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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL

January 13, 2008

NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Jan 13, 2008, 7:27 AM EST. It took effect at Jan 13, 2008, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 6 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
Jan 13, 2008, 7:27 AM EST (12:27 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 13, 2008, 1:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 13, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

The text

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

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 131227
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
627 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES OF LESS THAN 35 PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE VALUES OF LESS THAN
35 PERCENT...

.A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVED ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. THIS FRONT
WILL MOVE THROUGH WITH LITTLE TO NO PRECIPITATION AND ONLY A FEW
CLOUDS...BUT WILL REINFORCE THE DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE
REGION. COOL AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN PREVAIL ACROSS THE
REGION THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN GULF BY MIDWEEK AND QUICKLY
MOVE TOWARD THE CENTRAL OR NORTHEASTERN GULF COAST... BRINGING THE
NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION BY LATE WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

FLZ001-003-005-132000-
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0003.080113T1800Z-080114T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0005.080113T1800Z-080114T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0006.080114T1700Z-080115T0000Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
627 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS RED FLAG
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

LOWEST DAYTIME HUMIDITIES AROUND 30 PERCENT WILL OCCUR OVER INTERIOR
PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. DRIER AFTERNOON RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES ARE OVER THE SAME AREA ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL.

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.

$$

FLZ002-004-006-008-132000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0006.080114T1700Z-080115T0000Z/
COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
COASTAL WALTON-
627 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. 

DAYTIME AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITES ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE
25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MOST OF THE
AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS84 KMOB 132145
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
345 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES OF LESS THAN 35 PERCENT...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY 
AFTERNOON OVER THE ENTIRE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATION
AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES RANGING FROM AROUND 25 PERCENT TO ABOUT 
35 PERCENT...

.THE TAIL END OF A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY
AFTERNOON WILL BE EAST OF THE REGION BY THIS EVENING WITH COOL DRY
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST. THE COOL AND DRY AIRMASS
WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY.

FLZ001-003-005-141345-
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080114T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0006.080114T1700Z-080115T0000Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
345 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST
MONDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO
6 PM CST MONDAY. 

LOWEST DAYTIME HUMIDITIES AROUND 30 PERCENT WILL OCCUR OVER
INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUHG 6 PM TODAY.
DRIER AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT...ARE
EXPECTED OVER THE SAME AREA ON MONDAY 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.

$$

FLZ002-004-006-008-141345-
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0006.080114T1700Z-080115T0000Z/
COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
COASTAL WALTON-
345 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST
MONDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST
MONDAY. 

DAYTIME AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITES ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO
THE 25 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MOST OF THE
AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 13, 7:27 AM ESTRed Flag WarningMOBWalton36 hr

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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.