Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 65, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Oct 26, 2008, 6:19 AM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 26, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 2 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 26, 2008, 6:19 AM CDT (11:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 26, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2008, 2:26 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 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 11:16 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 00:00Z, 11.3 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
- 1873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 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 261119 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 619 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOONS FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .MILD TEMPERATURES AND DRY AIR WILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE PLAINS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND USHER COOLER AND DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS AGAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ001>006-008-270330- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0060.081026T1700Z-081026T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0065.081026T1700Z-081026T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0062.081028T1500Z-081029T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0061.081027T1600Z-081027T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 619 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS84 KMOB 261926 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 226 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CDT MONDAY FOR PORTIONS OF INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN 25 PERCENT AND A 20 FOOT WIND EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 15 MPH... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE PLAINS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND USHER COOLER AND MUCH DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS AGAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ001>006-008-271130- /O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0065.000000T0000Z-081026T2300Z/ /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0061.081027T1600Z-081027T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0066.081027T1500Z-081028T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0062.081028T1500Z-081029T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 226 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN CANCELLED... A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE PLAINS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND USHER COOLER AND MUCH DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS ON MONDAY...AND POSSIBLY ON TUESDAY. 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. 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. $$ MSZ067-075-076-078-079-271130- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0066.081027T1700Z-081027T2300Z/ WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 226 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CDT MONDAY... A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE PLAINS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND USHER COOLER AND MUCH DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO 25 PERCENT OR LESS...AND A 20 FOOT WIND SPEED WILL BE EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 15 MPH. 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 26, 6:19 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 21 hr |
| Oct 26, 2:26 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Walton | 29 hr |
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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.