Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this red flag warning at Nov 13, 2013, 4:22 AM CST for 26 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Nov 13, 2013, 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
- Nov 13, 2013, 4:22 AM CST (10:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 13, 2013, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 13, 2013, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 26 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:22 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 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 2008 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -263 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -292 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
920 WWUS84 KBMX 131022 RFWBMX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 422 AM CST WED NOV 13 2013 ...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AREAS TODAY AND ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA ON THURSDAY... ALZ021-025-027>050-132130- /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.W.0013.131113T1800Z-131113T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.A.0010.131114T1800Z-131114T2300Z/ CLEBURNE-SHELBY-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY- BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA- LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 422 AM CST WED NOV 13 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND...FROM THE NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH TODAY AND SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH THURSDAY. * HUMIDITY...WILL DROP TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT TODAY AND THURSDAY. * 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 STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ALZ011>015-017>020-022>024-026-132130- /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.A.0010.131114T1800Z-131114T2300Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-ST. CLAIR- 422 AM CST WED NOV 13 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND...FROM THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH. * HUMIDITY...WILL DROP TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
996 WWUS84 KBMX 132044 RFWBMX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 244 PM CST WED NOV 13 2013 ...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA ON THURSDAY... ALZ021-025-027>050-140000- /O.CON.KBMX.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-131113T2300Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.FW.A.0010.131114T1800Z-131114T2300Z/ CLEBURNE-SHELBY-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY- BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA- LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 244 PM CST WED NOV 13 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND...FROM THE NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH TODAY AND SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH THURSDAY. * HUMIDITY...WILL DROP TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT TODAY AND THURSDAY. * 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 STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ALZ011>015-017>020-022>024-026-140000- /O.CON.KBMX.FW.A.0010.131114T1800Z-131114T2300Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-ST. CLAIR- 244 PM CST WED NOV 13 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND...FROM THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH. * HUMIDITY...WILL DROP TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 4:22 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 24 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.