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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Jan 6, 2014, 2:55 PM CST for 10 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 118 min. 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, 2:55 PM CST (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2014, 4:53 PM CST
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 112 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -251 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
113 WWUS84 KMOB 062055 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 255 PM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY... .A DRY ARCTIC AIRMASS BRINGS VERY LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY AND AN INCREASED RISK OF WILDFIRE TO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST IN THE NEAR TERM. DAYTIME DISPERSION IS FORECAST TO BE FAIR TO GOOD. TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY MODERATE BY THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK.. ALZ051>064-071300- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0001.140106T2055Z-140106T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0002.140107T1700Z-140107T2200Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 255 PM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 051...052...053...054... 055...056...057...058...059...060...061...062...063 AND 064. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: LESS THAN 24 PERCENT THROUGH 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. 19 TO 24 PERCENT FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON. * DISPERSIONS: FAIR TO GOOD EACH AFTERNOON. * 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 AND MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
1 follow-up statement
895 WWUS84 KMOB 062253 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 453 PM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO IMPENDING EXPIRY... .A DRY ARCTIC AIRMASS BRINGS VERY LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY AND AN INCREASED RISK OF WILDFIRE TO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST IN THE NEAR TERM. DAYTIME DISPERSION WILL BE IN THE 40S TO LOW 50S. TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY BECOME MORE MODERATE LATER THIS WEEK. ALZ051>064-071500- /O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0002.140107T1700Z-140107T2200Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 453 PM CST MON JAN 6 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO EXPIRY AT 5 PM TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 051...052...053...054... 055...056...057...058...059...060...061...062...063 AND 064. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: LESS THAN 24 PERCENT THROUGH 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. 19 TO 24 PERCENT FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON. * DISPERSIONS: 40S TO LOW 50S TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * 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 AND MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2:55 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 26 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:43 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 40 hr |
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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.