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Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Apr 13, 2012, 7:07 AM EDT. It took effect at Apr 13, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT. 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
- Apr 13, 2012, 7:07 AM EDT (11:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 13, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
201 WWUS84 KMOB 131107 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 607 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2012 FLZ001-002-131215- /O.CAN.KMOB.FW.A.0017.120413T1600Z-120414T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA- 607 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR A LONG DURATION...ERC VALUES WILL REMAIN BELOW 35...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND DISPERSIONS WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. $$ FLZ003>006-140000- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0017.120413T1600Z-120414T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0016.120413T1600Z-120414T0000Z/ INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 607 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR OKALOOSA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES IN THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: LESS THAN 35 PERCENT FOR A LONG DURATION * ERC VALUES: NEAR 35 * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
1 follow-up statement
678 WWUS84 KMOB 131830 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 130 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012 FLZ003>006-140000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120414T0000Z/ INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 130 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF OKALOOSA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES IN THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES... * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: AROUND 25 PERCENT * ERC VALUES: NEAR 35 * 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. && $$
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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.