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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL

January 28, 2010

NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Jan 28, 2010, 7:25 AM EST. It took effect at Jan 28, 2010, 12:00 PM EST. 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
Jan 28, 2010, 7:25 AM EST (12:25 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 28, 2010, 12:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 28, 2010, 6:00 PM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

The text

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

998 
WWUS84 KMOB 281225
RFWMOB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
625 AM CST THU JAN 28 2010

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

.HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO MOVE EAST OF THE REGION TODAY ALLOWING FOR
GULF MOISTURE TO BEGIN TO RETURN TO THE REGION. AFTERNOON RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AGAIN TODAY ALTHOUGH THE DURATION WILL BE MARGINAL NEAR THE
COAST. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ADVANCES FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
TONIGHT THEN MOVES ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT
ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

FLZ001>006-282300-
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0014.100128T1700Z-100128T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0013.100128T1700Z-100128T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
625 AM CST THU JAN 28 2010

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 THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO MOVE EAST OF THE REGION TODAY ALLOWING FOR
GULF MOISTURE TO BEGIN TO RETURN TO THE REGION. AFTERNOON RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AGAIN TODAY ALTHOUGH THE DURATION WILL BE MARGINAL NEAR THE
COAST. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 3:56 PM ESTFlash Flood WatchMOB37 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.