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Red Flag Warning 32, NWS Mobile, AL

March 23, 200810 counties in Alabama; Walton County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Mar 23, 2008, 2:45 PM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama; Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 24, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 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, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 24, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 24, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2008-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2008-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -119 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1310 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

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.

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS84 KMOB 241101
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
601 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

.DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION TODAY THEN SHIFTS EASTWARD
INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC ON WEDNESDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON
HOURS...WITH SIMILAR CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY. GULF MOISTURE BEGINS TO
RETURN TO THE REGION LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...KEEPING AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE CRITICAL
LEVELS ON WEDNESDAY.

FLZ001>006-008-250315-
/O.EXT.KMOB.FW.W.0032.080324T1500Z-080325T0100Z/
/O.EXT.KMOB.FW.A.0028.080325T1500Z-080326T0100Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
COASTAL WALTON-
601 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT
FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. 

DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT EAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL
LEVELS DURING THE MORNING HOURS THEN RETURN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS IN
THE LATE AFTERNOON.

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>060-250315-
/O.EXT.KMOB.FW.W.0032.080324T1700Z-080325T0100Z/
/O.EXT.KMOB.FW.A.0028.080325T1700Z-080326T0000Z/
CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-
601 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM
TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. 

DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT EAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL
LEVELS DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS THEN RETURN ABOVE CRITICAL
LEVELS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.

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.

$$

ALZ051-053>055-250315-
/O.EXB.KMOB.FW.A.0028.080325T1700Z-080326T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KMOB.FW.W.0032.080324T1700Z-080325T0100Z/
CHOCTAW-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-
601 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT EAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL
LEVELS DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS THEN RETURN ABOVE CRITICAL
LEVELS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.

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.

$$

ALZ052-061>064-250100-
/O.EXT.KMOB.FW.W.0032.080324T1700Z-080325T0100Z/
WASHINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-
601 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. 

DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT EAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL
LEVELS DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS THEN RETURN ABOVE CRITICAL
LEVELS IN THE LATE 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 EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$
000 
WWUS84 KMOB 241929
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
229 PM CDT MON MAR 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE
TO THE POTENTIAL OF A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE
POTENTIAL OF A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

.DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TUESDAY THEN SHIFT
EASTWARD INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC ON WEDNESDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN APPROACH CRITICAL LEVELS ACROSS SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON TUESDAY. GULF MOISTURE
BEGINS TO RETURN TO THE REGION LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...KEEPING AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE CRITICAL
LEVELS ON WEDNESDAY.

ALZ051-053>060-251130-
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080325T0100Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0028.080325T1700Z-080326T0000Z/
CHOCTAW-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-
COVINGTON-
229 PM CDT MON MAR 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. 

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.

$$

FLZ001>006-008-251130-
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080325T0100Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0028.080325T1500Z-080326T0100Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
COASTAL WALTON-
229 PM CDT MON MAR 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. 

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.

$$

ALZ052-061>064-250100-
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080325T0100Z/
WASHINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-
229 PM CDT MON MAR 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS84 KMOB 242115 AAA
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
415 PM CDT MON MAR 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA DUE TO A LONG
DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM TUESDAY FOR
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA DUE
TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...


.DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TUESDAY
THEN SHIFT EASTWARD INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC ON WEDNESDAY.
AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN APPROACH CRITICAL LEVELS
ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON
TUESDAY. GULF MOISTURE BEGINS TO RETURN TO THE REGION LATE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY...KEEPING AFTERNOON RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS ON WEDNESDAY.

ALZ051-053>060-251100-
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0028.080325T1700Z-080326T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0033.080325T1600Z-080326T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080325T0100Z/
CHOCTAW-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-
COVINGTON-
415 PM CDT MON MAR 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. A RED
FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

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.

$$

FLZ001>006-008-251100-
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0028.080325T1500Z-080326T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0033.080325T1600Z-080326T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080325T0100Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
COASTAL WALTON-
415 PM CDT MON MAR 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. A RED
FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

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.

$$

ALZ052-061>064-251100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0033.080325T1600Z-080326T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080325T0100Z/
WASHINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-
415 PM CDT MON MAR 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. A
RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

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.

$$

MSZ067-075-076-078-079-251100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0033.080325T1600Z-080326T0000Z/
WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
415 PM CDT MON MAR 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. 

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 2:45 PM CDTFire Weather WatchMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 3 more26 hr
Mar 23, 3:21 PM CDTFreeze WatchMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more22 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.