Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Jan 13, 2012, 6:00 AM CST for 10 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 13, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 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
- Jan 13, 2012, 6:00 AM CST (12:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 13, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2012, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 1108 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 96 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
850 WWUS84 KMOB 131200 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 600 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR A MARGINALLY LONG DURATION OF VERY LOW HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR A MARGINALLY LONG DURATION OF VERY LOW HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... .STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TODAY AND SATURDAY IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THIS WILL BRING A MUCH DRIER AND COLDER AIRMASS TO THE REGION. ALZ051>064-141200- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0002.120113T1800Z-120113T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0004.120113T1800Z-120113T2300Z/ /O.EXT.KMOB.FW.A.0003.120114T1700Z-120114T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 600 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR A MARGINALLY LONG DURATION OF VERY LOW HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR A MARGINALLY LONG DURATION OF VERY LOW HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...18 TO 23 PERCENT BOTH TODAY AND SATURDAY. * 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
502 WWUS84 KMOB 131946 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 146 PM CST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR A MARGINALLY LONG DURATION OF VERY LOW HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR A MARGINALLY LONG DURATION OF VERY LOW HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO VERY HIGH DISPERSIONS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING BELOW 35 PERCENT... .STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TODAY AND SATURDAY IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THIS WILL BRING A MUCH DRIER AND COLDER AIRMASS TO THE REGION. ALZ051>064-141230- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120113T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0003.120114T1700Z-120114T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 146 PM CST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR A MARGINALLY LONG DURATION OF VERY LOW HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR A MARGINALLY LONG DURATION OF VERY LOW HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...18 TO 23 PERCENT BOTH TODAY AND SATURDAY. * 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FLZ001>006-141230- /O.EXA.KMOB.FW.A.0003.120114T1700Z-120114T2300Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 146 PM CST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR A MARGINALLY LONG DURATION OF VERY LOW HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...18 TO 23 PERCENT BOTH TODAY AND SATURDAY. * DISPERSIONS...RISING TO ABOVE 75 BY NOONTIME SATURDAY. * 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
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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.