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Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Apr 12, 2011, 6:40 AM EDT. It took effect at Apr 12, 2011, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 3 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 12, 2011, 6:40 AM EDT (10:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2011, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
668 WWUS84 KMOB 121040 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 540 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE INTERIOR OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO DISPERSIONS ABOVE 75 SURFACE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 35 PERCENT... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING AS DRIER AIR MIXES DOWN TO THE SURFACE IN THE WAKE OF LAST NIGHTS FRONTAL PASSAGE. LOWEST HUMIDITY SHOULD BE BETWEEN 30 AND 35 PERCENT. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AT TIMES FROM MID MORNING TO MID AFTERNOON. FLZ001-003-005-122100- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0022.110412T1800Z-110412T2100Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 540 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WARNING IS FOR A PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND DISPERSIONS ABOVE 75. 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...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND DISPERSIONS ABOVE 75 WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
1 follow-up statement
802 WWUS84 KMOB 121908 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 208 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE INTERIOR OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO DISPERSIONS ABOVE 75 SURFACE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 35 PERCENT... .NORTH WINDS INCREASED THIS MORNING CREATING VERY HIGH DISPERSIONS DRIER AIR MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE IN THE WAKE OF LAST NIGHTS FRONTAL PASSAGE HAS ALLOWED LOWEST HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON TO GENERALLY DROP TO BETWEEN 30 AND 35 PERCENT. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. FLZ001-003-005-122100- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110412T2100Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 208 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR A PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND DISPERSIONS ABOVE 75. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WARNING IS FOR A PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND DISPERSIONS ABOVE 75. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND DISPERSIONS ABOVE 75 WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
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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.