Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Mar 11, 2011, 6:01 AM EST (11:01 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 11, 2011, 12:00 PM EST

Expired

Mar 11, 2011, 4:00 PM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

161 
WWUS84 KMOB 111101
RFWMOB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
501 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON FOR INTERIOR OKALOOSA COUNTY DUE TO LOW SURFACE
HUMIDITY AND DISPERSIONS ABOVE 75...

.SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OVER THE AREA TODAY...BRINGING
LOW HUMIDITY AND DISPERSIONS ABOVE 75 OVER. MODERATE NORTHWEST WINDS
ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE HIGH WILL DIMINISH BY LATE AFTERNOON AND
DISPERSION VALUES WILL DROP BELOW 75. BE

FLZ005-112100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0017.110311T1700Z-110311T2100Z/
INLAND OKALOOSA-
501 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 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 3 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

SURFACE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT BY LATE
MORNING IN CONJUNCTION WITH DISPERSION INDICES BETWEEN 75 AND 85 OVER
INTERIOR OKALOOSA COUNTY LATE MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DRY FUELS AND DISPERSION
ABOVE 75 WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

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