Red Flag Warning for Much of Alabama Today

Many of the counties in Central and South Alabama are under a Red Flag Warning today. Red Flag Warning criteria is different for each weather office, but all counties in the NWS Birmingham CWA, most of the Alabama counties covered by NWS Mobile, as well all Alabama counties covered by NWS Tallahassee have met the criteria for a warning today.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW…OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS AND OR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

DRY AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED…ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FIRE CONDITIONS…PLEASE
CONTACT THE ALABAMA FORESTRY COMMISSION AT
WWW.FORESTRY.ALABAMA.GOV.

* LOCATIONS: MARION…LAMAR…FAYETTE…WINSTON…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…CHOCTAW…CLARKE…
WILCOX…MONROE…CONECUH…BUTLER…CRENSHAW…ESCAMBIA…COVINGTON…COFFEE…DALE…
GENEVA…HENRY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES.

Tags: dry

Category: Alabama's Weather