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Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Dec 23, 2022, 3:44 AM CST for Okaloosa County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 23, 2022, 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
- Dec 23, 2022, 3:44 AM CST (09:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 23, 2022, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2022, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Okaloosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:45 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 280 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
- 818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 90 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
787 WWUS84 KMOB 230944 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mobile AL 344 AM CST Fri Dec 23 2022 ...RED FLAG WARNING ISSUED FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY TODAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY, STRONG WINDS, AND HIGH ERC VALUES... FLZ205-206-232300- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0009.221223T1700Z-221223T2300Z/ Okaloosa Inland-Okaloosa Coastal- 344 AM CST Fri Dec 23 2022 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR Okaloosa County... The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 5 PM CST this afternoon. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 205 and 206. * WINDS...Northwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 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 dry fuels can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
1 follow-up statement
043 WWUS84 KMOB 231851 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mobile AL 1251 PM CST Fri Dec 23 2022 ...RED FLAG WARNING ISSUED FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY TODAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY, STRONG WINDS, AND HIGH ERC VALUES... FLZ205-206-232300- /O.CON.KMOB.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-221223T2300Z/ Okaloosa Inland-Okaloosa Coastal- 1251 PM CST Fri Dec 23 2022 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 205 and 206. * WINDS...Northwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 22 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and dry fuels can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
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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.