Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2026
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this red flag warning at Mar 27, 2026, 10:58 AM CDT for 38 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Mar 28, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 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
- Mar 27, 2026, 10:58 AM CDT (15:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 28, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 38 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:02 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 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
190 WWUS84 KBMX 271558 RFWBMX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Birmingham AL 1058 AM CDT Fri Mar 27 2026 ALZ011>013-015-017>050-280500- /O.UPG.KBMX.FW.A.0001.260328T1200Z-260329T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.FW.W.0002.260328T1200Z-260329T0000Z/ Marion-Lamar-Fayette-Walker-Blount-Etowah-Calhoun-Cherokee- Cleburne-Pickens-Tuscaloosa-Jefferson-Shelby-St. Clair-Talladega- Clay-Randolph-Sumter-Greene-Hale-Perry-Bibb-Chilton-Coosa- Tallapoosa-Chambers-Marengo-Dallas-Autauga-Lowndes-Elmore- Montgomery-Macon-Bullock-Lee-Russell-Pike-Barbour- 1058 AM CDT Fri Mar 27 2026 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 7 AM to 7 PM CDT Saturday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * WINDS...Northeast 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 18 percent. * IMPACTS...The combination of a dry air mass and windy conditions will result in critical fire weather conditions. 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. && $$ 44
2 follow-up statements
340 WWUS84 KBMX 280337 RFWBMX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Birmingham AL 1037 PM CDT Fri Mar 27 2026 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA ON SATURDAY... ALZ011>013-015-017>050-281800- /O.CON.KBMX.FW.W.0002.260328T1200Z-260329T0000Z/ Marion-Lamar-Fayette-Walker-Blount-Etowah-Calhoun-Cherokee- Cleburne-Pickens-Tuscaloosa-Jefferson-Shelby-St. Clair-Talladega- Clay-Randolph-Sumter-Greene-Hale-Perry-Bibb-Chilton-Coosa- Tallapoosa-Chambers-Marengo-Dallas-Autauga-Lowndes-Elmore- Montgomery-Macon-Bullock-Lee-Russell-Pike-Barbour- 1037 PM CDT Fri Mar 27 2026 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... * WINDS...Northeast 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 18 percent. * IMPACTS...The combination of a dry air mass and windy conditions will result in critical fire weather conditions. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ TC
033 WWUS84 KBMX 281613 RFWBMX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Birmingham AL 1113 AM CDT Sat Mar 28 2026 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA ON SATURDAY... ALZ011>013-015-017>050-290000- /O.CON.KBMX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-260329T0000Z/ Marion-Lamar-Fayette-Walker-Blount-Etowah-Calhoun-Cherokee- Cleburne-Pickens-Tuscaloosa-Jefferson-Shelby-St. Clair-Talladega- Clay-Randolph-Sumter-Greene-Hale-Perry-Bibb-Chilton-Coosa- Tallapoosa-Chambers-Marengo-Dallas-Autauga-Lowndes-Elmore- Montgomery-Macon-Bullock-Lee-Russell-Pike-Barbour- 1113 AM CDT Sat Mar 28 2026 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...Northeast 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 21 percent. * IMPACTS...The combination of a dry air mass and windy conditions will result in critical fire weather conditions. 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.