Alert archive / Michigan / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this red flag warning at May 24, 2007, 6:26 AM EDT for 11 counties in Michigan. It took effect at May 24, 2007, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 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
- May 24, 2007, 6:26 AM EDT (10:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 24, 2007, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 24, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI, Roscommon County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:21 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 2537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS83 KAPX 241026 RFWAPX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 626 AM EDT THU MAY 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITY... .AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN DROP TO AROUND 25 PERCENT ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... WITH THE LOWEST READINGS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN INCLUDING THE HURON NATIONAL FOREST. MEANWHILE...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT IN THE UPPER MIDWEST...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MIZ017-018-022>024-028>030-034>036-250000- /O.NEW.KAPX.FW.W.0005.070524T1800Z-070525T0000Z/ CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA- ALCONA-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY...GAYLORD... ATLANTA...ALPENA...GRAYLING...MIO...HARRISVILLE...HOUGHTON LAKE... WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY 626 AM EDT THU MAY 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY WARM INTO THE 80S BY AFTERNOON. COMBINED WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH AND HUMIDITY VALUES DECREASING TO AROUND 25 PERCENT... WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. 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. $$ ADAM
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS83 KAPX 241529 RFWAPX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1129 AM EDT THU MAY 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITY... .AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN DROP TO AROUND 25 PERCENT ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... WITH THE LOWEST READINGS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN INCLUDING THE HURON NATIONAL FOREST. MEANWHILE... AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT IN THE UPPER MIDWEST...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MIZ017-018-022>024-028>030-034>036-250000- /O.CON.KAPX.FW.W.0005.070524T1800Z-070525T0000Z/ CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA- ALCONA-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY...GAYLORD... ATLANTA...ALPENA...GRAYLING...MIO...HARRISVILLE...HOUGHTON LAKE... WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY 1129 AM EDT THU MAY 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY WARM INTO THE 80S BY AFTERNOON. THESE VERY WARM TEMPERATURES...WHEN COMBINED WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...AND HUMIDITY VALUES DECREASING TO AROUND 25 PERCENT...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ SMD
000 WWUS83 KAPX 242013 RFWAPX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 413 PM EDT THU MAY 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH THE LOWEST READINGS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN INCLUDING THE HURON NATIONAL FOREST. MEANWHILE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S...RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH EARLY EVENING. MIZ017-018-022>024-028>030-034>036-250000- /O.CON.KAPX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070525T0000Z/ CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA- ALCONA-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY...GAYLORD... ATLANTA...ALPENA...GRAYLING...MIO...HARRISVILLE...HOUGHTON LAKE... WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY 413 PM EDT THU MAY 24 2007 ...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. TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 80S...IN COMBINATION WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF AROUND 15 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT...WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. 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. $$
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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.