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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Mar 26, 2013, 5:35 AM CDT for Conecuh County, Covington County, Escambia County, Alabama. It took effect at Mar 26, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT. 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
- Mar 26, 2013, 5:35 AM CDT (10:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 26, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 1599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 94 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
177 WWUS84 KMOB 261035 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 535 AM CDT TUE MAR 26 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON... .DRY NOTORIETY FLOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID WEEK...THEN BECOMING SOUTHEASTERLY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES TOWARDS...THEN OVER AN EAST OF THE AREA. A CHANCE OF RAIN RETURNS TO MOST OF THE AREA SUNDAY. ALZ056-059>064-FLZ005-006-262300- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0008.130326T1800Z-130326T2300Z/ CONECUH-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN- LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 535 AM CDT TUE MAR 26 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO VERY LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 056...059...060...061... 062...063 AND 064. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005 AND 006. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: DROPPING TO 18 TO 24 PERCENT FOR 4 HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH. * DISPERSIONS: RISING TO 75 TO 85 THIS AFTERNOON. * ERC: FORECAST TO BE 40 OVER OKALOOSA COUNTY...FLORIDA. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
749 WWUS84 KMOB 261115 CCA RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 615 AM CDT TUE MAR 26 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON... .DRY NOORTHERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID WEEK...THEN BECOMING SOUTHEASTERLY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES TOWARDS...THEN OVER AN EAST OF THE AREA. A CHANCE OF RAIN RETURNS TO MOST OF THE AREA SUNDAY. ALZ056-059>064-FLZ005-006-262300- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0008.130326T1800Z-130326T2300Z/ CONECUH-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN- LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 615 AM CDT TUE MAR 26 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO VERY LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 056...059...060...061... 062...063 AND 064. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005 AND 006. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: DROPPING TO 18 TO 24 PERCENT FOR 4 HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH. * DISPERSIONS: RISING TO 75 TO 85 THIS AFTERNOON. * ERC: FORECAST TO BE 40 OVER OKALOOSA COUNTY...FLORIDA. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
082 WWUS84 KMOB 261120 CCB RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 615 AM CDT TUE MAR 26 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON... .DRY NORTHERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID WEEK...THEN BECOMING SOUTHEASTERLY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES TOWARDS...THEN OVER AN EAST OF THE AREA. A CHANCE OF RAIN RETURNS TO MOST OF THE AREA SUNDAY. ALZ056-059>064-FLZ005-006-262300- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0008.130326T1800Z-130326T2300Z/ CONECUH-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN- LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 615 AM CDT TUE MAR 26 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO VERY LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 056...059...060...061... 062...063 AND 064. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005 AND 006. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: DROPPING TO 18 TO 24 PERCENT FOR 4 HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH. * DISPERSIONS: RISING TO 75 TO 85 THIS AFTERNOON. * ERC: FORECAST TO BE 40 OVER OKALOOSA COUNTY...FLORIDA. * 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2:23 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 30 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.