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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL

January 2, 201010 counties in Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Jan 2, 2010, 3:29 PM CST for 10 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 3, 2010, 12:00 PM CST. 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 2, 2010, 3:29 PM CST (21:29 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 3, 2010, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 3, 2010, 6:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2010-01-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2010-01-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -184 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
992 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

228 
WWUS84 KMOB 022129
RFWMOB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
329 PM CST SAT JAN 2 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR TODAY IN THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE DUE TO HUMIDITY EXCEEDING 35 PERCENT AND CONTINUING TO
RISE...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE
TO LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY
EVENING FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY EXCEEDING LOCAL CRITERIA...

.COLD AIR WITH LOWERING DEWPOINTS WILL CONTINUE MOVING INTO THE
NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL
DROP TO BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH
DEWPOINTS POSSIBLY REACHING SINGLE DIGITS. MONDAY AFTERNOON ALSO
SHOWS SIGNIFICANT RISK OF HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR 4 CONSECUTIVE
HOURS. THEREFORE...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND PARTS OF INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR SUNDAY. A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND MUCH OF
INTERIOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA ON MONDAY AS LOCAL
CRITERIA MAY BE REACHED ON MONDAY FOR THOSE REGIONS.

FLZ001>006-030530-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100102T2300Z/
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0002.100103T1600Z-100104T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0002.100103T1600Z-100104T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0003.100104T1400Z-100105T0100Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
329 PM CST SAT JAN 2 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY DUE TO
LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXCEEDING LOCAL CRITERIA...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING DUE TO LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXCEEDING
LOCAL CRITERIA...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR TODAY DUE TO HUMIDITY EXCEEDING 35
PERCENT CRITERIA AND CONTINUING TO RISE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THIS UPGRADE
CANCELS AND SUPERCEDES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THAT PERIOD. A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR MONDAY MORNING TO EARLY MONDAY
EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY IN FLORIDA HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

ON SUNDAY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT BY LATE
MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE ENTIRE AFTERNOON AND LIKELY DROPPING
FAR BELOW 25 PERCENT. ON MONDAY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL AGAIN FALL
BELOW 25 TO 30 PERCENT BY MID MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY
EVENING AND LIKELY FALL INTO THE MID TO UPPER TEENS.

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.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

&&

$$

ALZ053>060-030530-
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0002.100103T1600Z-100104T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0002.100103T1600Z-100104T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0003.100104T1400Z-100105T0100Z/
CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-
329 PM CST SAT JAN 2 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY DUE TO
LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXCEEDING LOCAL CRITERIA...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING DUE TO LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY 
EXCEEDING LOCAL CRITERIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A
FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THIS UPGRADES AND
SUPERCEDES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THAT PERIOD. A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR MONDAY MORNING TO EARLY MONDAY
EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY IN FLORIDA HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

ON SUNDAY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT BY LATE
MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE ENTIRE AFTERNOON AND LIKELY DROPPING
FAR BELOW 25 PERCENT. ON MONDAY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL AGAIN FALL
BELOW 25 TO 30 PERCENT BY MID MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY
EVENING AND LIKELY FALL INTO THE MID TO UPPER TEENS.

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.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
250 
WWUS84 KMOB 031207
RFWMOB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
607 AM CST SUN JAN 3 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA
AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE
HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE
DUE TO LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXCEEDING LOCAL
CRITERIA...

.COLD AIR WITH LOWERING DEWPOINTS WILL CONTINUE MOVING INTO THE
NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS
THIS AFTERNOON WITH DEWPOINTS POSSIBLY REACHING SINGLE DIGITS.
MONDAY AFTERNOON ALSO SHOWS A RISK OF HUMIDITY FALLING BELOW 25
PERCENT FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE HOURS.

ALZ051-052-061>064-032200-
/O.EXB.KMOB.FW.W.0002.100103T1800Z-100104T0000Z/
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-
607 AM CST SUN JAN 3 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 25 PERCENT OR LOWER ARE EXPECTED FOR
SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AS DEWPOINTS FALL INTO THE LOWER TEENS
AND UPPER SINGLE DIGITS.

