Red Flag Warning 48, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Oct 22, 2011, 6:34 AM EDT (10:34 UTC)

In effect from

Oct 22, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT

Expired

Oct 22, 2011, 3:09 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

999 
WWUS84 KMOB 221034
RFWMOB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
534 AM CDT SAT OCT 22 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATION OF
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND
MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES...

.DRY HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES IN THE MID TWENTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND IN THE MID TO UPPER
TWENTIES SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LIGHT SURFACE WINDS CONTINUE OVER THE AREA
THROUGH SUNDAY. ERC VALUES WILL BE JUST ABOVE 35 OVER THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND VERY CLOSE TO 35 ON SUNDAY AND A
RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

FLZ001>006-230245-
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0043.111022T1700Z-111022T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0048.111022T1700Z-111022T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0044.111023T1700Z-111023T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
534 AM CDT SAT OCT 22 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND ERC VALUES
SLIGHTLY ABOVE 35 FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR LONG DURATION OF
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND ERC VALUES NEAR 35 FOR THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE
WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

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

* ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT...SLIGHTLY ABOVE 35 THIS AFTERNOON AND
  NEAR 35 ON SUNDAY.

* HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING TO AROUND 25 PERCENT IN 
  THE AFTERNOON AND 25 TO 30 PERCENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* 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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WWUS84 KMOB 221909
RFWMOB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
209 PM CDT SAT OCT 22 2011

...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY AND THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE SUNDAY HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.
FORECAST ERC VALUES ARE BELOW THE THRESH HOLD...

.FORECAST ERC VALUES FOR FLORIDA DO NOT WARRANT RED FLAG 
WARNING FOR TODAY OR FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SUNDAY...BUT LOWEST
HUMIDITY  WILL BE 27 TO 32 PERCENT BOTH DAYS WITH LIGHT WINDS AND
DISPERSIONS LESS THAN 75 FORECAST. FOR THE ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI
ZONES CONTINUED DRY WITH LOWEST HUMIDITY GENERALLY 25 TO 35 PERCENT
BUT AGAIN WITH LIGHT WINDS. KBDI OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS IS ABOVE
500 BUT DO NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED WIND.

FLZ001>006-222015-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0048.000000T0000Z-111022T2300Z/
/O.CAN.KMOB.FW.A.0044.111023T1700Z-111023T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
209 PM CDT SAT OCT 22 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR TODAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE SUNDAY...

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


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