Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 46, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Jul 19, 2009, 7:30 AM EDT. It took effect at Jul 19, 2009, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 2 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
- Jul 19, 2009, 7:30 AM EDT (11:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 19, 2009, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2009, 3:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS84 KMOB 191134 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 630 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE INLAND PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MONDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .DRIER AIR AND SEASONABLE DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR A MARGINAL DURATION THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE INLAND PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON MONDAY. FLZ006-200345- /O.CAN.KMOB.FW.A.0035.090719T1700Z-090719T2300Z/ /O.EXT.KMOB.FW.A.0036.090720T1600Z-090721T0000Z/ COASTAL OKALOOSA- 630 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY AND MONDAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH OF THE AREA. A STRENGTHENING NORTHERLY TRANSPORT WIND WILL ALSO OCCUR IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE DRY CONDITIONS...LEADING TO LIKELY FIRE WEATHER DANGERS...WILL OCCUR ON MONDAY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR LONGER THAN FOUR HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ003-005-200345- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0035.090719T1700Z-090719T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0046.090719T1700Z-090719T2300Z/ /O.EXT.KMOB.FW.A.0036.090720T1600Z-090721T0000Z/ INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 630 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY AND MONDAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH OF THE AREA. A STRENGTHENING NORTHERLY TRANSPORT WIND WILL ALSO OCCUR IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE DRY CONDITIONS...LEADING TO LIKELY FIRE WEATHER DANGERS...WILL REMAIN THROUGH MONDAY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS BOTH AFTERNOONS FOR LONGER THAN FOUR HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR LIKELY WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FIRE WEATHER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ001-200345- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0046.090719T1700Z-090719T2300Z/ /O.EXB.KMOB.FW.A.0036.090720T1600Z-090721T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA- 630 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY AND MONDAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH OF THE AREA. A STRENGTHENING NORTHERLY TRANSPORT WIND WILL ALSO OCCUR IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE DRY CONDITIONS...LEADING TO LIKELY FIRE WEATHER DANGERS...WILL REMAIN THROUGH MONDAY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS BOTH AFTERNOONS FOR LONGER THAN FOUR HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR LIKELY WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FLZ002-004-200345- /O.EXB.KMOB.FW.A.0036.090720T1600Z-090721T0000Z/ COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- 630 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON MONDAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH OF THE AREA. A STRENGTHENING NORTHERLY TRANSPORT WIND WILL ALSO OCCUR IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE DRY CONDITIONS... LEADING TO LIKELY FIRE WEATHER DANGERS...WILL OCCUR ON MONDAY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR LONGER THAN FOUR HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS84 KMOB 191925 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 225 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE INLAND PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MONDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF MARGINALLY LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... .A WEAK COLD FRONT LOCATED OVER THE ALABAMA COASTAL WATERS TO THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE HAS RESULTED IN DEWPOINTS REMAINING FAIRLY HIGH OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAY DROP BRIEFLY TO NEAR CRITICAL LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE INTERIOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE BUT WILL NOT SATISFY DURATION REQUIREMENTS...THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT ALLOWING FOR DRIER AIR TO FLOW INTO THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR A MARGINAL DURATION OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON MONDAY. FLZ001-003-005-201130- /O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0046.000000T0000Z-090719T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0036.090720T1600Z-090721T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 225 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELED THE RED FLAG WARNING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAY DROP BRIEFLY TO NEAR CRITICAL LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE INTERIOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE BUT WILL NOT SATISFY DURATION REQUIREMENTS. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR A MARGINAL DURATION OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ002-004-006-201130- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0036.090720T1600Z-090721T0000Z/ COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 225 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR A MARGINAL DURATION OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
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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.