Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Jan 17, 2014, 9:23 AM CST for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 17, 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
- Jan 17, 2014, 9:23 AM CST (15:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 17, 2014, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 17, 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, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:22 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 1851 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
901 WWUS84 KMOB 171523 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 923 AM CST FRI JAN 17 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LONG DURATION LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS... .A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS MORNING AND WILL BRING INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS AND A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS IN ITS WAKE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THE INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON. A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA ON SATURDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA COULD EXPERIENCE A LONG DURATION OF HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 25 PERCENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES MAY ALSO BRING POTENTIALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MSZ067-075-076-078-079-180000- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0005.140117T1700Z-140118T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMOB.FW.A.0001.140118T1700Z-140118T2300Z/ WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 923 AM CST FRI JAN 17 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DUE TO INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO POTENTIALLY LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 067...075...076...078 AND 079. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: 22 TO 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND AROUND 25 PERCENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: BECOMING NORTHWEST AND INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. ON SATURDAY... SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS APPROACHING 20 MPH POSSIBLE. * 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. && $$ ALZ051>053-180000- /O.EXB.KMOB.FW.A.0001.140118T1700Z-140118T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE- 923 AM CST FRI JAN 17 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO POTENTIALLY LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 051...052 AND 053. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: 20 TO 24 PERCENT FOR FOUR HOURS. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ALZ054>060-180000- /O.EXT.KMOB.FW.A.0001.140118T1700Z-140118T2300Z/ WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON- 923 AM CST FRI JAN 17 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF INLAND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO POTENTIALLY LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 054...055...056...057... 058...059 AND 060. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: 20 TO 24 PERCENT FOR FOUR HOURS. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 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
776 WWUS84 KMOB 172002 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 202 PM CST FRI JAN 17 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LONG DURATION LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS... .A DRY AIRMASS WITH BREEZY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THE INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THESE LOCATIONS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA ON SATURDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA COULD EXPERIENCE A LONG DURATION OF HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 25 PERCENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES MAY ALSO BRING POTENTIALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ALZ051>060-180000- /O.EXA.KMOB.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140118T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0001.140118T1700Z-140118T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON- 202 PM CST FRI JAN 17 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO LONG DURATION CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO LONG DURATION CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 051...052...053...054... 055...056...057...058...059 AND 060. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: 20 TO 24 PERCENT FOR AROUND FOUR HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AND POTENTIALLY AGAIN SATURDAY. * 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. && $$ ALZ061-062-180000- /O.EXA.KMOB.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140118T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMOB.FW.A.0001.140118T1700Z-140118T2300Z/ UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN- 202 PM CST FRI JAN 17 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO LONG DURATION CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO LONG DURATION CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061 AND 062. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: 20 TO 24 PERCENT FOR AROUND 4 HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AND POTENTIALLY AGAIN SATURDAY. * 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. && $$ MSZ067-075-076-078-079-180000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140118T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0001.140118T1700Z-140118T2300Z/ WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 202 PM CST FRI JAN 17 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DUE TO INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DUE TO CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 067...075...076...078 AND 079. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: 20 TO 24 PERCENT AND POTENTIALLY AGAIN SATURDAY. * WINDS: BECOMING NORTHWEST AND INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 20 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. ON SATURDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS APPROACHING 20 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ALZ063-064-180000- /O.EXA.KMOB.FW.A.0001.140118T1700Z-140118T2300Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- 202 PM CST FRI JAN 17 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO POTENTIALLY LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 063 AND 064. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: POSSIBLY AS LOW AS 22 TO 24 PERCENT FOR AROUND 4 HOURS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 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 Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 5:10 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 24 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Alabama, 2014Red Flag Warnings in Mississippi, 2014Every red flag warning in 2014
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.