Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this red flag warning at Jan 6, 2014, 5:28 AM CST for 23 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 6, 2014, 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 6, 2014, 5:28 AM CST (11:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 6, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2014, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 23 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton 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, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:26 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 436 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 449 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
779 WWUS84 KBMX 061128 RFWBMX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 528 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...LOW HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... ALZ022-023-030>035-039>042-044-049-062300- /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.W.0002.140106T1800Z-140106T2300Z/ PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-MARENGO- DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-MONTGOMERY-PIKE- 528 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH 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. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL DROP AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...OF A DRY AIRMASS AND WINDY CONDITIONS COMBINED WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FIRE CONDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE ALABAMA FORESTRY COMMISSION AT WWW.FORESTRY.ALABAMA.GOV. && $$
1 follow-up statement
339 WWUS84 KBMX 061706 RFWBMX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1106 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...LOW HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... ALZ036>038-043-045>048-050-062300- /O.EXA.KBMX.FW.W.0002.140106T1800Z-140106T2300Z/ COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-ELMORE-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL- BARBOUR- 1106 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL DROP AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...OF A DRY AIRMASS AND WINDY CONDITIONS COMBINED WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FIRE CONDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE ALABAMA FORESTRY COMMISSION AT WWW.FORESTRY.ALABAMA.GOV. && $$ ALZ022-023-030>035-039>042-044-049-062300- /O.CON.KBMX.FW.W.0002.140106T1800Z-140106T2300Z/ PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-MARENGO- DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-MONTGOMERY-PIKE- 1106 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL DROP AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...OF A DRY AIRMASS AND WINDY CONDITIONS COMBINED WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FIRE CONDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE ALABAMA FORESTRY COMMISSION AT WWW.FORESTRY.ALABAMA.GOV. && $$
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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.