Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 31, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at May 17, 2011, 3:20 PM EDT. It took effect at May 18, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 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
- May 17, 2011, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 18, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 18, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
524 WWUS84 KMOB 171920 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 220 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT FOR THE INTERIOR ZONES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY...DISPERSIONS NEAR 75..ERC VALUES AROUND 35 AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY AND EXPECTED ERC VALUES ABOVE 35 OVER THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .A DRY AIR MASS WILL BE ACROSS THE AREA THE NEXT FEW AFTERNOONS. LOWEST SURFACE HUMIDITY WILL BE AROUND 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND LESS THAN 30 PERCENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE A BIT GUSTY THIS MORNING ALONG THE COAST AND INLAND THIS AFTERNOON. LESS WIND ON WEDNESDAY BUT WARMER AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL EQUATE TO LOWER HUMIDITY. ERC VALUES FORECAST NEAR 35 TODAY WILL LIKELY INCREASE A BIT BY WEDNESDAY WITH THE LOW HUMIDITY EXPECTED TOMORROW. FLZ001-003-005-181130- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0026.110518T1600Z-110519T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0031.110518T1600Z-110519T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110517T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 220 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF SURFACE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 35 PERCENT... ERC VALUES ABOVE 35 AND DISPERSIONS AROUND 75 FOR THE INTERIOR OF THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY...HIGH DISPERSIONS AND HIGH ERC VALUES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 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...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FLZ002-004-006-181130- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0026.110518T1600Z-110519T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0031.110518T1600Z-110519T0000Z/ COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 220 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR COASTAL SECTIONS OF ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA DUE TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH ERC VALUES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF SURFACE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 35 PERCENT AND ERC VALUES ABOVE 35 ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
2 follow-up statements
586 WWUS84 KMOB 181010 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 510 AM CDT WED MAY 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY AND ERC VALUES ABOVE 35 IN ADDITION TO DISPERSION ABOVE 75... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE INLAND SECTIONS OF THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY AND ERC VALUES ABOVE 35... .A DRY AIR MASS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA THE NEXT FEW AFTERNOONS. LOWEST SURFACE HUMIDITY WILL BE AROUND 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND 25 TO 30 PERCENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ERC VALUES FORECAST AT 35 TODAY WILL LIKELY INCREASE A BIT BY THURSDAY. DISPERSIONS INDICES THIS AFTERNOON ARE ALSO FORECAST TO BE GREATER THAN 75. FLZ001-003-005-190000- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0032.110519T1700Z-110519T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0031.110518T1600Z-110519T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 510 AM CDT WED MAY 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY...HIGH DISPERSIONS AND ERC VALUES OF 35 OR MORE FOR THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY AND ERC VALUES ABOVE 35 FOR THE INLAND SECTIONS OF THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... 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 AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FLZ002-004-006-190000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0031.110518T1600Z-110519T0000Z/ COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 510 AM CDT WED MAY 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY...HIGH DISPERSIONS AND ERC VALUES OF 35 OR MORE FOR THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
025 WWUS84 KMOB 181945 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 245 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY AND ERC VALUES ABOVE 35 IN ADDITION TO DISPERSION ABOVE 75... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE INLAND SECTIONS OF THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY AND ERC VALUES ABOVE 35... .DISCUSSION...DRY AGAIN THURSDAY WITH LONG DURATION LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ACROSS INTERIOR COASTAL COUNTIES AS WELL AS INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. BY AFTERNOON...WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS DEVELOPING...COASTAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE JUST ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. TEMPERATURES SLOWLY MODERATING THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH CHANCES FOR FOG DEVELOPMENT INCREASING BY THE WEEKEND. FLZ001-003-005-191145- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110519T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0032.110519T1700Z-110519T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- 245 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY. 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 AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FLZ002-004-006-190000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110519T0000Z/ COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 245 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
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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.