Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Mar 6, 2015, 3:14 PM CST for 8 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Mar 7, 2015, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 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
- Mar 6, 2015, 3:14 PM CST (21:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2015, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 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 21:20 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, 9.2 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
- 1557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 91 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
412 WWUS84 KMOB 062114 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 314 PM CST FRI MAR 6 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CST SATURDAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY... .AS A HIGH PUSHES IN FROM OVER THE PIEDMONT REGION...HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO RED FLAG CRITERIA SATURDAY FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. DISPERSION POOR TO FAIR. ALZ051-053>058-060-071315- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0009.150307T1800Z-150307T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-COVINGTON- 314 PM CST FRI MAR 6 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CST SATURDAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CST SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 051...053...054...055... 056...057...058 AND 060. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: REACHING 20 PERCENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 4 TO 6 MPH. * DISPERSION: POOR...15 TO 20 UNITS. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
641 WWUS84 KMOB 071117 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 517 AM CST SAT MAR 7 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CST SATURDAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY... .RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO RED FLAG CRITERIA TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. ALZ051-053>058-060-072300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0009.150307T1800Z-150307T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-COVINGTON- 517 AM CST SAT MAR 7 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 051...053...054...055...056..057..058 AND 060... DUE TO AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 051...053...054...055... 056...057...058 AND 060. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: FALLING BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 4 TO 6 MPH. * DISPERSION: POOR...15 TO 20 UNITS. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
845 WWUS84 KMOB 072110 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 310 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CST SATURDAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LOW HUMIDITY... .RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO RED FLAG CRITERIA TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. ALZ057-058-081315- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0006.150308T1800Z-150308T2200Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150307T2300Z/ BUTLER-CRENSHAW- 310 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS|... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO RED FLAG CRITERIA TODAY AND LIKELY ON SUNDAY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 057 AND 058. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: FALLING BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 4 TO 6 MPH. * DISPERSION: FAIR...21 TO 40 UNITS. * 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. && $$ ALZ051-053>056-060-072300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150307T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-COVINGTON- 310 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 051...053...054...055... 056 AND 060. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: FALLING BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 4 TO 6 MPH. * DISPERSION: POOR...15 TO 20 UNITS. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 3:09 PM CST | Freeze Warning | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 16 hr |
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.