Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this red flag warning at Sep 12, 2007, 12:43 PM PDT. It was in force for 4 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
- Sep 12, 2007, 12:43 PM PDT (19:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2007, 5:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS86 KHNX 121943 RFWHNX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 1243 PM PDT WED SEP 12 2007 CAZ295-297-130000- /O.NEW.KHNX.FW.W.0003.070912T1943Z-070913T0000Z/ KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 1243 PM PDT WED SEP 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE TULARE AND KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE TULARE AND KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE CURRENTLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AT MANY LOCATIONS IN THE TULARE AND KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. ALTHOUGH INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE COAST WILL BRING A SLIGHT INCREASE IN HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON... SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY REMAIN OVER MUCH OF THE SEQUOIA NATIONAL FOREST AND THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS EAST OF TEHACHAPI THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE RIDGES AND THROUGH THE PASSES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCAL WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND 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. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ BEAN WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS86 KHNX 130008 RFWHNX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 508 PM PDT WED SEP 12 2007 CAZ295-297-130115- /O.EXP.KHNX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070913T0000Z/ KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 508 PM PDT WED SEP 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THE TULARE AND KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS... THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE TULARE AND KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HUMIDITIES IN MOST AREAS HAVE RISEN ABOVE 10 PERCENT...AND WIND GUSTS WERE LESS THAN 25 MPH. $$ BINGHAM WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Hanford, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Sep 12, 8:50 AM PDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 8:50 AM PDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 850 AM PDT WED SEP 12 2007 .UPDATE...NO CHANGES TO CURRENT ZONE FORECAST PKG. && .DISCUSSION...THE MARINE LAYER IS SIGNIFICANTLY DEEPER ALONG THE COAST THIS MORNING WHILE THE INLAND PENETRATION OF STRATUS IS MORE WIDESPREAD...EXTENDING JUST BELOW PACHECO PASS IN WESTERN MERCED COUNTY ON CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY. THE 12Z OAK SOUNDING SHOWED A MARINE LAYER DEPTH OF ABOUT 2500 FT. AS ONE WOULD SURMISE... THE ONSHORE FLOW STRENGTHENED LAST NIGHT AND MARINE AIR IS FLOWING RATHER BRISKLY THROUGH THE SAC DELTA. (WINDS AT TRAVIS AFB CURRENTLY SUSTAINED AT 26 MPH). THIS MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A SIGNIFICANT COOLING TREND ACROSS THE CENTRAL CA INTERIOR WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. THE INTRUSION OF MARINE AIR INTO THE SJ VLY WILL BE QUITE SHALLOW TODAY BUT WILL DEEPEN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC APPROACHES THE NRN CA COAST. THE MODELS FORECAST THIS LOW TO STALL OVER THE PAC NW THIS WEEKEND WHILE POSITIONING THE CORE OF THE 300 MB JET RIGHT OVER CENTRAL CA. THIS SETUP SUPPORTS A MODERATELY STRONG ONSHORE FLOW ACROSS THE CWA WITH COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPS. THE GFS FORECASTS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO DROP INTO THE PAC NW EARLY NEXT WEEK THEN DIG SOUTHWARD ALONG THE CA COAST DURING MIDWEEK WITH FURTHER COOLING. IN SUMMARY...TODAY WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY OF THE NEXT 7 DAYS. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY. FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO THE TAFS FOR KMCE...KFAT AND KBFL...AND TWEB ROUTES 421 AND 423. && .AIR QUALITY ISSUES... NONE && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && PUBLIC...DURFEE AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...BEAN WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
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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.