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Red Flag Warning 41, NWS Mobile, AL

August 30, 2011

NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Aug 30, 2011, 6:12 AM EDT. It took effect at Aug 30, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT. 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: Aug 30, 2011, 6:12 AM EDT (10:12 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 30, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 30, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

The text

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

334 
WWUS84 KMOB 301012
RFWMOB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
512 AM CDT TUE AUG 30 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
INTERIOR OF ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES OF THE WEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35
PERCENT AND ERC VALUES SLIGHTLY ABOVE 35...

.A DRY AIR MASS AND PREDOMINATELY NORTHEAST WIND OVER THE WARNED AREA 
WILL PERSIST TODAY. LOWEST HUMIDITY LESS THAN 35 PERCENT. 

FLZ005-301115-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FW.A.0035.110830T1700Z-110830T2300Z/
INLAND OKALOOSA-
512 AM CDT TUE AUG 30 2011

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR INLAND OKALOOSA COUNTY FOR TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH. 

SEVERAL HOURS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE LIKELY ACROSS INTERIOR
OKALOOSA COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON BUT DISPERSION INDICES ARE FORECAST
TO REMAIN BELOW 75...AND ERC VALUES ARE FORECAST BELOW 35.

$$

FLZ001-003-301945-
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0035.110830T1700Z-110830T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0041.110830T1700Z-110830T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
512 AM CDT TUE AUG 30 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR INTERIOR ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES OF THE WEST 
FLORIDA PANHANDLE...


* HUMIDITY...DROPPING INTO THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON.

* ERC...SLIGHTLY ABOVE 35 TODAY.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY.

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 BRING RISK OF RAPID FIRE
GROWTH.

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

830 
WWUS84 KMOB 301921
RFWMOB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
221 PM CDT TUE AUG 30 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
INTERIOR OF ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES OF THE WEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW
35 PERCENT AND ERC VALUES SLIGHTLY ABOVE 35...

.A DRY AIR MASS AND PREDOMINATELY NORTHEAST WIND OVER THE WARNED
AREA WILL PERSIST TODAY. LOWEST HUMIDITY LESS THAN 35 PERCENT.

FLZ001-003-302300-
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0041.000000T0000Z-110830T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
221 PM CDT TUE AUG 30 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR THE INTERIOR OF ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES OF THE WEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW
35 PERCENT AND ERC VALUES SLIGHTLY ABOVE 35...

* HUMIDITY...DROPPING INTO THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE THIS 
  AFTERNOON. 

* ERC...SLIGHTLY ABOVE 35 TODAY.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY.

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 BRING RISK OF RAPID FIRE
GROWTH.

&&

$$

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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.