Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Feb 2, 2009, 5:44 AM CST for 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 3, 2009, 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
- Feb 2, 2009, 5:44 AM CST (11:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 3, 2009, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2009, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 2720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 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 021144 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 544 AM CST MON FEB 2 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST TUESDAY FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WEST WINDS OVER THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .MUCH DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO FLOW INTO THE AREA TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THIS AFTERNOONS COLD FRONT AND RAIN. BY TUESDAY NOON WE EXPECT SURFACE HUMIDITY OVER THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BE 35 PERCENT OR LESS AND REMAIN BELOW 35 PERCENT UNTIL SUNSET. WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST TUESDAY AFTERNOON. DRY AFTERNOONS CONTINUING ON WEDNESDAY BUT WITH LIGHTER NORTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED. FLZ001>006-022345- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0012.090203T1700Z-090204T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0013.090203T1700Z-090204T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0014.090204T1600Z-090205T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 544 AM CST MON FEB 2 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST TUESDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST TUESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS SAME AREA FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF SURFACE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS OVER THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. LOWEST HUMIDITY ON TUESDAY AROUND 25 PERCENT AND AROUND 20 PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ ALZ051>064-022345- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0013.090204T1600Z-090205T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 544 AM CST MON FEB 2 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT. DRY AND COOL AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO THE AREA BEHIND THIS AFTERNOONS COLD FRONT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT OVER SOUTHWEST AND PARTS OF SOUTH ALABAMA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KMOB 022050 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 250 PM CST MON FEB 2 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST TUESDAY FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WEST WINDS OVER THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .DRY AIR BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT WILL MAKE TUESDAY A RED FLAG DAY FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SURFACE HUMIDITY OVER THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BE 35 PERCENT OR LESS AND REMAIN BELOW 35 PERCENT UNTIL SUNSET. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND WEST TO NORTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSIONS HIGH ON TUESDAY DECREASING BY WEDNESDAY AS WINDS DIMINISH. FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR ALABAMA ZONES ON WEDNESDAY WITH ANOTHER RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST TUESDAY AFTERNOON. DRY AFTERNOONS CONTINUING ON WEDNESDAY BUT WITH LIGHTER NORTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED. FLZ001>006-031300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0013.090203T1700Z-090204T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0014.090204T1600Z-090205T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 250 PM CST MON FEB 2 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST TUESDAY OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA FOR SUSTAINED RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA FOR SUSTAINED RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST TUESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF SURFACE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS OVER THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. LOWEST HUMIDITY ON TUESDAY AROUND 25 PERCENT AND AROUND 20 PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ ALZ051>064-031300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0013.090204T1600Z-090205T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 250 PM CST MON FEB 2 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR SUSTAINED RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. DRY AND COOL AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO THE AREA BEHIND THIS AFTERNOONS COLD FRONT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT OVER SOUTHWEST AND PARTS OF SOUTH ALABAMA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 031153 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 553 AM CST TUE FEB 3 2009 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA EAST OF INTERSTATE 65... A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... .ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING A REENFORCEMENT OF DRY AIR TO THE REGION ALONG WITH GUSTY WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS. DRY AND BREEZY AGAIN WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD SOUTH. BY THURSDAY THE CENTER OF THE HIGH WILL BE OVER THE REGION...BRINGING LIGHTER WINDS BUT THE POSSIBILITY OF EVEN DRIER AIR WITH LOWEST AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES POSSIBLY LESS THAN 20 PERCENT. FLZ001>006-032000- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0015.090205T1500Z-090206T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMOB.FW.W.0013.090203T1700Z-090203T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0014.090204T1600Z-090205T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 553 AM CST TUE FEB 3 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED RED FLAG WARNINGS FOR TODAY...WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE WARNINGS ARE FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GENERALLY FROM LATE MORNING TO NEAR SUNSET. TODAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL HAVE THE ADDITIONAL HAZARD OF GUSTY WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF SURFACE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS OVER THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. LOWEST HUMIDITY TODAY AROUND 25 PERCENT AND AROUND 20 PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ ALZ056>060-032000- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0013.090204T1600Z-090205T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0014.090205T1700Z-090205T2300Z/ /O.EXB.KMOB.FW.W.0013.090203T1700Z-090203T2300Z/ /O.EXB.KMOB.FW.W.0014.090204T1800Z-090204T2300Z/ CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON- 553 AM CST TUE FEB 3 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM CST. IN ADDITION...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GENERALLY FROM LATE MORNING TO NEAR SUNSET. TODAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL HAVE THE ADDITIONAL HAZARD OF GUSTY WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THURSDAY IS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A CONTINUATION OF THE VERY LOW HUMIDITY OVER THE AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ ALZ051>055-061>064-032000- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0013.090204T1600Z-090205T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0014.090205T1700Z-090205T2300Z/ /O.EXB.KMOB.FW.W.0014.090204T1800Z-090204T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-UPPER MOBILE- UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- 553 AM CST TUE FEB 3 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM CST WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. DRY AND COOL AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO THE AREA BEHIND THIS AFTERNOONS COLD FRONT. LOWEST HUMIDITY ON WEDNESDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 20 PERCENT WITH NORTHERLY WINDS BECOMING GUSTY BY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER VERY DRY AFTERNOON EXPECTED ON THURSDAY WITH LIGHT WINDS...LOWEST AFTERNOON HUMIDITY BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT EAST OF AN ATMORE TO BUTLER LINE. 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. $$
000 WWUS84 KMOB 032042 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 242 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2009 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA EAST OF INTERSTATE 65... A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... .ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...BRINGING A REENFORCEMENT OF DRY AIR TO THE REGION ALONG WITH GUSTY WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS. DRY AND BREEZY AGAIN WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD SOUTH. BY THURSDAY THE CENTER OF THE HIGH WILL BE OVER THE REGION...BRINGING LIGHTER WINDS BUT THE POSSIBILITY OF EVEN DRIER AIR WITH LOWEST AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES POSSIBLY LESS THAN 20 PERCENT. FLZ001>006-041245- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090203T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0014.090204T1600Z-090205T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0015.090205T1500Z-090206T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 242 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF SURFACE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS OVER THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. LOWEST HUMIDITY TODAY AROUND 25 PERCENT AND AROUND 20 PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ ALZ056>060-041245- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090203T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0014.090204T1800Z-090204T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0014.090205T1700Z-090205T2300Z/ CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON- 242 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM CST WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GENERALLY FROM LATE MORNING TO NEAR SUNSET. TODAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL HAVE THE ADDITIONAL HAZARD OF GUSTY WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THURSDAY IS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A CONTINUATION OF THE VERY LOW HUMIDITY OVER THE AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY 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. $$ ALZ051>055-061>064-041245- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0014.090204T1800Z-090204T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0014.090205T1700Z-090205T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-UPPER MOBILE- UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- 242 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM CST WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. DRY AND COOL AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO THE AREA BEHIND THIS EVENINGS COLD FRONT. LOWEST HUMIDITY ON WEDNESDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 20 PERCENT WITH NORTHERLY WINDS BECOMING GUSTY BY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER VERY DRY AFTERNOON EXPECTED ON THURSDAY WITH LIGHT WINDS...LOWEST AFTERNOON HUMIDITY BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT EAST OF AN ATMORE TO BUTLER LINE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 5:44 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 60 hr | |
| Feb 1, 10:45 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 68 hr | |
| Feb 2, 5:44 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 2, 2:52 PM CST | Freeze Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe and 2 more | 13 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Alabama, 2009Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2009Every red flag warning in 2009
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.