUN MAR 23 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY PASSED OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING...REINFORCING THE DRY AIR AND ALSO BRINGING SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION. DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 25 PERCENT TODAY...20 TO 25 PERCENT MONDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF MODERATE WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 231945 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 245 PM CDT SUN MAR 23 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND ALL OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF CRITICALLY LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-65 AND OVER THE ENTIRE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DU TO THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICALLY LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... .COOLER AND DRIER HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT EAST ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. AS THE HIGH DRIFTS EAST BY WEDNESDAY... AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES SHOULD RISE ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. FLZ001>006-008-241145- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0027.080324T1600Z-080325T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0032.080324T1600Z-080325T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0028.080325T1800Z-080325T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-080324T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 245 PM CDT SUN MAR 23 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. COOLER AND DRIER HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT EAST ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. AS THE HIGH DRIFTS EAST BY WEDNESDAY... AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES SHOULD RISE ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF PRIMARILY 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. $$ ALZ056>060-241145- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0027.080324T1600Z-080325T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0032.080324T1600Z-080325T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0028.080325T1800Z-080325T2300Z/ CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON- 245 PM CDT SUN MAR 23 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON. COOLER AND DRIER HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT EAST ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. AS THE HIGH DRIFTS EAST BY WEDNESDAY... AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES SHOULD RISE ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF PRIMARILY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ ALZ051>055-061>064-241145- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0027.080324T1600Z-080325T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0032.080324T1600Z-080325T0100Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-UPPER MOBILE- UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- 245 PM CDT SUN MAR 23 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. COOLER AND DRIER HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT EAST ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. AS THE HIGH DRIFTS EAST BY WEDNESDAY... AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES SHOULD RISE ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 5:33 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 9 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:41 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 24 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Alabama, 2008Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2008Every red flag warning in 2008
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.