Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this red flag warning at Feb 7, 2015, 4:12 AM CST for 39 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 7, 2015, 12:00 PM 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
- Feb 7, 2015, 4:12 AM CST (10:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 7, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 39 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion 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, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:11 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 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 3138 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
748 WWUS84 KBMX 071012 RFWBMX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 412 AM CST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA ON TODAY... ALZ017>021-024>029-035>038-041>050-080000- /O.UPG.KBMX.FW.A.0003.150207T1800Z-150207T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.W.0004.150207T1800Z-150208T0000Z/ BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-JEFFERSON-SHELBY- ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA- CHAMBERS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE- RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 412 AM CST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL DROP AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...OF A DRY AIRMASS 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. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FIRE CONDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE ALABAMA FORESTRY COMMISSION AT WWW.FORESTRY.ALABAMA.GOV. && $$ ALZ011>015-022-023-030>034-039-040-080000- /O.EXT.KBMX.FW.A.0003.150207T1800Z-150208T0000Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-SUMTER- GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-MARENGO-DALLAS- 412 AM CST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL DROP AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE DRY AIRMASS MAY RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FIRE CONDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE ALABAMA FORESTRY COMMISSION AT WWW.FORESTRY.ALABAMA.GOV. && $$
1 follow-up statement
968 WWUS84 KBMX 071553 RFWBMX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 953 AM CST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA ON TODAY... ALZ011>015-022-023-030>034-039-040-080000- /O.UPG.KBMX.FW.A.0003.150207T1800Z-150208T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KBMX.FW.W.0004.150207T1800Z-150208T0000Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-SUMTER- GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-MARENGO-DALLAS- 953 AM CST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL DROP AS LOW AS 16 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...OF A DRY AIRMASS AND WINDY CONDITIONS COMBINED 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. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FIRE CONDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE ALABAMA FORESTRY COMMISSION AT WWW.FORESTRY.ALABAMA.GOV. && $$ ALZ017>021-024>029-035>038-041>050-080000- /O.CON.KBMX.FW.W.0004.150207T1800Z-150208T0000Z/ BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-JEFFERSON-SHELBY- ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA- CHAMBERS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE- RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 953 AM CST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL DROP AS LOW AS 16 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...OF A DRY AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FIRE CONDITIONS...PLEASE CONTACT THE ALABAMA FORESTRY COMMISSION AT WWW.FORESTRY.ALABAMA.GOV. && $$
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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.