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Red Flag Warning 56, NWS Mobile, AL

July 15, 2008Walton County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Jul 15, 2008, 5:04 AM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 15, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 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: Jul 15, 2008, 5:04 AM CDT (10:04 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 15, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 15, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 7 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 10:08 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

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 35 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1834 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 151004
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
504 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE INTERIOR PORTION
OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO PROJECTED LONG DURATIONS OF
CRITICALLY LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

.A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE NORTHERN GULF TODAY. DRIER
AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WITH
TEMPERATURES WARMING ABOVE SEASONABLE LEVELS BY THE AFTERNOON. AS A
RESULT...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY DROP BELOW
35 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE INTERIOR 
PORTION OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

FLZ001-003-005-152300-
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0049.080715T1700Z-080715T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0056.080715T1700Z-080715T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
504 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST TO DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT
AFTER NOON...THEN RETURN ABOVE 35 PERCENT BY 6 PM. 

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

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 151310
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING...UPDATED HEADER FOR RED FLAG
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
810 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE INTERIOR PORTION OF 
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO PROJECTED LONG DURATIONS OF 
CRITICALLY LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

.A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE NORTHERN GULF TODAY. DRIER
AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WITH
TEMPERATURES WARMING ABOVE SEASONABLE LEVELS BY THE AFTERNOON. AS A
RESULT...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY DROP BELOW
35 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE INTERIOR 
PORTION OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

FLZ001-003-005-152300-
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0049.080715T1700Z-080715T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0056.080715T1700Z-080715T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
504 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST TO DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT
AFTER NOON...THEN RETURN ABOVE 35 PERCENT BY 6 PM. 

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

$$

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 151908
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
208 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL
AREAS IN THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE UNTIL 700 PM DUE TO LONG
DURATIONS OF CRITICALLY LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

.A WEAK COLD FRONT HAS STALLED JUST SOUTH OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST.
MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE REGION RESULTING IN
AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING BELOW 35 PERCENT. CRITICALLY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO AROUND 700 PM TONIGHT.

FLZ002-004-006-008-160000-
/O.EXB.KMOB.FW.W.0056.080715T1908Z-080716T0000Z/
COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
COASTAL WALTON-
208 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

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

AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN BELOW 35 PERCENT UNTIL 700
PM TONIGHT. 

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

$$

FLZ001-003-005-160000-
/O.EXT.KMOB.FW.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080716T0000Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
208 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN BELOW 35 PERCENT UNTIL 700
PM TONIGHT. 

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

$$

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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.