Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Huntsville, AL

Issued

Nov 19, 2016, 5:36 AM CST (11:36 UTC)

In effect from

Nov 19, 2016, 11:00 AM CST

Expired

Nov 19, 2016, 5:00 PM CST

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 Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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860 
WWUS84 KHUN 191136
RFWHUN

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
536 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF
NORTHERN ALABAMA...

.STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE ENTIRE REGION
TODAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THAT CROSSED THE REGION EARLIER
THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH COOL AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN
ONLY MARGINALLY CONDUCIVE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES, THE MAGNITUDE OF
THE WINDS WILL LEAD TO AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER BASED ON THE DRY NATURE
OF THE LOCAL SOIL AND VEGETATION. BOTH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AND
GUSTS WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE ELEVATED TERRAIN OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA,
WHERE A WIND ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT TODAY.

ALZ001>010-014-016-192300-
/O.NEW.KHUN.FW.W.0004.161119T1700Z-161119T2300Z/
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-WINSTON-CULLMAN-
536 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON 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 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON.

* AFFECTED AREA...LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...FRANKLIN AL...
  LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON...MORGAN...MARSHALL...JACKSON...DE
  KALB...WINSTON...AND CULLMAN COUNTIES.

* TIMING...FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM.

* WIND...SUSTAINED WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST NEAR 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
  GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 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 WILL INCREASE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

70/DD

704 
WWUS84 KHUN 192254
RFWHUN

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
454 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2016

ALZ001>010-014-016-200000-
/O.EXP.KHUN.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161119T2300Z/
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-WINSTON-CULLMAN-
454 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL
NORTHERN ALABAMA...

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 5 TO 10 MPH ALONG WITH A RECOVERY IN
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ABOVE 25%. THUS, THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

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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.