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Red Flag Warning 85, NWS Mobile, AL

December 1, 2008

NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Dec 1, 2008, 5:25 AM EST. It took effect at Dec 1, 2008, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 6 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
Dec 1, 2008, 5:25 AM EST (10:25 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 1, 2008, 12:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 1, 2008, 6:00 PM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 011025
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
425 AM CST MON DEC 1 2008

...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE FOR EXPECTED PERIODS OF LOW RELATIVE AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...

.BREEZY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS AT 15
TO 25 MPH...COINCIDING PERIODICALLY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
DROPPING TO AROUND 33 PERCENT.

FLZ001>006-012300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0085.081201T1700Z-081201T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
425 AM CST MON DEC 1 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

BREEZY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS AT 15
TO 25 MPH...COINCIDING PERIODICALLY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
DROPPING TO AROUND 33 PERCENT.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE
GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS84 KMOB 011953
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
153 PM CST MON DEC 1 2008

...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE FOR EXPECTED PERIODS OF LOW RELATIVE AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY FOR INLAND SECTIONS
OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY 
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

.BREEZY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS AT
15 TO 25 MPH...COINCIDING PERIODICALLY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES DROPPING TO AROUND 33 PERCENT.

.FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL 
BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS FOR MOST INLAND AREAS OF THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 

FLZ001-003-005-021200-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0073.081202T1800Z-081202T2300Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0085.000000T0000Z-081201T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
153 PM CST MON DEC 1 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

BREEZY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS AT
15 TO 25 MPH...COINCIDING PERIODICALLY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES DROPPING TO AROUND 33 PERCENT.

FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS FOR MOST INLAND AREAS OF THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY 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.

$$

FLZ002-004-006-012300-
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0085.000000T0000Z-081201T2300Z/
COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
153 PM CST MON DEC 1 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

BREEZY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS AT
15 TO 25 MPH...COINCIDING PERIODICALLY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES DROPPING TO AROUND 33 PERCENT.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE
GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 1, 2:53 PM ESTFire Weather WatchMOB15 hr

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Sources

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