Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this red flag warning at Oct 9, 2016, 3:11 AM CDT for 12 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Oct 9, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. 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
- Oct 9, 2016, 3:11 AM CDT (08:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 9, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
Counties Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Winston County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 2288 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
832 WWUS84 KHUN 090811 RFWHUN URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 311 AM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016 ALZ001>010-014-016-092300- /O.NEW.KHUN.FW.W.0002.161009T1700Z-161009T2300Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-WINSTON-CULLMAN- 311 AM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF NORTHERN ALABAMA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA... LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...FRANKLIN AL... LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON...MORGAN...MARSHALL... JACKSON...DE KALB...WINSTON...AND CULLMAN COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM NOON TO 6 PM. * WIND...SUSTAINED WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * 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 STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER A PROLONGED PERIOD WILL INCREASE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
1 follow-up statement
287 WWUS84 KHUN 092303 RFWHUN URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 603 PM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016 ALZ001>010-014-016-100015- /O.EXP.KHUN.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161009T2300Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-WINSTON-CULLMAN- 603 PM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF NORTHERN ALABAMA... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO RECOVER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS WINDS DIMINISH TO 5 TO 10 MPH FROM THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT. $$ TT
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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.