Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 35, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Apr 13, 2008, 4:10 AM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 13, 2008, 12:00 PM 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
- Apr 13, 2008, 4:10 AM CDT (09:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 13, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT
- 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 09:10 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 00:00Z, 9.2 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
- 1092 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 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 130910 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 410 AM CDT SUN APR 13 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE EARLY EVENING TODAY FOR EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 20 MPH... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE MONDAY AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS... .A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH TUESDAY. FLZ001>006-008-132200- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0029.080413T1600Z-080413T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0035.080413T1700Z-080414T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0030.080414T1600Z-080415T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0031.080415T1700Z-080416T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 410 AM CDT SUN APR 13 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 25 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS FROM LATE MORNING TODAY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED TODAY. VERY SIMILAR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ON MONDAY. BY TUESDAY...THE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE LIGHTER. HOWEVER...WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS ON TUESDAY WILL LIKELY RESULT IN LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES LINGERING AROUND 25 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY 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 131959 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 259 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING DUE TO LONG DURATION RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE MONDAY AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS... .A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH TUESDAY. FLZ001>006-008-141200- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0035.000000T0000Z-080414T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0030.080414T1600Z-080415T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0031.080415T1700Z-080416T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 259 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY 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 MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO 30 TO 35 PERCENT ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SEVERAL HOURS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO OCCASIONALLY 20 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED MONDAY. BY TUESDAY...THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHTER. HOWEVER...WARM TEMPERATURES AND STILL LOW DEW POINTS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES LINGERING BETWEEN 25 TO 20 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 4:10 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 26 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:10 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 26 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.