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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Nov 5, 2016, 4:10 AM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 5, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. 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
- Nov 5, 2016, 4:10 AM CDT (09:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 5, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1944 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
026 WWUS84 KMOB 050910 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 410 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO LONG DURATION CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND HIGH ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENTS... .A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE 23 TO 27 PERCENT RANGE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE COMBINATION OF SEVERAL HOURS OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND ERC VALUES AS HIGH AS 40 HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. FLZ201>206-051700- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0004.161105T1700Z-161105T2200Z/ ESCAMBIA INLAND-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 410 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATION CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND HIGH ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENTS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 201...202...203...204... 205 AND 206. * WIND...EAST AROUND 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...23 TO 27 PERCENT FOR AROUND 4 TO 5 HOURS. * 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...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
2 follow-up statements
245 WWUS84 KMOB 051726 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1226 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO LONG DURATION CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND HIGH ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENTS... .A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE 23 TO 27 PERCENT RANGE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE COMBINATION OF SEVERAL HOURS OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND ERC VALUES AS HIGH AS 40 HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. FLZ201>206-052200- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161105T2200Z/ ESCAMBIA INLAND-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 1226 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATION CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND HIGH ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENTS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 201...202...203...204... 205 AND 206. * WIND...EAST AROUND 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...23 TO 27 PERCENT FOR AROUND 4 TO 5 HOURS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
241 WWUS84 KMOB 051916 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 216 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO LONG DURATION CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND HIGH ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENTS... .A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE 23 TO 27 PERCENT RANGE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE COMBINATION OF SEVERAL HOURS OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND ERC VALUES AS HIGH AS 40 HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. FLZ201>206-052200- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161105T2200Z/ ESCAMBIA INLAND-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 216 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO LONG DURATION CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND HIGH ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENTS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 201...202...203...204... 205 AND 206. * WIND...EAST AROUND 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...23 TO 27 PERCENT FOR AROUND 4 TO 5 HOURS. * 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...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
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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.