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Red Flag Warning 32, NWS Mobile, AL

March 30, 2009

NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Mar 30, 2009, 7:07 AM EDT. It took effect at Mar 30, 2009, 2:00 PM EDT. 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 30, 2009, 7:07 AM EDT (11:07 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 30, 2009, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Mar 30, 2009, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

The text

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

000 
WWUS84 KMOB 301107
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
607 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 5 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE INTERIOR WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG
DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

.HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION...BRINGING DRY
CONDITIONS TO THE AREA TODAY.

FLZ001-003-005-302200-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0032.090330T1800Z-090330T2200Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
607 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 5 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 5 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

LOWEST DAYTIME HUMIDITY TODAY IS FORECAST TO DIP TO CRITICAL
LEVELS OVER THE WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON...RANGING FROM 30 TO 35 PERCENT
FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY SUPPORTS FIRE GROWTH.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 4:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchMOB33 hr

Nearby

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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.