Red Flag Warning 87, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Dec 7, 2008, 7:31 AM EST (12:31 UTC)

In effect from

Dec 7, 2008, 11:00 AM EST

Expired

Dec 7, 2008, 3:16 PM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

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WWUS84 KMOB 071231
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
631 AM CST SUN DEC 7 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE A MARGINALLY
LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

.DRY AIR REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION TODAY WHICH WILL RESULT IN
AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS OVER THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR A MARGINALLY LONG DURATION. GULF
MOISTURE RETURNS TO THE REGION ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE PLAINS WHICH WILL KEEP AFTERNOON
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING ACCOMPANIED BY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

FLZ001>006-072300-
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0074.081207T1600Z-081207T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0087.081207T1600Z-081207T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
631 AM CST SUN DEC 7 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 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 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON.

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS DURING THE LATE
MORNING HOURS THEN RETURN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON
HOURS.

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.

$$

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WWUS84 KMOB 072016
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RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
216 PM CST SUN DEC 7 2008

...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE HAS BEEN
CANCELLED FOR THIS AFTERNOON...

.A FEW ISOLATED AREAS MAY SEE 3 TO 4 HOURS OF HUMIDITY BELOW 35
PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON BUT A WIDE SPREAD REGION OF LOW HUMIDITY WILL
NOT OCCUR...HENCE THE RED FLAG WARNING WAS CANCELLED.

FLZ001>006-072130-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0087.000000T0000Z-081207T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
216 PM CST SUN DEC 7 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING. 

A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER A SIGNIFICANT
PORTION OF THE AREA IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.


$$

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