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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this red flag warning at Apr 7, 2026, 8:58 AM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 7, 2026, 12:00 PM 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 7, 2026, 8:58 AM CDT (13:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT
- 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 14:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 2233 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
566 WWUS84 KMOB 071358 RFWMOB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mobile AL 858 AM CDT Tue Apr 7 2026 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TODAY... FLZ201>206-080000- /O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0004.260407T1700Z-260408T0000Z/ Escambia Inland-Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Inland- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Inland-Okaloosa Coastal- 858 AM CDT Tue Apr 7 2026 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 7 PM CDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 201, 202, 203, 204, 205 and 206. * WINDS...Northeast 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 21 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 1:22 AM CDT | High Surf Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 62 hr |
Nearby
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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.