Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 62, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Oct 1, 2008, 5:27 AM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 2, 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
- Oct 1, 2008, 5:27 AM CDT (10:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 2, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 2, 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 10:26 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, 10.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 551 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 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 011027 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 527 AM CDT WED OCT 1 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT ON THURSDAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... .DRIER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AS SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTHWARD OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION. BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT WEST AND NORTH OVER THE REGION SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. FLZ001>006-008-020230- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0056.081002T1700Z-081003T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0062.081002T1700Z-081003T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0061.081001T1800Z-081002T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 527 AM CDT WED OCT 1 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THURSDAY. DAYTIME HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST TO DIP TO BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 HOURS OR MORE THIS AFTERNOON AND ON THURSDAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 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. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KMOB 011739 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1239 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS SPEEDS AT OR ABOVE 10 MPH... ...A RED FLAG WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT ON THURSDAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... .DRIER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AS SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTHWARD OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION. BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT WEST AND NORTH OVER THE REGION SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. ALZ051>064-020000- /O.EXA.KMOB.FW.W.0061.081001T1800Z-081002T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 1239 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST TO DIP TO AROUND 30 PERCENT ALONG WITH 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS AROUND 10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR LIKELY WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ FLZ001>006-008-020945- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0061.081001T1800Z-081002T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0062.081002T1700Z-081003T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 1239 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. DAYTIME HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST TO DIP TO BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 HOURS OR MORE THIS AFTERNOON AND ON THURSDAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 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. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 020831 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 331 AM CDT THU OCT 2 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... .DRIER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AS SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTHWARD OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION. BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT WEST AND NORTH OVER THE REGION SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. FLZ001>006-008-030000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0062.081002T1700Z-081003T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 331 AM CDT THU OCT 2 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST TO DIP BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 HOURS OR MORE THIS AFTERNOON OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR LIKELY WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 021905 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 205 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... .DRIER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS A SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTHWARD OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION. BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT WEST AND NORTH OVER THE REGION SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. FLZ001>006-008-030000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0062.000000T0000Z-081003T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 205 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 5:27 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Walton | 14 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.