Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Jan 2, 2012, 6:30 AM CST for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 2, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 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 2, 2012, 6:30 AM CST (12:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 2, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- 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, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:35 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 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 1936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -279 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
817 WWUS84 KMOB 021230 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 630 AM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO A MARGINALLY LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO A MARGINALLY LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MARGINALLY BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS... .COLD AND VERY DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY. BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS TODAY WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT THEN BE MOSTLY AROUND 10 MPH ON TUESDAY EXCEPT SOMEWHAT STRONGER OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER TWENTIES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY AND TUESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE NORTHEASTERN GULF ON WEDNESDAY AND ALLOW GULF MOISTURE TO BEGIN TO RETURN TO THE AREA. FLZ001>006-030430- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0053.120102T1700Z-120102T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0001.120102T1600Z-120103T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0001.120103T1500Z-120104T0100Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 630 AM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR A COMBINATION OF LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR A COMBINATION OF LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MARGINALLY BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004... 005 AND 006. * 20 FOOT WINDS...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS NEAR 15 MPH. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * 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. && $$ ALZ051>064-030430- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0001.120102T1800Z-120102T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0001.120103T1700Z-120103T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 630 AM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA FOR A MARGINALLY LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA FOR A MARGINALLY LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 051...052...053...054... 055...056...057...058...059...060...061...062...063 AND 064. * 20 FOOT WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS NEAR 15 MPH. * HUMIDITY...NEAR 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ MSZ067-075-076-078-079-022300- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0001.120102T1800Z-120102T2300Z/ WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 630 AM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI FOR A COMBINATION OF BREEZY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 067...075...076...078 AND 079. * 20 FOOT WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR 15 MPH. * HUMIDITY...NEAR 20 PERCENT. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
167 WWUS84 KMOB 021934 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 134 PM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO A MARGINALLY LONG DURATION OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DUE TO A COMBINATION OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MARGINALLY BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS... .COLD AND VERY DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY. BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS TODAY WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT THEN BE MOSTLY AROUND 10 MPH ON TUESDAY EXCEPT SOMEWHAT STRONGER OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES. VERY LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE NORTHEASTERN GULF ON WEDNESDAY AND ALLOWS GULF MOISTURE TO BEGIN TO RETURN TO THE AREA. ALZ051>064-031130- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0001.120103T1700Z-120103T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0002.120103T1800Z-120103T2200Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120102T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 134 PM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO A MARGINALLY LONG DURATION OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR TUESDAY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 051...052...053...054... 055...056...057...058...059...060...061...062...063 AND 064. * 20 FOOT WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS NEAR 15 MPH. * HUMIDITY...17 TO 22 PERCENT. * 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...DRY FUELS AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FLZ001>006-031130- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0001.120103T1500Z-120104T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0002.120103T1600Z-120104T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120103T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 134 PM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MARGINALLY BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR TUESDAY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004... 005 AND 006. * 20 FOOT WINDS...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS NEAR 15 MPH. * HUMIDITY...17 TO 22 PERCENT. * 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...DRY FUELS AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ MSZ067-075-076-078-079-022300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120102T2300Z/ WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 134 PM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DUE TO A COMBINATION OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 067...075...076...078 AND 079. * 20 FOOT WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR 15 MPH. * HUMIDITY...17 TO 22 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DRY FUELS AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 4:21 AM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | MOB | Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 2, 1:34 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 27 hr |
| Jan 2, 3:05 PM CST | Gale Warning | MOB | 15 hr | |
| Jan 2, 3:05 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 21 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Alabama, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Mississippi, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
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.