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Red Flag Warning 26, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Oct 16, 2012, 5:21 AM EDT. It took effect at Oct 16, 2012, 12:00 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
- Oct 16, 2012, 5:21 AM EDT (09:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 16, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 16, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
219 WWUS84 KMOB 160921 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 421 AM CDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM TUESDAY FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY DUE TO ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENTS NEAR 35 AND HUMIDITY DROPPING TO WELL BELOW 35 PERCENT... .HIGH PRESSURE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST TODAY WILL BRING A PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER TO THE AREA. FLZ005-006-162300- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0023.121016T1600Z-121016T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0026.121016T1600Z-121016T2300Z/ INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 421 AM CDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY DUE TO ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENTS NEAR 35 AND HUMIDITY DROPPING TO WELL BELOW 35 PERCENT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005 AND 006. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: 25 TO 30 PERCENT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM. * WINDS: 20 FT WIND NE 5 TO 10 MPH. * DISPERSIONS: 70 TO 75 AROUND 3 PM. * ERC: 32. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
691 WWUS84 KMOB 161947 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 247 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY DUE TO ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENTS NEAR 35 AND HUMIDITY DROPPING TO WELL BELOW 35 PERCENT... .HIGH PRESSURE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST TODAY WILL BRING A PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER TO THE AREA. FLZ005-006-162300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-121016T2300Z/ INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 247 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY DUE TO ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENTS NEAR 35 AND HUMIDITY DROPPING TO WELL BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005 AND 006... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005 AND 006. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: 25 TO 30 PERCENT UNTIL 6 PM. * WINDS: 20 FT WIND NE 5 TO 10 MPH. * DISPERSIONS: 70 TO 75 AROUND 3 PM AND DECREASING THEREAFTER TO THE SINGLE DIGITS AROUND SUNSET. * ERC: 32. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
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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.