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Fire Weather Watch 21, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this fire weather watch at May 9, 2012, 7:15 AM EDT. It took effect at May 10, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2012, 7:15 AM EDT (11:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 10, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 9, 2012, 3:46 PM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
419 WWUS84 KMOB 091115 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 615 AM CDT WED MAY 9 2012 ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSIONS... .A FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA LATER TODAY WILL USHER IN A FLZ001>006-100315- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0021.120510T1700Z-120510T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 615 AM CDT WED MAY 9 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR DUE TO RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING BELOW 35 PERCENT...VERY HIGH DISPERSIONS AND HIGH ERC VALUES ... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004... 005 AND 006. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT JUST BEFORE NOONTIME...THEN RISE ABOVE BY EVENING. * WINDS: NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH. * DISPERSIONS: TOPPING OUT AROUND 100 MID AFTERNOON. * ERC: EXPECTED TO RISE INTO THE 20 TO 26 RANGE. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
363 WWUS84 KMOB 091946 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 246 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH CANCELLED FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .DRIER AIR WILL FLOW INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BUT WILL NOT SATISFY OTHER CRITERIA...THUS THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS GULF MOISTURE RETURNS TO THE AREA. FLZ001>006-092100- /O.CAN.KMOB.FW.A.0021.120510T1700Z-120510T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 246 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BUT WILL NOT SATISFY OTHER CRITERIA...THUS THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. $$
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