Red Flag Warning 45, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Oct 1, 2011, 1:23 PM EDT (17:23 UTC)

In effect from

Oct 2, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT

Expired

Oct 2, 2011, 7:00 AM EDT

In force

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1223 PM CDT SAT OCT 1 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THIS
AFTERNOON...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA COUNTIES OF ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA DUE TO
LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND BREEZY NORTH
WINDS OCCASIONALLY ABOVE 15 MPH.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA COUNTIES OF ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA DUE TO
LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA COUNTIES OF ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA DUE TO LONG
DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT...

.BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO USHER DRIER AND COOLER AIR
INTO THE REGION TODAY THEN THE NORTHERLY WINDS SUBSIDE ON SUNDAY BUT DRY
AIR REMAINS OVER THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR A LONG DURATION OVER
THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON...SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA HAS
BEEN CANCELLED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AS KBDI VALUES WILL REMAIN BELOW 500.

ALZ057-058-060-011830-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0044.000000T0000Z-111001T2300Z/
BUTLER-CRENSHAW-COVINGTON-
1223 PM CDT SAT OCT 1 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING. 

THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
THIS AFTERNOON AS KBDI VALUES WILL REMAIN BELOW 500.

$$

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/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0045.111002T1700Z-111002T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0038.111003T1700Z-111003T2300Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0044.000000T0000Z-111001T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
1223 PM CDT SAT OCT 1 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT AND BREEZY
NORTHERLY WINDS AROUND 15 MPH FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR LONG
DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR LONG DURATION
OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT SUNDAY. A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN
EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004... 
  005 AND 006. 

* WIND...NORTH AROUND 15 MPH AND GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN NORTH
  AROUND 10 MPH SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOONS

* HUMIDITY...25 TO 30 PERCENT

* DISPERSION...75 TO 85

* 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.

&&

$$

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
600 AM CDT SUN OCT 2 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR MONDAY ARE 
CANCELLED FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA COUNTIES OF ESCAMBIA...SANTA 
ROSA AND OKALOOSA DUE TO LOWER DISPERSION THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED...

.NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH WITH A SIGNIFICANT SLOWDOWN OF
DRY AND COOL AIR INTO THE REGION TODAY. CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH
MONDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP BELOW CRITERIA BUT
NEITHER DISPERSION NOR ERC SUPPORT A WARNING TODAY OVER THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON NOR MONDAY AFTERNOON..

FLZ001>006-021200-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0045.111002T1700Z-111002T2300Z/
/O.CAN.KMOB.FW.A.0038.111003T1700Z-111003T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
600 AM CDT SUN OCT 2 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA COUNTIES
 OF ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA DUE TO LOWER DISPERSION THAN 
PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA COUNTIES 
OF ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA DUE TO LOWER DISPERSION THAN 
PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED ...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

LATEST FORECAST DATA INDICATE DISPERSION WILL BE IN THE MID
60S...NOT AS HIGH AS PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED..

$$

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