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Red Flag Warning 25, NWS Mobile, AL

September 23, 2012

NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Sep 23, 2012, 7:05 AM EDT. It took effect at Sep 23, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 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: Sep 23, 2012, 7:05 AM EDT (11:05 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 23, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired: Sep 23, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

701 
WWUS84 KMOB 231105
RFWMOB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
605 AM CDT SUN SEP 23 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...ERC VALUES OF 20 OR ABOVE...AND HIGH
DISPERSION VALUES ABOVE 75...

.RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO AROUND 30 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH
OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF
THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...ERC VALUES AROUND OR ABOVE 20...AND HIGH
DISPERSION INDICIES ABOVE 75 WILL WILL RESULT IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS
ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. 

FLZ001>006-240000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0025.120923T1700Z-120924T0000Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
605 AM CDT SUN SEP 23 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...ERC VALUES
AT OR ABOVE 20 AND HIGH DISPERSION VALUES ABOVE 75 ACROSS THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004... 
  005 AND 006. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY: AROUND 30 PERCENT. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. 

* DISPERSIONS: AROUND 90. 

* ERC: 20 TO 30. 

* 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

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