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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Nov 20, 2016, 2:14 AM CST for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 20, 2016, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 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 20, 2016, 2:14 AM CST (08:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 20, 2016, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 20, 2016, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 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 08:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
141 WWUS84 KMOB 200814 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 214 AM CST SUN NOV 20 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND HIGH ERC COMPONENTS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE MONDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND POTENTIALLY HIGH ERC COMPONENTS... .HIGH PRESSURE AND A VERY DRY AIRMASS BUILDS INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND EARLY PART OF THIS WEEK...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 28 PERCENT AND ERC VALUES AROUND OR ABOVE 37 FOR A PERIOD OF ROUGHLY 5 TO 7 HOURS BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOONS ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. AS A RESULT...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE LOCATIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS MONDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ201>206-201615- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0004.161120T1600Z-161120T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0007.161120T1600Z-161120T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.A.0005.161121T1600Z-161121T2300Z/ ESCAMBIA INLAND-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 214 AM CST SUN NOV 20 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND HIGH ERC VALUES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND HIGH ERC VALUES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * 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 7 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 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. 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
742 WWUS84 KMOB 201602 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1002 AM CST SUN NOV 20 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND HIGH ERC COMPONENTS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE MONDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO A LONG DURATION OF LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND POTENTIALLY HIGH ERC COMPONENTS... .HIGH PRESSURE AND A VERY DRY AIRMASS BUILDS INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND EARLY PART OF THIS WEEK...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 28 PERCENT AND ERC VALUES AROUND OR ABOVE 37 FOR A PERIOD OF ROUGHLY 5 TO 7 HOURS BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOONS ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. AS A RESULT...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE LOCATIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS MONDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ201>206-202330- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-161120T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FW.A.0005.161121T1600Z-161121T2300Z/ ESCAMBIA INLAND-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 1002 AM CST SUN NOV 20 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND HIGH ERC VALUES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND HIGH ERC VALUES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * 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 7 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 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. 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 20, 2:14 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 25 hr |
| Nov 20, 3:30 AM CST | Freeze Watch | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 23 hr |
| Nov 20, 3:30 AM CST | Freeze Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 28 hr |
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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.