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Red Flag Warning 19, NWS Mobile, AL

March 31, 2011

NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Mar 31, 2011, 6:45 AM EDT. It took effect at Mar 31, 2011, 3:00 PM EDT. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2011, 6:45 AM EDT (10:45 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 31, 2011, 3:00 PM EDT
Expired
Mar 31, 2011, 1:22 PM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

The text

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

092 
WWUS84 KMOB 311045
RFWMOB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
545 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF
HIGH DISPERSION VALUES...20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS NEAR 15 MPH AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF HIGH
DISPERSION VALUES...20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS NEAR 15 MPH AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...

.A COMBINATION OF STRONG TRANSPORT WINDS AND DEEP MIXING HEIGHTS
RESULTING IN HIGH DISPERSION VALUES...20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS NEAR 15
MPH AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND 35 PERCENT OR SLIGHTLY LOWER
WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY.

FLZ001>006-010245-
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0018.110331T1700Z-110401T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0019.110331T1900Z-110401T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KMOB.FW.A.0017.110401T1500Z-110402T0000Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
545 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY
MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

A COMBINATION OF STRONG TRANSPORT WINDS AND DEEP MIXING HEIGHTS
RESULTING IN HIGH DISPERSION VALUES...20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS NEAR 15
MPH AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND 35 PERCENT OR SLIGHTLY LOWER
WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR LIKELY WILL OCCUR.
A COMBINATION OF 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 FIRE
WEATHER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
084 
WWUS84 KMOB 311722
RFWMOB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1222 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CAN CANCELLED THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF HIGH
DISPERSION VALUES...20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS NEAR 15 MPH AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...

.CLOUD COVER HAS BEEN SLOW TO CLEAR TODAY...RESULTING IN COOLER
TEMPERATURES...LOWER MIXING HEIGHTS...AND LOWER DISPERSION VALUES.
THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

A COMBINATION OF STRONG TRANSPORT WINDS AND DEEP MIXING HEIGHTS
RESULTING IN HIGH DISPERSION VALUES...20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS NEAR
15 MPH AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND 35 PERCENT OR SLIGHTLY
LOWER WILL OCCUR ON FRIDAY.

FLZ001>006-010930-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0019.110331T1900Z-110401T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0017.110401T1500Z-110402T0000Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
1222 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2011

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH 
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

CLOUD COVER HAS BEEN SLOW TO CLEAR TODAY...RESULTING IN COOLER
TEMPERATURES...LOWER MIXING HEIGHTS...AND LOWER DISPERSION VALUES.
THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

A COMBINATION OF STRONG TRANSPORT WINDS AND DEEP MIXING HEIGHTS
RESULTING IN HIGH DISPERSION VALUES...20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS NEAR
15 MPH...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND 35 PERCENT OR SLIGHTLY
LOWER WILL OCCUR ON FRIDAY.

&&

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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 3:50 PM EDTRed Flag WarningMOB27 hr

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Sources

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