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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL

April 9, 2022Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

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.

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2022-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2022-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.