Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Jan 7, 2014, 6:56 AM CST for 10 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 8, 2014, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 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, 6:56 AM CST (12:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 8, 2014, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2014, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 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 13:01 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 12:00Z, 0.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1164 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
812 WWUS84 KMOB 071256 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 656 AM CST TUE JAN 7 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY... .DISCUSSION...A DRY ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL BRING VERY LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY AND AN INCREASED RISK OF WILDFIRE TO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST IN THE NEAR TERM. AFTERNOON DISPERSIONS ARE FORECAST TO BE GENERALLY GOOD TODAY AND FAIR ON WEDNESDAY. ALZ051>064-080500- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0003.140108T1700Z-140108T2300Z/ /O.EXT.KMOB.FW.W.0002.140107T1800Z-140107T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 656 AM CST TUE JAN 7 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 051...052...053...054... 055...056...057...058...059...060...061...062...063 AND 064. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: LESS THAN 25 PERCENT FOR FOUR OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
131 WWUS84 KMOB 072107 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 307 PM CST TUE JAN 7 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY... .DISCUSSION...A DRY ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL BRING CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ALZ051>064-080500- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140107T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0003.140108T1700Z-140108T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 307 PM CST TUE JAN 7 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 051...052...053...054... 055...056...057...058...059...060...061...062...063 AND 064. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: LESS THAN 25 PERCENT FOR FOUR OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
043 WWUS84 KMOB 080605 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1205 AM CST WED JAN 8 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY... .DISCUSSION...A DRY ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL BRING CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ALZ051>064-082215- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0003.140108T1700Z-140108T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 1205 AM CST WED JAN 8 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 051...052...053...054... 055...056...057...058...059...060...061...062...063 AND 064. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: LESS THAN 25 PERCENT FOR FOUR OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * 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. && $$
774 WWUS84 KMOB 081259 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 659 AM CST WED JAN 8 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM CST TODAY FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY... .DISCUSSION...A DRY ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL KEEP VERY LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY AND AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER TO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ALZ051>064-082300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0003.140108T1700Z-140108T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN- 659 AM CST WED JAN 8 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 051...052...053...054... 055...056...057...058...059...060...061...062...063 AND 064. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: LESS THAN 25 PERCENT FOR FOUR OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 9:44 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 76 min |
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.