Red Flag Warning 55, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Jun 20, 2008, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)

In effect from

Jun 20, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT

Expired

Jun 20, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

County Walton County, FL

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WWUS84 KMOB 200859
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
359 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008

..RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE INLAND AREAS OF 
ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA AND WALTON COUNTIES IN THE 
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON FOR EXPECTED LONG DURATIONS
OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

.DISCUSSION...A DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA 
TODAY...WITH THE SOUTHERLY SEABREEZE BRINGING AN INCREASE IN
MOISTURE LATE IN THE DAY OFF THE GULF. HOWEVER...WE STILL EXPECT LONG
DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE INLAND AREAS AS THE
SEABREEZE WILL NOT BRING THE INCREASE IN MOISTURE UNTIL LATE IN THE
DAY. INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW OFF THE GULF WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN
RELATIVE HUMIDITY SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

FLZ006-201000-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FW.A.0048.080620T1700Z-080621T0000Z/
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
359 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELED THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH. 

HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL DROP TO AROUND 32 PERCENT FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT LONG DURATIONS OF LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 OR MORE HOURS TODAY IS NOT
EXPECTED AS THE SEABREEZE WILL BRING INCREASING MOISTURE LEVELS IN
THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.

$$

FLZ003-005-008-210000-
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0048.080620T1700Z-080621T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0055.080620T1700Z-080621T0000Z/
INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL WALTON-
359 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALL TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT IN THE EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS...AND WILL REMAIN BELOW 35 PERCENT THROUGH 5 PM BEFORE
INCREASING IN THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

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


$$

FLZ001-210000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0055.080620T1700Z-080621T0000Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-
359 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALL TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT IN THE
EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...AND WILL REMAIN BELOW 35 PERCENT THROUGH 5
PM BEFORE INCREASING IN THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

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


$$

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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.