Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 34, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Nov 24, 2012, 2:30 PM CST for 8 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Nov 25, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. 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
- Nov 24, 2012, 2:30 PM CST (20:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 25, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 25, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Butler County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 1348 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
259 WWUS84 KMOB 242030 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 230 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES FLORIDA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY FLORIDA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES... .COLD AND DRY AIR SETTLES OVER THE REGION TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING TO SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONABLE LEVELS ON SUNDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON FOR MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES ALONG WITH A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES FLORIDA FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON BASED ON MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES WITH A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. A RETURN OF MOISTURE TO THE REGION ON MONDAY LOOKS SUFFICIENT TO KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. FLZ005-006-251230- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0031.121125T1800Z-121125T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0034.121125T1600Z-121126T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-121124T2300Z/ INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 230 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY FLORIDA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES FLORIDA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005 AND 006. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: MINIMUM OF 24 TO 28 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND 20 TO 25 PERCENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTH AROUND 10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH ON SUNDAY. * DISPERSIONS: AROUND 60 THIS AFTERNOON AND AROUND 20 SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * ERC: AROUND 35. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY 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. && $$ ALZ053>060-251230- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0031.121125T1800Z-121125T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0034.121125T1800Z-121125T2300Z/ CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON- 230 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 053...054...055...056... 057...058...059 AND 060. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: AROUND 20 PERCENT. * WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH. * DISPERSIONS: AROUND 20. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FLZ003-004-251230- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0034.121125T1600Z-121126T0000Z/ INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- 230 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES FLORIDA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 003 AND 004. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH NEAR 5 MPH. * DISPERSIONS: AROUND 15. * ERC: AROUND 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
904 WWUS84 KMOB 242316 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 516 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES FLORIDA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES... .COLD AND DRY AIR SETTLES OVER THE REGION TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING TO SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONABLE LEVELS ON SUNDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES FLORIDA FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON BASED ON MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES WITH A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. A RETURN OF MOISTURE TO THE REGION ON MONDAY LOOKS SUFFICIENT TO KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. FLZ005-006-251530- /O.EXP.KMOB.FW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-121124T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0034.121125T1600Z-121126T0000Z/ INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 516 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY FLORIDA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES... ...THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON HAS EXPIRED AS OF 5 PM CST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005 AND 006. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: MINIMUM 20 TO 25 PERCENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH SUNDAY. * DISPERSIONS: AROUND 20 SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * ERC: AROUND 35. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY 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. && $$ FLZ003-004-251530- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0034.121125T1600Z-121126T0000Z/ INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- 516 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY FLORIDA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 003 AND 004. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH NEAR 5 MPH SUNDAY. * DISPERSIONS: AROUND 20 SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * ERC: AROUND 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. && $$ ALZ053>060-251530- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0034.121125T1800Z-121125T2300Z/ CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON- 516 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 053...054...055...056... 057...058...059 AND 060. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: AROUND 20 PERCENT. * WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH SUNDAY. * DISPERSIONS: AROUND 20. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
253 WWUS84 KMOB 251146 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 546 AM CST SUN NOV 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES FLORIDA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES... .DRY AIR WILL PERSIST OVER THE REGION TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING TO SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONABLE LEVELS. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES FLORIDA FOR THIS AFTERNOON BASED ON MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES WITH A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. A RETURN OF MOISTURE TO THE REGION ON MONDAY LOOKS SUFFICIENT TO KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. FLZ003>006-260000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0034.121125T1600Z-121126T0000Z/ INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 546 AM CST SUN NOV 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR OKALOOSA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTY FLORIDA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 003...004...005 AND 006. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: MINIMUM 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * WINDS: SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH. * DISPERSIONS: 20 TO 30. * ERC: AROUND 35. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY 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. && $$ ALZ053>060-252300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0034.121125T1800Z-121125T2300Z/ CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON- 546 AM CST SUN NOV 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 053...054...055...056... 057...058...059 AND 060. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: MINIMUM AROUND 20 PERCENT. * WINDS: SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH. * DISPERSIONS: 20 TO 25. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 3:38 AM CST | Freeze Warning | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 27 hr |
| Nov 24, 5:02 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 24, 5:02 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 12 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.