Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Jan 25, 2008, 5:40 AM CST for Walton County, Florida; 9 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 25, 2008, 11:00 AM CST. 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
- Jan 25, 2008, 5:40 AM CST (11:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 25, 2008, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2008, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 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 11:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 11.7 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
- 1683 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -237 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 251140 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 540 AM CST FRI JAN 25 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA GENERALLY WEST OF A BUTLER TO ATMORE LINE... .SURFACE HUMIDITY AT 5 AM WAS GENERALLY BETWEEN 50 AND 70 PERCENT OVER THE AREA. THE AIR MASS OVER THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO DRY OUT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...SENDING SURFACE HUMIDITY WELL BELOW 30 PERCENT OVER MOST OF THE AREA. CLOUDS AND RAIN WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA FROM SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A GENERAL LATE NIGHT AND SATURDAY RAIN EXPECTED OVER THE AREA. FLZ001>006-008-252000- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0007.080125T1700Z-080125T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0009.080125T1700Z-080125T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 540 AM CST FRI JAN 25 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. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SURFACE HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY...BOTTOMING OUT BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT BY MID AFTERNOON. NORTH AND NORTHEAST SURFACE WINDS THIS MORNING OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL EASE UP BY 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. $$ ALZ051-053>060-252000- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0009.080125T1700Z-080125T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA- COVINGTON- 540 AM CST FRI JAN 25 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY...REACHING BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT BY MID AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KMOB 251145 CCA RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING...COR 3RD LINE IST PARA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 540 AM CST FRI JAN 25 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA GENERALLY EAST OF A BUTLER TO ATMORE LINE... .SURFACE HUMIDITY AT 5 AM WAS GENERALLY BETWEEN 50 AND 70 PERCENT OVER THE AREA. THE AIR MASS OVER THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO DRY OUT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...SENDING SURFACE HUMIDITY WELL BELOW 30 PERCENT OVER MOST OF THE AREA. CLOUDS AND RAIN WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA FROM SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A GENERAL LATE NIGHT AND SATURDAY RAIN EXPECTED OVER THE AREA. FLZ001>006-008-252000- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0007.080125T1700Z-080125T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0009.080125T1700Z-080125T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- COASTAL WALTON- 540 AM CST FRI JAN 25 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. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SURFACE HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY...BOTTOMING OUT BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT BY MID AFTERNOON. NORTH AND NORTHEAST SURFACE WINDS THIS MORNING OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL EASE UP BY 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. $$ ALZ051-053>060-252000- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0009.080125T1700Z-080125T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA- COVINGTON- 540 AM CST FRI JAN 25 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY...REACHING BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT BY MID AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 252023 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 223 PM CST FRI JAN 25 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY FOR PART OF THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .A DRY AIRMASS HAS MOVED OVER THE AREA...ALLOWING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT OVER THE WARNED AREA. ALZ051-053>060-FLZ001-002-004-006-008-252130- /O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080125T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA- COVINGTON-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA-COASTAL WALTON- 223 PM CST FRI JAN 25 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. A SLIGHTLY WETTER AIRMASS AND COOOER THAN EXPECTED TEMERPATURES HAVE COMBINED TO LIMIT HOW DRY THE AIRMASS OVER THE AREA HAS FALLEN. HUMIDITIES OVER THE CANCELLED AREA HAVE FALLEN TO AROUND 35 PERCENT AT THIS TIME. $$ FLZ003-005-252300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080125T2300Z/ INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 223 PM CST FRI JAN 25 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE HUMIDITY HAS FALLEN INTO 30 AND 35 PERCENT OVER THE WARNED AREA. HUMIDITIES WILL BEGIN TO RISE CLOSER TO SUNSET AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL ACROSS THE AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 3:17 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MOB | Choctaw | 12 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.