Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this red flag warning at Jan 7, 2014, 3:43 AM CST for 18 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 7, 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 7, 2014, 3:43 AM CST (09:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2014, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
Counties Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:49 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 1866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 126 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -232 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
907 WWUS84 KBMX 070943 RFWBMX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 343 AM CST TUE JAN 7 2014 ...LOW HUMIDITIES TODAY AND TOMORROW WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... ALZ025-027>029-035>038-041>050-072300- /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.W.0003.140107T1800Z-140107T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.A.0001.140108T1700Z-140108T2300Z/ SHELBY-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS- AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE- BARBOUR- 343 AM CST TUE JAN 7 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR 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 HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL DROP AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...OF A DRY AIRMASS 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ALZ011>015-017>024-026-030>034-039-040-072300- /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.A.0001.140108T1700Z-140108T2300Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-ST. CLAIR-SUMTER- GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-MARENGO-DALLAS- 343 AM CST TUE JAN 7 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE EAST UP TO 5 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL DROP AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...OF A DRY AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
425 WWUS84 KBMX 072052 RFWBMX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 252 PM CST TUE JAN 7 2014 ...LOW HUMIDITIES TODAY AND TOMORROW WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... ALZ025-027>029-035>038-041>050-080300- /O.CON.KBMX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140107T2300Z/ /O.CON.KBMX.FW.A.0001.140108T1700Z-140108T2300Z/ SHELBY-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS- AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE- BARBOUR- 252 PM CST TUE JAN 7 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL DROP AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...OF A DRY AIRMASS 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 PROLONGED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FIRE CONDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE ALABAMA FORESTRY COMMISSION AT WWW.FORESTRY.ALABAMA.GOV. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ALZ011>015-017>024-026-030>034-039-040-080300- /O.CON.KBMX.FW.A.0001.140108T1700Z-140108T2300Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-ST. CLAIR-SUMTER- GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-MARENGO-DALLAS- 252 PM CST TUE JAN 7 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE EAST UP TO 5 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL DROP AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...OF A DRY AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 3:43 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 37 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.