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Red Flag Warning 34, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Apr 7, 2009, 8:00 AM EDT. It took effect at Apr 7, 2009, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Apr 7, 2009, 8:00 AM EDT (12:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2009, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2009, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS84 KMOB 071200 RFWMOB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 700 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF LONG DURATIONS OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AS LOW AS AROUND 28 PERCENT ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS EAST ACROSS THE AREA. RETURN FLOW BEGINS ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...BUT GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY FALL TO SIMILAR VALUES ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... BUT DURATION IS MORE QUESTIONABLE. FLZ001>006-080400- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0024.090407T1700Z-090408T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0034.090407T1700Z-090408T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0025.090408T1700Z-090409T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 700 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AS LOW AS AROUND 28 PERCENT ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS EAST ACROSS THE AREA. RETURN FLOW BEGINS ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...BUT GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY FALL TO SIMILAR VALUES ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... BUT DURATION IS MORE QUESTIONABLE. 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. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS84 KMOB 071906 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 206 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF LONG DURATIONS OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND PARTS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ALABAMA... .LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AS LOW AS AROUND 26 PERCENT ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS EAST ACROSS THE AREA. RETURN FLOW BEGINS ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...BUT GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY FALL TO SIMILAR VALUES ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ001>006-081130- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0034.000000T0000Z-090408T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0025.090408T1700Z-090409T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 206 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AS LOW AS AROUND 26 PERCENT ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS EAST ACROSS THE AREA. RETURN FLOW BEGINS ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...BUT GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY FALL TO SIMILAR VALUES ON WEDNESDAY 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ ALZ056>060-081130- /O.EXA.KMOB.FW.A.0025.090408T1700Z-090409T0000Z/ CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON- 206 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AS LOW AS AROUND 26 PERCENT ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS EAST ACROSS THE AREA. RETURN FLOW BEGINS ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...BUT GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY FALL TO SIMILAR VALUES ON WEDNESDAY 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 6:43 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MOB | 26 hr | |
| Apr 7, 8:00 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | 23 hr | |
| Apr 7, 5:01 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | MOB | 16 hr |
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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.