Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this red flag warning at Nov 10, 2011, 3:33 PM CST for 27 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Nov 11, 2011, 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
- Nov 10, 2011, 3:33 PM CST (21:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 11, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 27 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 61 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
269 WWUS84 KBMX 102133 RFWBMX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 333 PM CST THU NOV 10 2011 ...DRY CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ALZ037-038-042>050-111330- /O.UPG.KBMX.FW.A.0007.111111T1900Z-111112T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.W.0016.111111T1800Z-111112T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.A.0008.111112T1800Z-111113T0000Z/ TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE- RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 333 PM CST THU NOV 10 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN ETHELSVILLE TO CHELSEA TO WEDOWEE LINE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A CEDAR BLUFF TO SAMANTHA TO MYRTLEWOOD LINE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF A DRY AIRMASS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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 OR WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FIRE CONDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE ALABAMA FORESTRY COMMISSION AT WWW.FORESTRY.ALABAMA.GOV. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ALZ023-025-027>029-032>036-039>041-111330- /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.W.0016.111111T1800Z-111112T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.A.0008.111112T1800Z-111113T0000Z/ TUSCALOOSA-SHELBY-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON- COOSA-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA- 333 PM CST THU NOV 10 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN ETHELSVILLE TO CHELSEA TO WEDOWEE LINE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A CEDAR BLUFF TO SAMANTHA TO MYRTLEWOOD LINE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF A DRY AIRMASS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND OR WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FIRE CONDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE ALABAMA FORESTRY COMMISSION AT WWW.FORESTRY.ALABAMA.GOV. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ALZ022-030-031-111330- /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.W.0016.111111T1800Z-111112T0000Z/ PICKENS-SUMTER-GREENE- 333 PM CST THU NOV 10 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN ETHELSVILLE TO CHELSEA TO WEDOWEE LINE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH UP TO 5 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF A DRY AIRMASS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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 OR WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FIRE CONDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE ALABAMA FORESTRY COMMISSION AT WWW.FORESTRY.ALABAMA.GOV. && $$ ALZ018>021-024-026-111330- /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.A.0008.111112T1800Z-111113T0000Z/ ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-JEFFERSON-ST. CLAIR- 333 PM CST THU NOV 10 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A CEDAR BLUFF TO SAMANTHA TO MYRTLEWOOD LINE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 24 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF A DRY AIRMASS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ 08/MNK
2 follow-up statements
427 WWUS84 KBMX 111301 RFWBMX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 701 AM CST FRI NOV 11 2011 ...DRY CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON... ALZ023-025-027-032-034-120015- /O.CAN.KBMX.FW.W.0016.111111T1800Z-111112T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.FW.A.0008.111112T1800Z-111113T0000Z/ TUSCALOOSA-SHELBY-TALLADEGA-HALE-BIBB- 701 AM CST FRI NOV 11 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... ...THE RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SUMTER...PICKENS...GREENE HALE...TUSCALOOSA...BIBB...SHELBY AND TALLADEGA COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM CONTINUES A RED FLAG WARNING FOR AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF A MYRTLEWOOD (MARENGO COUNTY) TO FOSTERS CROSSROADS (RANDOLPH COUNTY) LINE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 24 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF A DRY AIRMASS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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 OR WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ALZ022-030-031-111415- /O.CAN.KBMX.FW.W.0016.111111T1800Z-111112T0000Z/ PICKENS-SUMTER-GREENE- 701 AM CST FRI NOV 11 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SUMTER...PICKENS AND GREENE COUNTIES... RELATIVE HUMIDITES MAY BRIEFLY FALL BELOW 25 PERCENT IN THESE AREAS BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH DURATION CRITERIA. $$ ALZ028-029-033-035>050-120015- /O.CON.KBMX.FW.W.0016.111111T1800Z-111112T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.FW.A.0008.111112T1800Z-111113T0000Z/ CLAY-RANDOLPH-PERRY-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO- DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE- RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 701 AM CST FRI NOV 11 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF A MYRTLEWOOD (MARENGO COUNTY) TO FOSTERS CROSSROADS (RANDOLPH COUNTY) LINE... ...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF CENTRAL ALABAMA FOR THE SAME LOCATIONS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF A DRY AIRMASS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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 OR WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FIRE CONDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE ALABAMA FORESTRY COMMISSION AT WWW.FORESTRY.ALABAMA.GOV. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ALZ018>021-024-026-120015- /O.CON.KBMX.FW.A.0008.111112T1800Z-111113T0000Z/ ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-JEFFERSON-ST. CLAIR- 701 AM CST FRI NOV 11 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF A DRY AIRMASS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
287 WWUS84 KBMX 112113 RFWBMX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 313 PM CST FRI NOV 11 2011 ...DRY CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON... ALZ028-029-033-035>050-120030- /O.CON.KBMX.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111112T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.FW.A.0008.111112T1800Z-111113T0000Z/ CLAY-RANDOLPH-PERRY-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO- DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE- RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 313 PM CST FRI NOV 11 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF MYRTLWOOD...TO CLANTON...TO WEDOWEE LINE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MYRTLEWOOD...TO SAMANTHA...TO CEDAR BLUFF LINE... * WINDS...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS TODAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH ON SATURDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT TODAY. AS LOW AS 21 PERCENT ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF A DRY AIRMASS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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 OR 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. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FIRE CONDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE ALABAMA FORESTRY COMMISSION AT WWW.FORESTRY.ALABAMA.GOV. && $$ ALZ018>021-023>027-032-034-120030- /O.CON.KBMX.FW.A.0008.111112T1800Z-111113T0000Z/ ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY- ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-HALE-BIBB- 313 PM CST FRI NOV 11 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MYRTLEWOOD...TO SAMANTHA...TO CEDAR BLUFF LINE... * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF A DRY AIRMASS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FIRE CONDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE ALABAMA FORESTRY COMMISSION AT WWW.FORESTRY.ALABAMA.GOV. && $$ 08/MNK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 4:17 AM CST | Freeze Warning | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 29 hr |
| Nov 10, 4:58 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes and 5 more | 11 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:33 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 24 more | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.