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Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Feb 26, 2014, 12:21 PM CST for 10 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 27, 2014, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 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
- Feb 26, 2014, 12:21 PM CST (18:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 27, 2014, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- 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 18:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 436 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
335 WWUS84 KMOB 261821 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1221 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST THURSDAY...BRINGING DRIER AND COOLER AIR INTO THE AREA. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR SEVERAL HOURS OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA ON THURSDAY. OTHER CRITERIA WILL NOT BE SATISFIED FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI NOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. ALZ051>064-271200- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0002.140227T1700Z-140228T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0010.140227T1700Z-140228T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 1221 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: MINIMUM VALUES 17 TO 20 PERCENT. * 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
2 follow-up statements
548 WWUS84 KMOB 271159 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 559 AM CST THU FEB 27 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .MUCH DRIER AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR SEVERAL HOURS OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY MAY IMPACT LOCATIONS GENERALLY NORTHEAST OF A BUTLER...ANDALUSIA LINE AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. OTHER CRITERIA WILL NOT BE SATISFIED OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. ALZ051-053>060-280000- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0003.140228T1800Z-140228T2200Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0010.140227T1700Z-140228T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA- COVINGTON- 559 AM CST THU FEB 27 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: MINIMUM VALUES OF 17 TO 22 PERCENT FOR 4 TO 6 HOURS THIS AFTERNOON...AND NEAR 23 PERCENT FOR AROUND 4 HOURS FRIDAY 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ALZ052-061>064-280000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0010.140227T1700Z-140228T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- 559 AM CST THU FEB 27 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: MINIMUM VALUES OF 17 TO 22 PERCENT FOR 4 TO 6 HOURS THIS 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
438 WWUS84 KMOB 271950 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 150 PM CST THU FEB 27 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .VERY DRY DRIER AIR CONTINUES OVER THE REGION TODAY UNDER AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST ON FRIDAY WITH CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY POSSIBLY IMPACTING LOCATIONS GENERALLY NORTHEAST OF A BUTLER...ANDALUSIA LINE AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. OTHER CRITERIA WILL NOT BE SATISFIED OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. ALZ051-053>060-281200- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140228T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0003.140228T1800Z-140228T2200Z/ CHOCTAW-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA- COVINGTON- 150 PM CST THU FEB 27 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: MINIMUM VALUES OF 17 TO 22 PERCENT FOR REMAINDER OF AFTERNOON...AND NEAR 23 PERCENT FOR AROUND 4 HOURS FRIDAY 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ALZ052-061>064-280000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140228T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- 150 PM CST THU FEB 27 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: MINIMUM VALUES OF 17 TO 22 PERCENT. * 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 2:25 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Feb 26, 4:37 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min |
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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.