Alert archive / Wisconsin / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this red flag warning at May 4, 2007, 11:00 AM CDT for 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at May 4, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT. 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
- May 4, 2007, 11:00 AM CDT (16:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 4, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 4, 2007, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
Counties Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Vilas County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:00 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 1989 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 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 KGRB 041600 RFWGRB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1100 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN FOR EXTREMELY DRY CONDITIONS TODAY... .VERY DRY AIR COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. WIZ005-010>013-018>021-073-074-050000- /O.NEW.KGRB.FW.W.0003.070504T1700Z-070505T0100Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- 1100 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SUNNY SKIES...STRENGTHENING EAST WINDS...AND EXTREMELY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SINCE THE AREA HAS NOT RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL RECENTLY...DEAD LEAVES...GRASS... AND TWIGS REMAINING FROM LAST SUMMER ARE ALSO VERY DRY. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FACTORS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE DISSEMINATED TO ALL FIRE CONTROL PERSONNEL. $$ JS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS83 KGRB 042012 RFWGRB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 312 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...HIGH FIRE DANGER TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND... .VERY DRY AIR COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH MORE CLOUDS WILL BE ACROSS THE AREA AND THAT WILL HOLD TEMPERATURES DOWN A FEW DEGREES SATURDAY...BRISK WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL KEEP THE FIRE DANGER HIGH. EVEN DRIER AIR WILL SURGE BACK ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY...LEADING TO MORE SUNSHINE AND ANTHER DAY WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WIZ005-010>013-021-073-074-050415- /O.NEW.KGRB.FW.A.0002.070505T1700Z-070507T0100Z/ /O.CON.KGRB.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070505T0100Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-NORTHERN OCONTO- SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- 312 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. DRY FUELS...BRISK WINDS...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL GENERATE CRITICAL OR NEAR-CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. BE SURE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON THE FIRE WEATHER SITUATION. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE DISSEMINATED TO ALL FIRE CONTROL PERSONNEL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP. THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE DISSEMINATED TO ALL FIRE CONTROL PERSONNEL. $$ WIZ018>020-050100- /O.CON.KGRB.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070505T0100Z/ LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE- 312 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. DRY FUELS...BRISK WINDS...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL GENERATE CRITICAL OR NEAR-CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS TO THE NORTH AND EAST FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED ACROSS LINCOLN...LANGLADE...AND MENOMINEE COUNTIES WITH LATER FORECASTS. BE SURE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON THE FIRE WEATHER SITUATION. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE DISSEMINATED TO ALL FIRE CONTROL PERSONNEL. $$ JS/RE
000 WWUS83 KGRB 050055 RFWGRB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 755 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...HIGH FIRE DANGER TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND... WIZ005-010>013-021-073-074-050900- /O.EXP.KGRB.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070505T0100Z/ /O.CON.KGRB.FW.A.0002.070505T1700Z-070507T0100Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-NORTHERN OCONTO- SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- 755 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. DRY FUELS...BRISK WINDS...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL GENERATE CRITICAL OR NEAR-CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. BE SURE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON THE FIRE WEATHER SITUATION. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP. THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE DISSEMINATED TO ALL FIRE CONTROL PERSONNEL. $$ WIZ018>020-050200- /O.EXP.KGRB.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070505T0100Z/ LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE- 755 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. CRITICAL OR NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SUNDAY. $$ JKL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 3:12 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GRB | Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marinette, Menominee and 3 more | 38 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.