Red Flag Warning 49, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

May 9, 2010, 7:53 AM EDT (11:53 UTC)

In effect from

May 9, 2010, 12:00 PM EDT

Expired

May 9, 2010, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

479 
WWUS84 KMOB 091153
RFWMOB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
653 AM CDT SUN MAY 9 2010

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO EXPECTED LONG
DURATIONS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT...

.DISCUSSION...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE TRENDING
LOWER IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTH OF THE REGION. BY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LIKELY FALL INTO
THE UPPER 20S ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH
HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. OTHERWISE...
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES LOOK TO BE ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIODS.

FLZ001>006-100000-
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0043.100509T1600Z-100510T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0049.100509T1600Z-100510T0000Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
653 AM CDT SUN MAY 9 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR TODAY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY.A COMBINATION OF WINDS...
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE
FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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