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Red Flag Warning 28, NWS Mobile, AL

March 4, 2009

NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Mar 4, 2009, 5:32 AM EST. It took effect at Mar 4, 2009, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 4 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: Mar 4, 2009, 5:32 AM EST (10:32 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 4, 2009, 12:00 PM EST
Expired: Mar 4, 2009, 3:46 PM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

The text

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

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 041032
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
432 AM CST WED MAR 4 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TODAY FOR THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT...

.AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST TODAY...SURFACE WINDS WILL BECOME MORE
SOUTHEASTERLY AND REMAIN SO THROUGH THE PERIOD. A GRADUAL WARMING AND
MOISTENING TREND IS IN STORE NEXT TWO DAYS.

FLZ001>006-042300-
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0021.090304T1700Z-090304T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0028.090304T1700Z-090304T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
432 AM CST WED MAR 4 2009

...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 THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST TODAY...SURFACE WINDS WILL BECOME MORE
SOUTHEASTERLY AND REMAIN SO THROUGH THE PERIOD. DESPITE THIS...THE
AIR REMAINS DRY ENOUGH OVER THE EXTREME WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO
WARRANT A RED FLAG WARNING AS MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
FALL INTO THE MID 30S RANGE.  A GRADUAL WARMING AND MOISTENING TREND
IS IN STORE NEXT TWO DAYS. THIS WILL PRECLUDE THE NEED FOR RED FLAG
WARNINGS FOR QUITE A WHILE.

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.

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 042046
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
246 PM CST WED MAR 4 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELED FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

.A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ALONG AND NEAR THE NORTHERN
GULF COAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND MAINTAIN A LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW. THE
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY RETURN HIGHER AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE TO
THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAY DROP BRIEFLY BELOW CRITICAL
LEVELS OVER THE INTERIOR PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE
BUT WILL NOT SATISFY DURATION REQUIREMENTS.

FLZ001>006-042200-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-090304T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
246 PM CST WED MAR 4 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAY DROP BRIEFLY BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS OVER THE
INTERIOR PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE BUT WILL NOT
SATISFY DURATION REQUIREMENTS.

$$

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.