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Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL

April 11, 2011

NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Apr 11, 2011, 6:44 AM EDT. It took effect at Apr 11, 2011, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 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
Apr 11, 2011, 6:44 AM EDT (10:44 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 11, 2011, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 11, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

The text

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

580 
WWUS84 KMOB 111044
RFWMOB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
544 AM CDT MON APR 11 2011

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON
FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO HIGH DISPERSIONS AND 20 FOOT
WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH AND HIGHER...

.STRONG SOUTHWEST TRANSPORT WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH
DEEP MIXING HEIGHTS TO RESULT IN HIGH DISPERSIONS THIS AFTERNOON.
IN ADDITION...20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 15 TO 20
MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 

FLZ001>006-112300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0021.110411T1800Z-110411T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
544 AM CDT MON APR 11 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. 

STRONG SOUTHWEST TRANSPORT WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH
DEEP MIXING HEIGHTS TO RESULT IN HIGH DISPERSIONS THIS AFTERNOON.
IN ADDITION...20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 15 TO 20
MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF HIGH
DISPERSIONS AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
836 
WWUS84 KMOB 111858
RFWMOB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
158 PM CDT MON APR 11 2011

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO HIGH
DISPERSIONS AND 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH AND HIGHER...

.STRONG SOUTHWEST TRANSPORT WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL COMBINE
WITH DEEP MIXING HEIGHTS TO RESULT IN HIGH DISPERSIONS THIS
AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS ARE FORECAST TO
RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

FLZ001>006-112300-
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110411T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
158 PM CDT MON APR 11 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

STRONG SOUTHWEST TRANSPORT WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL COMBINE
WITH DEEP MIXING HEIGHTS TO RESULT IN HIGH DISPERSIONS THIS
AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS ARE FORECAST TO
RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF HIGH
DISPERSIONS AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH
POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

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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.