Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Jan 2, 2011, 2:34 PM CST for 10 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 3, 2011, 11:00 AM 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, 2011, 2:34 PM CST (20:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 3, 2011, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2011, 5:00 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 20:37 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, 8.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1373 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
267 WWUS84 KMOB 022034 AAA RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 234 PM CST SUN JAN 2 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 35 PERCENT OVER THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 35 PERCENT OVER THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND LESS THAN 25 PERCENT IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. .DRY AIR WILL MOVE IN AS A HIGH BUILDS OVER THE AREA THE NEXT FEW DAYS. FLZ001>006-031245- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0001.110103T1700Z-110103T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0002.110103T1700Z-110103T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110102T2200Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 234 PM CST SUN JAN 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING UPGRADED FROM A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY...SUPERSEDING THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH PREVIOUSLY ISSUED. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DRY AIR WILL MOVE IN AS A HIGH BUILDS OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 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 BELOW 35 PERCENT...WIND...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL BRING EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH RISK. && $$ ALZ051>064-031245- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0002.110103T1700Z-110103T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 234 PM CST SUN JAN 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY. .DRY AIR WILL MOVE IN AS A HIGH BUILDS OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT...WIND...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL BRING EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH RISK. && $$
3 follow-up statements
621 WWUS84 KMOB 022045 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 245 PM CST SUN JAN 2 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 35 PERCENT OVER THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 35 PERCENT OVER THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND LESS THAN 25 PERCENT IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... .DRY AIR WILL MOVE IN AS A HIGH BUILDS OVER THE AREA THE NEXT FEW DAYS. FLZ001>006-031245- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110102T2200Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0002.110103T1700Z-110103T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 245 PM CST SUN JAN 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY... SUPERSEDING THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH PREVIOUSLY ISSUED. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. DRY AIR WILL MOVE IN AS A HIGH BUILDS OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 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 BELOW 35 PERCENT...WIND... AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL BRING EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH RISK. && $$ ALZ051>064-031245- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0002.110103T1700Z-110103T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 245 PM CST SUN JAN 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY. DRY AIR WILL MOVE IN AS A HIGH BUILDS OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT...WIND...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL BRING EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH RISK. && $$
223 WWUS84 KMOB 030431 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1031 PM CST SUN JAN 2 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM MONDAY DUE TO VERY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES... .A LONG DURATION OF HUMIDITIES BELOW 25 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-031300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0002.110103T1700Z-110103T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1031 PM CST SUN JAN 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY. A LONG DURATION OF HUMIDITIES BELOW 25 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT WILL BRING ENHANCED FIRE GROWTH RISK. && $$
542 WWUS84 KMOB 031217 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 617 AM CST MON JAN 3 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...... .A LONG DURATION OF LOW HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-032300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0002.110103T1700Z-110103T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 617 AM CST MON JAN 3 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR A LONG DURATION OF LOW SURFACE HUMIDITY ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A LONG DURATION OF LOW HUMIDITY WILL BRING ENHANCED FIRE GROWTH RISK. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 5:52 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | 9 hr | |
| Jan 2, 12:10 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 4 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.