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Red Flag Warning 11, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Feb 12, 2012, 7:49 AM CST for 9 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 13, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 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
- Feb 12, 2012, 7:49 AM CST (13:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2012, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 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, Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:51 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 1704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
784 WWUS84 KMOB 121349 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 749 AM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR HIGH DISPERSION INDICES CONCURRENT WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE BELOW 35 PERCENT CONCURRENT WITH THE POTENTIAL OF ERC VALUES EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 35... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE AND A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH TODAY. AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 40S...THIS WILL ALLOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO BOTTOM OUT NEAR 15 PERCENT. RED FLAG WARNING CONDITIONS TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ALABAMA. THE DRY AIR MASS WILL PERSIST INTO MONDAY...AND UPGRADED INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA TO A RED FLAG WARNING AND ADDED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE IN CASE THE ERC VALUES CLIMB TO EQUAL OR BE GREATER THAN 35. ALZ053>060-130600- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0008.120213T1800Z-120213T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0011.120213T1700Z-120213T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0010.120212T1600Z-120213T0000Z/ CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON- 749 AM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... * HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND BELOW 25 PERCENT MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR LIKELY WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ALZ051-130600- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0011.120213T1700Z-120213T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0010.120212T1600Z-120213T0000Z/ CHOCTAW- 749 AM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... * HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND BELOW 25 PERCENT MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR LIKELY WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FLZ001-003>006-130600- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0009.120213T1700Z-120213T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0010.120212T1500Z-120213T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 749 AM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR HIGH DISPERSION INDICES CONCURRENT WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE BELOW 35 PERCENT CONCURRENT WITH THE POTENTIAL OF ERC VALUES EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 35... * HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO AROUND 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND BELOW 35 PERCENT MONDAY AFTERNOON. * DISPERSIONS...RISING TO AROUND 75 THIS 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 RISK RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ALZ052-061>064-130000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0010.120212T1600Z-120213T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- 749 AM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... * HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO AROUND 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR LIKELY WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURE WILL RISK EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FLZ002-130000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0010.120212T1500Z-120213T0000Z/ COASTAL ESCAMBIA- 749 AM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR HIGH DISPERSION INDICES CONCURRENT WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... * HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO AROUND 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * DISPERSIONS...RISING TO AROUND 75 THIS 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 RISK RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
3 follow-up statements
512 WWUS84 KMOB 122054 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 254 PM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR HIGH DISPERSION INDICES CONCURRENT WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT CONCURRENT WITH THE POTENTIAL OF ERC VALUES EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 35... .DISCUSSION...INTENSE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGING VERY DRY AIR TO THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH. AS TEMPERATURE CLIMBS INTO THE UPPER 50S MONDAY...IT WILL ALLOW FOR AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO BOTTOM OUT NEAR 18 PERCENT IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. RED FLAG WARNING CONDITIONS MONDAY ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ALABAMA. THE DRY AIR MASS WILL PERSIST INTO MONDAY. UPGRADED MONDAY FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO A RED FLAG WARNING DUE TO ERC ABOVE OR NEAR 35. FLZ001-003>006-131300- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0009.120213T1700Z-120213T2300Z/ /O.EXA.KMOB.FW.W.0011.120213T1700Z-120213T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120213T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 254 PM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT CONCURRENT WITH ERC VALUES EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 35... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT CONCURRENT WITH ERC VALUES EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 35... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO AROUND 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND BELOW 35 PERCENT MONDAY AFTERNOON. * DISPERSIONS...RISING TO AROUND 75 THIS 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 RISK RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && 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. && $$ FLZ002-131300- /O.EXA.KMOB.FW.W.0011.120213T1700Z-120213T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120213T0000Z/ COASTAL ESCAMBIA- 254 PM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT CONCURRENT WITH ERC VALUES EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 35... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT CONCURRENT WITH ERC VALUES EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 35... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY. * HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND BELOW 35 PERCENT MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR LIKELY WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ALZ051-053>060-131300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120213T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0011.120213T1700Z-120213T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA- COVINGTON- 254 PM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... * HUMIDITY...REBOUNDING FROM 15 PERCENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON RISING ABOVE 25 PERCENT AROUND 6 PM THIS EVENING. HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT BY 11 AM MONDAY AND STAYING BELOW 25 PERCENT UNTIL 5 PM MONDAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR LIKELY WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ALZ052-061>064-130000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120213T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- 254 PM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... * HUMIDITY...REBOUNDING FROM 15 PERCENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON RISING ABOVE 25 PERCENT AROUND 6 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR LIKELY WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURE WILL RISK EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
139 WWUS84 KMOB 130322 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 922 PM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT CONCURRENT WITH THE POTENTIAL OF ERC VALUES EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 35... .DISCUSSION...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY WITH A COMBINATION OF WARMING TEMPERATURES AND DRY AIR RESULTING IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR A LONG DURATION OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ON MONDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR A LONG DURATION OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AS WELL WITH ERC VALUES NEAR CRITICAL VALUES. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS ON TUESDAY AS GULF MOISTURE RETURNS TO THE AREA. ALZ051-053>060-FLZ001>006-131930- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0011.120213T1700Z-120213T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA- COVINGTON-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 922 PM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST MONDAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... * HUMIDITY...DROPPING BELOW 25 PERCENT BY 11 AM MONDAY AND STAYING BELOW 25 PERCENT UNTIL 5 PM MONDAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR LIKELY WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
804 WWUS84 KMOB 131150 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 550 AM CST MON FEB 13 2012 FLZ001>006-131300- /O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0011.120213T1700Z-120213T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 550 AM CST MON FEB 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ERC VALUES ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN BELOW 35 TODAY. THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ ALZ051-053>060-132300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0011.120213T1700Z-120213T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA- COVINGTON- 550 AM CST MON FEB 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT... * HUMIDITY...DROPPING BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR A LONG DURATION. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR LIKELY WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 7:49 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | 7 hr |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.