Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Jan 13, 2008, 6:27 AM CST for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 14, 2008, 11:00 AM CST. 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
- Jan 13, 2008, 6:27 AM CST (12:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2008, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- 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 12:31 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 12:00Z, 0.5 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
- 1695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 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 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. $$ FLZ002-004-006-008-132000- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0006.080114T1700Z-080115T0000Z/ COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 627 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. DAYTIME AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITES ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
4 follow-up statements
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. $$ FLZ002-004-006-008-141345- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0006.080114T1700Z-080115T0000Z/ COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 345 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. DAYTIME AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITES ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE 25 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 141233 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 633 AM CST MON JAN 14 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... .DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION TODAY THEN MOVES ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE BOTH TODAY AND TUESDAY...BUT THE DURATION ON TUESDAY WILL BE MARGINAL. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FROM THE WESTERN GULF TO THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST STATES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND BRINGS NUMEROUS SHOWERS TO THE REGION. FLZ001>006-008-150445- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0004.080115T1700Z-080115T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0006.080114T1700Z-080115T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 633 AM CST MON JAN 14 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE MID TWENTIES LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER THIRTIES LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 141246 AAA RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 646 AM CST MON JAN 14 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO MARGINAL DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION TODAY THEN MOVES ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE BOTH TODAY AND TUESDAY...BUT THE DURATION ON TUESDAY WILL BE MARGINAL. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FROM THE WESTERN GULF TO THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST STATES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND BRINGS NUMEROUS SHOWERS TO THE REGION. FLZ001>006-008-150500- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0006.080114T1700Z-080115T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0004.080115T1700Z-080115T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 646 AM CST MON JAN 14 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE MID TWENTIES LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER THIRTIES LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 142041 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 241 PM CST MON JAN 14 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO MARGINAL DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR CRITICAL LEVELS ON TUESDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FROM THE WESTERN GULF TO THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST STATES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND BRINGS NUMEROUS SHOWERS TO THE REGION. FLZ001>006-008-151245- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080115T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0004.080115T1700Z-080115T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 241 PM CST MON JAN 14 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE LOW TO MID THIRTIES LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 6:27 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 12 hr |
Nearby
Red 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.