Alert archive / Michigan / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this red flag warning at Apr 19, 2006, 5:58 AM EDT for 17 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Apr 19, 2006, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 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 19, 2006, 5:58 AM EDT (09:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 19, 2006, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2006, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Antrim County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Wexford County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 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
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 2152 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KAPX 190958 RFWAPX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 558 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THROUGH 8 PM TODAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF MICHIGAN ROUTE 33 FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WARM TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS. .HIGH PRESSURE OVER HUDSON BAY HIGH WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF THE AREA TODAY PROVIDING SUNNY SKIES AND INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. MIZ016-017-019>023-025>029-031>035-041-200000- /O.UPG.KAPX.FW.A.0001.060419T1000Z-060419T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.FW.W.0002.060419T1600Z-060420T0000Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY- BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD- MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-GLADWIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...CHARLEVOIX... NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...FRANKFORT... TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO...MANISTEE...CADILLAC... LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...GLADWIN 558 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 70S THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DECREASING TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT FOR MOST LOCATIONS. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL ADD TO THE MIX CREATING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...WITH THE MOST HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS IN DOWNSLOPE AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 75. THIS EVENING TEMPERATURES WILL DECREASE...WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 10 MPH OR LESS AND HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER TO 75 PERCENT OR GREATER. 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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KAPX 191943 RFWAPX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 343 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF MICHIGAN ROUTE 33 FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WARM TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS. .A HUDSON BAY HIGH WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF THE AREA THIS EVENING PROVIDING INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WARM TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. MIZ016-017-019>023-025>029-031>035-041-200000- /O.CON.KAPX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060420T0000Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY- BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD- MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-GLADWIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...CHARLEVOIX... NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...FRANKFORT... TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO...MANISTEE...CADILLAC... LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...GLADWIN 343 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 70S THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DECREASING TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT FOR MOST LOCATIONS. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS HAVE ADDED TO THE MIX CREATING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...WITH THE MOST HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS IN DOWNSLOPE AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 75. THIS EVENING TEMPERATURES WILL DECREASE...WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 10 MPH OR LESS AND HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER TO 75 PERCENT OR GREATER. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS43 KAPX 192353 RFWAPX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 753 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE... .AS THE SUN LOWERS THIS EVENING...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE...AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH. MIZ016-017-019>023-025>029-031>035-041-200100- /O.EXP.KAPX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060420T0000Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY- BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD- MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-GLADWIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...CHARLEVOIX... NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...FRANKFORT... TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO...MANISTEE...CADILLAC... LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...GLADWIN 753 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... COOLER TEMPERATURES...LIGHT WINDS...AND HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. $$ JZ
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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.