Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this red flag warning at Jan 14, 2012, 10:48 AM CST for 24 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 14, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 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
- Jan 14, 2012, 10:48 AM CST (16:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2012, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 24 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 2016 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
913 WWUS84 KBMX 141648 RFWBMX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1048 AM CST SAT JAN 14 2012 ...DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .THE TEMPERATURES ARE WARMING UP A TOUCH FASTER THAN FORECAST AND DEWPOINTS ARE GOING TO FALL INTO THE MIDDLE TEENS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN 3 TO 4 HOURS OF SUB 25 PERCENT RH VALUES. ALZ030>050-142300- /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.W.0005.120114T1800Z-120114T2300Z/ SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS- MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK- LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 1048 AM CST SAT JAN 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MOUNDVILLE TO JEMISON TO ALEXANDER CITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF A DRY AIRMASS AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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 STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FIRE CONDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE ALABAMA FORESTRY COMMISSION AT WWW.FORESTRY.ALABAMA.GOV. && $$
1 follow-up statement
703 WWUS84 KBMX 141837 RFWBMX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1237 PM CST SAT JAN 14 2012 ...DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .THE TEMPERATURES ARE WARMING UP A TOUCH FASTER THAN FORECAST AND DEWPOINTS ARE GOING TO FALL INTO THE MIDDLE TEENS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN 3 TO 4 HOURS OF SUB 25 PERCENT RH VALUES. ALZ027>029-142300- /O.EXA.KBMX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120114T2300Z/ TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH- 1237 PM CST SAT JAN 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MOUNDVILLE TO JEMISON TO WEDOWEE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF A DRY AIRMASS AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FIRE CONDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE ALABAMA FORESTRY COMMISSION AT WWW.FORESTRY.ALABAMA.GOV. && $$ ALZ030>050-142300- /O.CON.KBMX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120114T2300Z/ SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS- MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK- LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 1237 PM CST SAT JAN 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MOUNDVILLE TO JEMISON TO WEDOWEE... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF A DRY AIRMASS AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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 STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FIRE CONDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE ALABAMA FORESTRY COMMISSION AT WWW.FORESTRY.ALABAMA.GOV. && $$
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.