Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Feb 14, 2015, 2:04 PM CST for 8 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 15, 2015, 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 14, 2015, 2:04 PM CST (20:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 15, 2015, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2015, 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, Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 1933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
638 WWUS84 KMOB 142004 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 204 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AT OR BELOW 24 PERCENT... .A STRONG AREA OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVERSPREADS THE AREA FROM THE NORTH ON SUNDAY AND BRINGS A REINFORCING DRY AIRMASS TO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST. ALTHOUGH DAYTIME HIGHS WILL BE ON THE COOL SIDE ON SUNDAY...DEWPOINTS DROPPING DOWN INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS RESULTS IN A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY OVER PORTIONS OF THE INTERIOR. ALZ052-059-062-142115- /O.CAN.KMOB.FW.A.0003.150215T1700Z-150216T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-ESCAMBIA-UPPER BALDWIN- 204 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE COUNTIES OF WASHINGTON...ESCAMBIA AND UPPER BALDWIN IN ALABAMA AS CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES WILL NOT BE MET FOR AN UPGRADE TO RED FLAG WARNINGS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. ALTHOUGH DRY...LOWEST AFTERNOON HUMIDITY LOOKS TO BE ABOVE 25 PERCENT OVER THESE ZONES. THIS RANGE IN HUMIDITY DOES NOT MEET CRITERIA FOR AN UPGRADE TO RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ ALZ051-053>058-060-151200- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0003.150215T1700Z-150216T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0005.150215T1700Z-150216T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-COVINGTON- 204 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM GILBERTOWN...GROVE HILL...EVERGREEN TO ANDALUSIA ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AT OR BELOW 24 PERCENT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 051...053...054...055... 056...057...058 AND 060. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: FALLING TO A RANGE OF 17 TO 23 PERCENT. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST 6 TO 8 MPH. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
1 follow-up statement
980 WWUS84 KMOB 151213 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 613 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AT OR BELOW 24 PERCENT... .A STRONG AREA OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH TODAY AND WILL BRING A REINFORCING DRY AIRMASS TO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST. ALTHOUGH DAYTIME HIGHS WILL BE ON THE COOL SIDE TODAY...DEWPOINTS DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS WILL RESULT IN A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY OVER PORTIONS OF THE INTERIOR. ALZ051-053>058-060-160000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0005.150215T1700Z-150216T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-COVINGTON- 613 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM GILBERTOWN...GROVE HILL...EVERGREEN TO ANDALUSIA ALABAMA DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AT OR BELOW 24 PERCENT... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 051...053...054...055... 056...057...058 AND 060. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: FALLING TO A RANGE OF 18 TO 23 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * 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 14, 5:27 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 9 hr |
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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.