Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Jan 28, 2012, 1:40 PM CST for 10 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 29, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. 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
- Jan 28, 2012, 1:40 PM CST (19:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 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 19:43 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, 7.7 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
- 1303 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
438 WWUS84 KMOB 281940 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 140 PM CST SAT JAN 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... .A REIFORCING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. MUCH DRIER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ON SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE TEENS OVER MOST INLAND AREAS WITH LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. THEREFORE...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE DRY AIRMASS WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE ON MONDAY...BUT WILL REMAIN VERY DRY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. THIS REQUIRES THE ISSUANCE OF A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THOSE AREAS MONDAY AFTERNOON. ALZ057-058-060-291200- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0004.120129T1800Z-120129T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0007.120129T1700Z-120129T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0005.120130T1800Z-120130T2300Z/ BUTLER-CRENSHAW-COVINGTON- 140 PM CST SAT JAN 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA FOR A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT SUNDAY AND AROUND 20 PERCENT MONDAY. * 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 LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE THE 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. && $$ ALZ051>056-059-061>064-291200- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0004.120129T1800Z-120129T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0007.120129T1700Z-120129T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-ESCAMBIA- UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- 140 PM CST SAT JAN 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY. * HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE THE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
2 follow-up statements
032 WWUS84 KMOB 291313 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 713 AM CST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... .A REIFORCING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. MUCH DRIER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ON SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE TEENS OVER MOST INLAND AREAS WITH LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. THEREFORE...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE DRY AIRMASS WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE ON MONDAY...BUT WILL REMAIN VERY DRY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. THIS REQUIRES THE ISSUANCE OF A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THOSE AREAS MONDAY AFTERNOON. ALZ057-058-060-300515- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0007.120129T1700Z-120129T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0005.120130T1800Z-120130T2300Z/ BUTLER-CRENSHAW-COVINGTON- 713 AM CST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT.. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT SUNDAY AND AROUND 20 PERCENT MONDAY. * 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 LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE THE 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. && $$ ALZ051-053>056-059-300515- /O.EXA.KMOB.FW.A.0005.120130T1800Z-120130T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0007.120129T1700Z-120129T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-ESCAMBIA- 713 AM CST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT SUNDAY AND AROUND 20 PERCENT MONDAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE THE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ALZ052-061>064-292300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0007.120129T1700Z-120129T2300Z/ WASHINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- 713 AM CST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... * HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT. * 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 LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE THE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
154 WWUS84 KMOB 292013 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 213 PM CST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... .MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE DROPPED TO AROUND 10 PERCENT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND 10 TO 15 PERCENT ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. GIVEN THESE EXTREMELY LOW VALUES...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING. THE DRY AIRMASS WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE ON MONDAY...BUT WILL REMAIN VERY DRY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WHILE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO WARM. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THESE AREAS HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING. ALZ051-053>060-301200- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0005.120130T1800Z-120130T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0008.120130T1800Z-120130T2300Z/ /O.EXT.KMOB.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120130T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA- COVINGTON- 213 PM CST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CST MONDAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CST MONDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING ALSO CONTINUES THROUGH 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND 18-21 PERCENT MONDAY AFTERNOON. * 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 LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE THE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ALZ052-061>064-300000- /O.EXT.KMOB.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120130T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- 213 PM CST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR A LONG DURATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 25 PERCENT... * HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT. * 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 LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE THE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 9:48 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 24 hr | |
| Jan 28, 1:40 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 3 more | 25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.