Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 43, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Sep 30, 2011, 6:18 AM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Sep 30, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 30, 2011, 6:18 AM CDT (11:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 30, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2011, 12:55 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
509 WWUS84 KMOB 301118 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 618 AM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO 20 FOOT WIND ABOVE 10 MPH...LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND DISPERSIONS 75 AND HIGHER... .A COLD FRONT WITH A STRONG NORTH WIND BRINGING VERY DRY AIR INTO THE REGION WILL ELEVATE THE RISK OF WILDFIRE. ALZ051>064-010330- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0043.110930T1800Z-110930T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0037.111001T1700Z-111001T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 618 AM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO 20 FOOT WIND ABOVE 10 MPH AND LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO 20 FOOT WIND ABOVE 10 MPH AND LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 051...052...053...054... 055...056...057...058...059...060...061...062...063 AND 064. * WIND...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH * HUMIDITY...BELOW 35 PERCENT * DISPERSION...ABOVE 75 * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ001>006-010330- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0043.110930T1800Z-110930T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0037.111001T1700Z-111001T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 618 AM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND DISPERSIONS 75 AND HIGHER... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND DISPERSIONS 75 AND HIGHER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004... 005 AND 006. * WIND...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH * HUMIDITY...BELOW 35 PERCENT * DISPERSION...ABOVE 75 * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
3 follow-up statements
370 WWUS84 KMOB 301140 CCA RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 630 AM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY...HIGH DISPERSIONS...AND STRONG 20 FOOT WINDS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY...HIGH DISPERSIONS...AND STRONG 20 FOOT WINDS... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. VERY DRY AIR AND STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ELEVATE THE RISK OF WILDFIRES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ALZ051>064-010345- /O.COR.KMOB.FW.W.0043.110930T1800Z-110930T2300Z/ /O.COR.KMOB.FW.A.0037.111001T1700Z-111001T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 630 AM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF 20 FOOT WIND ABOVE 10 MPH AND LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY 30 PERCENT OR LOWER... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO 20 FOOT WIND ABOVE 10 MPH AND LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY 30 PERCENT OR LOWER... 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH AND GUSTY * HUMIDITY...25 TO 30 PERCENT * DISPERSION...ABOVE 75 * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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...BREEZY CONDITIONS...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ001>006-010345- /O.COR.KMOB.FW.W.0043.110930T1800Z-110930T2300Z/ /O.COR.KMOB.FW.A.0037.111001T1700Z-111001T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 630 AM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND DISPERSIONS 75 AND HIGHER... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND DISPERSIONS 75 AND HIGHER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH AND GUSTY * HUMIDITY...30 TO 35 PERCENT * DISPERSION...ABOVE 75 * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
577 WWUS84 KMOB 301215 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 715 AM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSION... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSION... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. VERY DRY AIR AND STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ELEVATE THE RISK OF WILDFIRES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ALZ051>064-301315- /O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0043.110930T1800Z-110930T2300Z/ /O.CAN.KMOB.FW.A.0037.111001T1700Z-111001T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 715 AM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA TODAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. FORECAST KBDI DOES NOT MEET CRITERIA FOR ALABAMA. $$ FLZ001>006-010415- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0043.110930T1800Z-110930T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0037.111001T1700Z-111001T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 715 AM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND DISPERSION 75 AND HIGHER... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND DISPERSION 75 AND HIGHER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH AND GUSTY * HUMIDITY...30 TO 35 PERCENT * DISPERSION...ABOVE 75 * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
163 WWUS84 KMOB 301755 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1255 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSION... .A COLD FRONT HAS BROUGHT DRIER AND COOLER AIR ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS TO THE ENTIRE AREA. LOWEST HUMIDITY ON SATURDAY BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT ALONG WITH OCCASIONALLY GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS. FLZ001>006-011130- /O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0043.110930T1800Z-110930T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0037.111001T1700Z-111001T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1255 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSION FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR TODAY FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE ... * WIND...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH AND GUSTY * HUMIDITY...25 TO 3O PERCENT * DISPERSION...ABOVE 75 * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 6:18 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 23 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Alabama, 2011Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2011Every red flag warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.