Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 19, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Apr 24, 2012, 4:59 AM CDT for Conecuh County, Covington County, Escambia County, Alabama. It took effect at Apr 24, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. 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
- Apr 24, 2012, 4:59 AM CDT (09:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 24, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 2753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
303 WWUS84 KMOB 240959 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 459 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT FOR A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND HIGH DISPERSION... ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT FOR A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... .DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF TODAY... BRINGING AN ELEVATED RISK OF WILDFIRE TO THE REGION. ALZ056-059-060-FLZ001>006-241800- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0019.120424T1700Z-120424T2300Z/ CONECUH-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA- INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 459 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSION FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004... 005...006...056...059 AND 060... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 056...059 AND 060. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004...005 AND 006. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON WITH MIXED LAYER DISPERSION INDICES 75 TO 85. * HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO AROUND 25 PERCENT NORTH OF THE COAST. LOWERING TO BETWEEN 30 AND 35 PERCENT CLOSER TO THE FLORIDA COAST. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
347 WWUS84 KMOB 241910 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 210 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT FOR A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND HIGH DISPERSION... ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT FOR A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... .DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF TODAY... BRINGING AN ELEVATED RISK OF WILDFIRE TO THE REGION. ALZ056-059-060-FLZ001>006-242300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120424T2300Z/ CONECUH-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA- INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 210 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT FOR LONG DURATION OF HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND HIGH DISPERSION.... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 056...059 AND 060. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004...005 AND 006. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON WITH MIXED LAYER DISPERSION INDICES 75 TO 85. * HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO AROUND 25 PERCENT NORTH OF THE COAST. LOWERING TO BETWEEN 30 AND 35 PERCENT CLOSER TO THE FLORIDA COAST. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.