Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Oct 17, 2015, 4:12 AM CDT for 12 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Oct 17, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT. 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
- Oct 17, 2015, 4:12 AM CDT (09:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 17, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:14 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 2920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
679 WWUS84 KMOB 170912 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 412 AM CDT SAT OCT 17 2015 ...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... .VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES COMBINED WITH INCREASED NORTHERLY WINDS AND DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS WEEKEND AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY. ALZ051>060-261-262-172300- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0010.151017T1600Z-151017T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-MOBILE INLAND-BALDWIN INLAND- 412 AM CDT SAT OCT 17 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO LONG DURATION LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS AND DRY FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 051...052...053...054... 055...056...057...058...059...060...261 AND 262. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: FALLING TO AS LOW AS 18 TO 23 PERCENT FOR 4 TO 6 HOURS. * WINDS: NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH. * DISPERSIONS: HIGH DISPERSION INDICES WITH NUMERICAL VALUES OVER 75. * 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...INCREASED WINDS AND DRY FUELS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ MSZ067-075-076-078-079-172300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0007.000000T0000Z-151019T0000Z/ WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 412 AM CDT SAT OCT 17 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DUE TO UNUSUALLY DRY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND INCREASED NORTHERLY WINDS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 067...075...076...078 AND 079. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. * HUMIDITY...FALLING TO AS LOW AS 18 TO 23 PERCENT. * DISPERSION...HIGH DISPERSION INDICES TODAY WITH NUMERICAL VALUES OVER 75. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
011 WWUS84 KMOB 171942 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 242 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 2015 ...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... .VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES COMBINED WITH INCREASED NORTHERLY WINDS AND DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS WEEKEND AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY. ALZ051>060-261-262-172300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-151017T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-MOBILE INLAND-BALDWIN INLAND- 242 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO LONG DURATION LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS AND DRY FUELS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 051...052...053...054... 055...056...057...058...059...060...261 AND 262. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: FALLING TO AS LOW AS 18 TO 23 PERCENT FOR 4 TO 6 HOURS. * WINDS: NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH. * DISPERSIONS: HIGH DISPERSION INDICES WITH NUMERICAL VALUES OVER 75. * 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...INCREASED WINDS AND DRY FUELS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ MSZ067-075-076-078-079-181230- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0007.000000T0000Z-151019T0000Z/ WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 242 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DUE TO UNUSUALLY DRY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND INCREASED NORTHERLY WINDS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 067...075...076...078 AND 079. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. * HUMIDITY...FALLING TO AS LOW AS 18 TO 23 PERCENT. * DISPERSION...HIGH DISPERSION INDICES TODAY WITH NUMERICAL VALUES OVER 75. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
550 WWUS84 KMOB 172253 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 553 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 2015 ...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... .VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES COMBINED WITH INCREASED NORTHERLY WINDS AND DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS WEEKEND. ALZ051>060-261-262-180000- /O.EXP.KMOB.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-151017T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-MOBILE INLAND-BALDWIN INLAND- 553 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND HUMIDITY LIFTS TO ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS... WITH THE ONSET OF COOLING TEMPERATURES HEADING INTO THE EVENING...HUMIDITY BEGINS TO MODIFY TO ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. $$ MSZ067-075-076-078-079-181500- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0007.000000T0000Z-151019T0000Z/ WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 553 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DUE TO UNUSUALLY DRY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND MODERATE NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 067...075...076...078 AND 079. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. * HUMIDITY...FALLING TO AS LOW AS 18 TO 23 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
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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.