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.

&&

$$

ALZ053>060-FLZ001>006-032200-
/O.EXT.KMOB.FW.W.0002.100103T1800Z-100104T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KMOB.FW.A.0003.100104T1600Z-100105T0000Z/
CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
607 AM CST SUN JAN 3 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY
MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 25 PERCENT OR LOWER ARE EXPECTED FOR
SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AS DEWPOINTS FALL INTO THE LOWER TEENS
AND UPPER SINGLE DIGITS. ON MONDAY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF LESS
THAN 25 PERCENT ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...INCREASING CLOUD COVER
COULD LIMIT THE TEMPERATURE RISE...WHICH WILL MAKE REACHING CRITICAL
HUMIDITY LEVELS ACROSS ALABAMA MORE DIFFICULT. THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE LOOKS VERY LIKELY TO REACH ITS CRITICAL THRESHOLD OF A LONG
DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT.

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.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

&&

$$
582 
WWUS84 KMOB 032030
RFWMOB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
230 PM CST SUN JAN 3 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA
AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE
HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE
DUE TO LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXCEEDING LOCAL
CRITERIA...

.COLD AIR WITH LOWERING DEWPOINTS WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE
NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST THROUGH EARLY THIS WEEK. RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL DROP TO BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON WITH
DEWPOINTS POSSIBLY REACHING SINGLE DIGITS. MONDAY AFTERNOON ALSO
SHOWS A RISK OF HUMIDITY FALLING BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR FOUR
CONSECUTIVE HOURS.

ALZ053>060-FLZ001>006-041230-
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0003.100104T1600Z-100105T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0003.100104T1600Z-100105T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0004.100105T1700Z-100106T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100104T0000Z/
CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
230 PM CST SUN JAN 3 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING  FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE
DUE TO LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXCEEDING LOCAL
CRITERIA...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR
SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG
DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXCEEDING LOCAL CRITERIA...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE
DUE TO LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXCEEDING LOCAL
CRITERIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THIS UPGRADE CANCELS AND
SUPERCEDES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THAT PERIOD. A NEW FIRE
WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY
MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.

RELATIVE HUMIDITY 25 PERCENT OR LOWER WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE
HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AS DEWPOINTS FALL INTO THE LOWER TEENS AND UPPER
SINGLE DIGITS. ON MONDAY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT IS
AGAIN POSSIBLE. HOWEVER... THERE IS A CHANCE OF INCREASING CLOUD
COVER THICK ENOUGH TO MITIGATE TEMPERATURE RISING ENOUGH TO DRIVE THE
HUMIDITY DOWN ENOUGH TO SATISFY CRITERIA. THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE IS VERY LIKELY TO REACH ITS CRITICAL THRESHOLD OF A LONG
DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

ALZ051-052-061>064-041230-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0003.100104T1600Z-100105T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0004.100105T1700Z-100106T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100104T0000Z/
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-
230 PM CST SUN JAN 3 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA
AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATION OF 
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXCEEDING LOCAL
CRITERIA...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY 
FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE
TO LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXCEEDING LOCAL CRITERIA...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXCEEDING 
LOCAL CRITERIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR SOUTHERN
ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THIS UPGRADE CANCELS
AND SUPERCEDES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THAT PERIOD. A NEW FIRE
WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.

RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 25 PERCENT OR LOWER ARE EXPECTED FOR
SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AS DEWPOINTS FALL INTO THE LOWER TEENS
AND UPPER SINGLE DIGITS.

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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 3:52 AM CSTHard Freeze WatchMOB12 hr
Jan 2, 5:54 AM CSTRed Flag WarningMOB10 hr
Jan 2, 3:29 PM CSTFire Weather WatchMOB23 hr
Jan 2, 3:31 PM CSTHard Freeze WatchMOB22 hr
Jan 2, 3:31 PM CSTHard Freeze WarningMOB17 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Alabama, 2010Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2010Every red flag warning in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.