Alert archive / Nevada / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this red flag warning at Aug 11, 2006, 3:23 PM PDT. It took effect at Aug 12, 2006, 12:00 PM PDT. 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
- Aug 11, 2006, 3:23 PM PDT (22:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 12, 2006, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2006, 7:47 PM PDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS85 KLKN 112223 RFWLKN RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 323 PM PDT FRI AUG 11 2006 ...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS NORTHEAST NEVADA ON SATURDAY... .A VIGOROUS DISTURBANCE WILL SKIRT NORTHERN NEVADA ON SATURDAY... BRINGING GUSTY WINDS TO ZONE 452...ESPECIALLY NORTH NEAR THE IDAHO STATE LINE. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMDITIES WILL BE NEAR 15 PERCENT NORTHERN ZONE 452 AND NEAR 10 PERCENT SOUTH. NVZ452-120630- /O.NEW.KLKN.FW.W.0021.060812T1900Z-060813T0300Z/ ELKO COUNTY PLUS LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES NORTH OF I-80- 323 PM PDT FRI AUG 11 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR ZONE 452... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY...FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS NORTHEAST NEVADA. |THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS FOR THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONE: 452 - ELKO COUNTY AND NORTH OF I80 IN LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES WINDS WILL PICK UP OUT OF THE WEST MID TO LATE MORNING...SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST BY LATE AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH ACROSS NORTHERN ZONE 452 WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO NEAR 15 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. FURTHERN SOUTH...ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF ZONE 452...WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SOUTH WILL BE NEAR 10 PERCENT. 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. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KLKN 120711 RFWLKN RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1211 AM PDT SAT AUG 12 2006 ...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS NORTHEAST NEVADA ON SATURDAY... .A VIGOROUS DISTURBANCE WILL SKIRT NORTHERN NEVADA ON SATURDAY... BRINGING GUSTY WINDS TO ZONE 452...ESPECIALLY NORTH NEAR THE IDAHO STATE LINE. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE NEAR 15 PERCENT NORTHERN ZONE 452 AND NEAR 10 PERCENT SOUTH. NVZ452-122000- /O.CON.KLKN.FW.W.0021.060812T1900Z-060813T0300Z/ ELKO COUNTY PLUS LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES NORTH OF I-80- 1211 AM PDT SAT AUG 12 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS FOR THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONE: 452 - ELKO COUNTY AND NORTH OF I80 IN LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES WINDS WILL PICK UP OUT OF THE WEST MID TO LATE MORNING...SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST BY LATE AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 10 TO 20 MPH ACROSS NORTHERN ZONE 452 WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO NEAR 15 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. FURTHER SOUTH...ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF ZONE 452...WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SOUTH WILL BE NEAR 10 PERCENT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS85 KLKN 122252 RFWLKN RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 352 PM PDT SAT AUG 12 2006 ...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS NORTHEAST NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON... .A VIGOROUS DISTURBANCE WILL SKIRT NORTHERN NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON... BRINGING GUSTY WINDS TO ZONE 452...ESPECIALLY NORTH NEAR THE IDAHO STATE LINE. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE NEAR 15 PERCENT NORTHERN ZONE 452 AND NEAR 10 PERCENT SOUTH. NVZ452-130300- /O.CON.KLKN.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060813T0300Z/ ELKO COUNTY PLUS LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES NORTH OF I-80- 352 PM PDT SAT AUG 12 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ELKO COUNTY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS FOR THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONE: 452 - ELKO COUNTY AND NORTH OF I80 IN LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY OUT OF THE NORTHWEST THROUGH THIS EVENING. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 10 TO 20 MPH ACROSS NORTHERN ZONE 452 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 32 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE FALLEN TO BETWEEN 5 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. 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. $$ IPPI
000 WWUS85 KLKN 130247 RFWLKN RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 747 PM PDT SAT AUG 12 2006 NVZ452-130400- /O.CAN.KLKN.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060813T0300Z/ ELKO COUNTY PLUS LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES NORTH OF I-80- 747 PM PDT SAT AUG 12 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ALLOWED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 452 TO EXPIRE. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE BEGINNING TO INCREASE AND GUSTY WINDS ARE SUBSIDING. $$ LW
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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.