Red Flag Warning 36, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Jun 14, 2011, 5:58 AM EDT (09:58 UTC)

In effect from

Jun 14, 2011, 2:00 PM EDT

Expired

Jun 14, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

186 
WWUS84 KMOB 140958
RFWMOB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
458 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM
CDT THIS EVENING FOR INTERIOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA FOR A LONG DURATION
OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSION...

.WITH NEAR RECORD HEAT FORECAST TODAY...LOWERING DEWPOINTS THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON CAUSES HUMIDITY TO DROP TO BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL
HOURS OVER THE INTERIOR OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. DISPERSION
INDICES WITHIN DEEP MIXED LAYERS TODAY MOVE ABOVE 75. 

FLZ001-003-005-142300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0036.110614T1800Z-110614T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
458 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM
CDT THIS EVENING FOR INTERIOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA FOR A LONG DURATION
OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSION...

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 VERY DRY FUELS WILL
CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

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