Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Jan 19, 2008, 2:52 PM CST for Walton County, Florida; 9 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 20, 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
- Jan 19, 2008, 2:52 PM CST (20:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 20, 2008, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 814 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -89 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 192052 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 252 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT... .A MUCH DRIER AIR MASS WILL FOLLOW ON THE HEELS OF AN EXITING LOW PRESSURE AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA...EXCEPT OVER THE SNOW BAND IN THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA WHERE LOCAL RH VALUES WILL BE HIGHER. MODERATE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RETURN MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. FLZ001>006-008-201300- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0005.080120T1700Z-080121T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0008.080120T1600Z-080121T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0006.080121T1500Z-080121T2200Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 252 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT... A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH OF THE AREA. LOWEST DAYTIME HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT ON BOTH DAYS. A MODERATE NORTHERLY WIND WILL ALSO PERSIST IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE DRY CONDITIONS...LEADING TO LIKELY FIRE WEATHER DANGERS...WILL REMAIN THROUGH LATE MONDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MILD 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. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KMOB 201331 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 731 AM CST SUN JAN 20 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST TODAY OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR LONG DURATION AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS... .A MUCH DRIER AIR MASS HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND MONDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ001>006-008-210545- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0008.080120T1600Z-080121T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0006.080121T1500Z-080121T2200Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 731 AM CST SUN JAN 20 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A MUCH DRIER AIR MASS HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND MONDAY AFTERNOON. A MODERATE NORTHERLY WIND WILL ALSO PERSIST TODAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. THE DRY CONDITIONS...LEADING TO LIKELY FIRE WEATHER DANGERS...WILL REMAIN THROUGH LATE MONDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MILD 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. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 201754 AAA RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1150 AM CST SUN JAN 20 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR FOUR HOURS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR LONG DURATION AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS... .A MUCH DRIER AIR MASS HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND IN THE 20S MONDAY AFTERNOON. ALZ051-053>060-202300- /O.EXB.KMOB.FW.W.0008.080120T1900Z-080120T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA- COVINGTON- 1150 AM CST SUN JAN 20 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR FOUR HOURS... A MUCH DRIER AIR MASS HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND IN THE 20S MONDAY AFTERNOON. A MODERATE NORTHERLY WIND WILL ALSO PERSIST TODAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. THE DRY CONDITIONS...LEADING TO LIKELY FIRE WEATHER DANGERS...WILL REMAIN THROUGH LATE MONDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MILD 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. $$ FLZ001>006-008-211000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080121T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0006.080121T1500Z-080121T2200Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 1150 AM CST SUN JAN 20 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR LONG DURATION AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS... A MUCH DRIER AIR MASS HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND IN THE 20S MONDAY AFTERNOON. A MODERATE NORTHERLY WIND WILL ALSO PERSIST TODAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. THE DRY CONDITIONS...LEADING TO LIKELY FIRE WEATHER DANGERS...WILL REMAIN THROUGH LATE MONDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MILD TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 202040 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 240 PM CST SUN JAN 20 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR LONG DURATION AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS... .A MUCH DRIER AIR MASS HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ON MONDAY WILL DROP INTO THE MID 20S TO MID 30S ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE LATE MONDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH MID WEEK. ALZ051-053>060-202145- /O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080120T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA- COVINGTON- 240 PM CST SUN JAN 20 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE FALLING INTO THE MID 20S ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...BUT THE MINIMUM FOUR HOUR DURATION REQUIRED FOR A RED FLAG WARNING WILL NOT BE MET. THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY. $$ FLZ002-004-006-008-210000- /O.CAN.KMOB.FW.A.0006.080121T1500Z-080121T2200Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080121T0000Z/ COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 240 PM CST SUN JAN 20 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... A MUCH DRIER AIR MASS HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION. HOWEVER...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ON MONDAY WILL IMPROVE TO THE MID TO UPPER 30S ACROSS MOST OF THE COASTAL SECTIONS. THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR MONDAY. THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE LATE MONDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH MID WEEK. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR LIKELY WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MILD TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ FLZ001-003-005-211245- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080121T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0006.080121T1500Z-080121T2200Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 240 PM CST SUN JAN 20 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... A MUCH DRIER AIR MASS HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ON MONDAY WILL DROP INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S ACROSS MOST OF THE WATCH AREA. THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE WILL CONTINUE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR MONDAY ACROSS THE INLAND SECTIONS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL THEN INCREASE LATE MONDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH MID WEEK. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MILD 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 4:01 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | MOB | 29 hr | |
| Jan 19, 10:17 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MOB | 3 hr | |
| Jan 19, 1:36 PM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | MOB | 15 hr | |
| Jan 19, 2:52 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 49 hr |
| Jan 18, 9:35 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox | 10 hr |
| Jan 19, 7:18 AM CST | Snow Advisory | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington, Wilcox | 3 hr |
| Jan 19, 10:17 AM CST | Heavy Snow Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 3 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Alabama, 2008Red 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.