Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 73, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Nov 7, 2008, 2:06 PM CST for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 8, 2008, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 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
- Nov 7, 2008, 2:06 PM CST (20:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 8, 2008, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 8, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 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 20:08 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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
- 1067 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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 072006 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 206 PM CST FRI NOV 7 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS EVENING. A DRY AIRMASS WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT ON SATURDAY...WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING TO AROUND 25 PERCENT WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE DRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS AGAIN APPROACHING CRITICAL VALUES. FLZ001>006-008-081215- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0064.081108T1800Z-081108T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0073.081108T1800Z-081108T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0065.081109T1800Z-081109T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 206 PM CST FRI NOV 7 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM CST SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM CST SATURDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY 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 RAPID 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KMOB 081036 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 436 AM CST SAT NOV 8 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .A DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THROUGH SUNDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 25 PERCENT BOTH DAYS. FLZ001>006-008-090000- /O.EXT.KMOB.FW.W.0073.081108T1600Z-081109T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMOB.FW.A.0065.081109T1800Z-081110T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 436 AM CST SAT NOV 8 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 25 PERCENT TODAY AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY. THE DRY AIR WILL BE MORE PROLONGED TODAY WITH A WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND AT 10 TO 15 MPH. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 081951 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 151 PM CST SAT NOV 8 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... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DISCUSSION...A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY. GULF MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE REGION QUICKLY ON TUESDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH MONDAY...AND ALSO DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON BUT NOT SATISFY DURATION CRITERIA. FLZ001>006-008-091200- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0065.081109T1800Z-081110T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0074.081109T1600Z-081110T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0066.081110T1600Z-081111T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0073.000000T0000Z-081109T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 151 PM CST SAT NOV 8 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER TWENTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND AROUND 25 PERCENT TODAY AND INTO THE TWENTIES AGAIN ON SUNDAY AND 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2:06 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 24 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.