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Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Nov 19, 2016, 9:55 AM CST for 7 counties in Alabama; Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It took effect at Nov 19, 2016, 1:00 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
- Nov 19, 2016, 9:55 AM CST (15:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 19, 2016, 1:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
957 WWUS84 KMOB 191555 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 955 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO LONG DURATION LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND ELEVATED NORTHERLY 20 FOOT WINDS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO A PERIOD OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITIES AND POTENTIALLY HIGH ERC COMPONENTS... .A DRY COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING WILL BRING CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND INCREASED NORTHERLY WIND SPEEDS ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF RH VALUES BELOW 28 PERCENT AND ERC VALUES NEAR OR EQUAL TO 37 FOR A PERIOD OF ROUGHLY 5 TO 8 HOURS SUNDAY AFTERNOON HAS LED TO THE ISSUANCE OF A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SUNDAY. ALZ051>055-057-058-MSZ067-075-076-200000- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0006.161119T1900Z-161120T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-WAYNE- PERRY-GREENE- 955 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO LONG DURATION CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND ELEVATED NORTHERLY WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 051...052...053...054... 055...057 AND 058. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 067...075 AND 076. * WIND...NORTHWEST TO NORTH AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT FOR UP TO 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. && $$ FLZ201>206-200000- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0004.161120T1600Z-161120T2300Z/ ESCAMBIA INLAND-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 955 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG PERIOD OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND HIGH ERC VALUES... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 201...202...203...204... 205 AND 206. * WIND...NORTH 8 TO 13 MPH. * HUMIDITY...BELOW 28 PERCENT FOR 5 TO 8 HOURS...WITH MINIMUM VALUES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
749 WWUS84 KMOB 200004 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 604 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO A PERIOD OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITIES AND POTENTIALLY HIGH ERC COMPONENTS... .THE COMBINATION OF RH VALUES BELOW 28 PERCENT AND ERC VALUES NEAR OR EQUAL TO 37 FOR A PERIOD OF ROUGHLY 5 TO 8 HOURS SUNDAY AFTERNOON HAS LED TO THE ISSUANCE OF A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SUNDAY. ALZ051>055-057-058-MSZ067-075-076-200115- /O.EXP.KMOB.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-161120T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-WAYNE- PERRY-GREENE- 604 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DUE TO LONG DURATION CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND ELEVATED NORTHERLY WINDS... $$ FLZ201>206-200815- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0004.161120T1600Z-161120T2300Z/ ESCAMBIA INLAND-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 604 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A LONG PERIOD OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND HIGH ERC VALUES... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 201...202...203...204... 205 AND 206. * WIND...NORTH 8 TO 13 MPH. * HUMIDITY...BELOW 28 PERCENT FOR 5 TO 8 HOURS...WITH MINIMUM VALUES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 4:14 AM CST | Freeze Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 23 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.