Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this red flag warning at Jan 22, 2014, 4:22 AM CST for 31 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 22, 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 22, 2014, 4:22 AM CST (10:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 22, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2014, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 31 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Calhoun 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, Jefferson 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, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:28 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 1101 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
179 WWUS84 KBMX 221022 RFWBMX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 422 AM CST WED JAN 22 2014 ...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... ALZ019-021-027>029-036>038-043>050-221830- /O.UPG.KBMX.FW.A.0003.140122T1800Z-140122T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.W.0007.140122T1800Z-140122T2300Z/ CALHOUN-CLEBURNE-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA- CHAMBERS-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 422 AM CST WED JAN 22 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... 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. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE WEST SOUTHWEST UP TO 10 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL DROP AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...A VERY DRY AIR MASS 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. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FIRE CONDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE ALABAMA FORESTRY COMMISSION AT WWW.FORESTRY.ALABAMA.GOV. && $$ ALZ022>026-030>035-039>042-221830- /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.W.0007.140122T1800Z-140122T2300Z/ PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE- PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES- 422 AM CST WED JAN 22 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE WEST SOUTHWEST UP TO 10 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL DROP AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...A DRY AIR MASS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FIRE CONDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE ALABAMA FORESTRY COMMISSION AT WWW.FORESTRY.ALABAMA.GOV. && $$
1 follow-up statement
636 WWUS84 KBMX 221829 RFWBMX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1229 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014 ...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... ALZ019-021>050-222300- /O.CON.KBMX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140122T2300Z/ CALHOUN-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON- COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE- MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 1229 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST UP TO 5 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL DROP AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...A VERY DRY AIR MASS 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. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FIRE CONDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE ALABAMA FORESTRY COMMISSION AT WWW.FORESTRY.ALABAMA.GOV. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 4:15 AM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 23 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.