Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Nov 10, 2016, 2:24 PM CST for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 11, 2016, 11:00 AM CST. 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
- Nov 10, 2016, 2:24 PM CST (20:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 11, 2016, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2016, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 1842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
188 WWUS84 KMOB 102024 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 224 PM CST THU NOV 10 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY AND USHER DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR A LONG DURATION ALONG WITH MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES. FLZ203-205-110430- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0005.161111T1800Z-161111T2300Z/ SANTA ROSA INLAND-OKALOOSA INLAND- 224 PM CST THU NOV 10 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CST FRIDAY FOR INTERIOR SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES DUE TO LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CST FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 203 AND 205. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH. * HUMIDITY...23 TO 27 PERCENT FOR 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
734 WWUS84 KMOB 110409 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1009 PM CST THU NOV 10 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY AND USHER DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR A LONG DURATION ALONG WITH MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES. FLZ203-205-111300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0005.161111T1800Z-161111T2300Z/ SANTA ROSA INLAND-OKALOOSA INLAND- 1009 PM CST THU NOV 10 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CST FRIDAY FOR INTERIOR SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES DUE TO LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 203 AND 205. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH. * HUMIDITY...23 TO 27 PERCENT FOR 4 TO 5 HOURS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
688 WWUS84 KMOB 110948 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 348 AM CST FRI NOV 11 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ALONG WITH MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH TODAY AND USHER DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR A LONG DURATION ALONG WITH MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES. FLZ206-112300- /O.EXB.KMOB.FW.W.0005.161111T1700Z-161111T2300Z/ OKALOOSA COASTAL- 348 AM CST FRI NOV 11 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR COASTAL OKALOOSA COUNTY DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ALONG WITH MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH. * HUMIDITY...25 TO 27 PERCENT FOR 4 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. && $$ FLZ203-205-112300- /O.EXT.KMOB.FW.W.0005.161111T1700Z-161111T2300Z/ SANTA ROSA INLAND-OKALOOSA INLAND- 348 AM CST FRI NOV 11 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR INLAND SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ALONG WITH MARGINALLY HIGH ERC VALUES... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 203 AND 205. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH. * HUMIDITY...23 TO 27 PERCENT FOR 4 TO 5 HOURS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
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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.