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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Apr 9, 2022, 4:06 AM CDT for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 9, 2022, 11:00 AM CDT. 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
- Apr 9, 2022, 4:06 AM CDT (09:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2022, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2022, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 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 09:08 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 278 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
- 1701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
443 WWUS84 KMOB 090906 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mobile AL 406 AM CDT Sat Apr 9 2022 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES, 20 FOOT WINDS OF 15 MPH, AND HIGH ERC VALUES... FLZ201-202-091015- /O.CAN.KMOB.FW.A.0002.220409T1500Z-220409T2300Z/ Escambia Inland-Escambia Coastal- 406 AM CDT Sat Apr 9 2022 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Mobile has cancelled the Fire Weather Watch. $$ FLZ203>206-092300- /O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0002.220409T1500Z-220409T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0004.220409T1600Z-220409T2300Z/ Santa Rosa Inland-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Inland- Okaloosa Coastal- 406 AM CDT Sat Apr 9 2022 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES, 20 FOOT WINDS OF 15 MPH, AND HIGH ERC VALUES... The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 6 PM CDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 203, 204, 205 and 206. * WINDS...Northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 22 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
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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.