Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 60, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Sep 26, 2008, 1:20 PM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 27, 2008, 11:00 AM 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
- Sep 26, 2008, 1:20 PM CDT (18:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 27, 2008, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Walton County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 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
- 1527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 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 261820 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 120 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .A DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY RESULTING IN AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVING DROPPED BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY AND LIKELY TO DROP AGAIN ON SATURDAY. MOISTURE LEVELS WILL INCREASE SOMEWHAT ON SUNDAY WHICH WILL KEEP AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. FLZ001>006-008-271130- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0054.080927T1600Z-080927T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0060.080927T1600Z-080927T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080927T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 120 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CDT SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING TO AROUND 30 BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KMOB 271118 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 618 AM CDT SAT SEP 27 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CDT TODAY FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .A DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY RESULTING IN AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. MOISTURE LEVELS WILL INCREASE GRADUALLY SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WHICH WILL KEEP AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. FLZ001>006-008-272300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0060.080927T1600Z-080927T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 618 AM CDT SAT SEP 27 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. A DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING TO AROUND 30 THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR LIKELY WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 271855 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 155 PM CDT SAT SEP 27 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW SURFACE HUMIDITY WILL BE IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE INLAND SECTIONS OF OKALOOSA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES... .SURFACE HUMIDITY WILL RISE ABOVE 35 PERCENT LATER THIS AFTERNOONOVER THE WARNING AREA. THE DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY RESULTING IN AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS OVER THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. MOISTURE LEVELS WILL INCREASE GRADUALLY ALONG THE COAST SUNDAY AS SURFACE WINDS BECOME SOUTHERLY IN THE AFTERNOON. FLZ003-005-281100- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0055.080928T1700Z-080928T2200Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0060.000000T0000Z-080927T2300Z/ INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 155 PM CDT SAT SEP 27 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... A DRY AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES GENERALLY BETWEEN 25 AND 35 PERCENT. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 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 RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FIRE WEATHER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ FLZ001-002-004-006-008-272300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0060.000000T0000Z-080927T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA-COASTAL WALTON- 155 PM CDT SAT SEP 27 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A DRY AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES GENERALLY BETWEEN 25 AND 35 PERCENT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR LIKELY WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 6:14 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 7 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.