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Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Reno, NV

June 15, 2007Lassen County, Modoc County, California; Washoe County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this red flag warning at Jun 15, 2007, 3:26 PM PDT for Lassen County, Modoc County, California; Washoe County, Nevada. It took effect at Jun 16, 2007, 1:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 9 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
Jun 15, 2007, 3:26 PM PDT (22:26 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 16, 2007, 1:00 PM PDT
Expired
Jun 16, 2007, 10:00 PM PDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV

Counties Lassen County, CA, Modoc County, CA, Washoe County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 239 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2007-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2007-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2089 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS85 KREV 152226
RFWREV

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
326 PM PDT FRI JUN 15 2007

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SATURDAY...
BRINGING GUSTY WINDS FOR THE SIERRA FRONT AND PORTIONS OF WEST
CENTRAL NEVADA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE
SATURDAY NIGHT AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO NORTHERN NEVADA.

CAZ270-278-NVZ458-161400-
/O.UPG.KREV.FW.A.0003.070616T2000Z-070617T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KREV.FW.W.0003.070616T2000Z-070617T0300Z/
SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY-
NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
326 PM PDT FRI JUN 15 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35
MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND
HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT WILL BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER 
CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL DECREASE SATURDAY EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO THE REGION.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR.

$$

NVZ450-161400-
/O.UPG.KREV.FW.A.0003.070616T2000Z-070617T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KREV.FW.W.0003.070616T2000Z-070617T0300Z/
WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-
326 PM PDT FRI JUN 15 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND HUMIDITIES
BETWEEN 7 AND 12 PERCENT WILL BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL DECREASE SATURDAY EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO THE REGION.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR.

$$

NVZ453-161400-
/O.NEW.KREV.FW.W.0003.070616T2000Z-070617T0300Z/
WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE-
326 PM PDT FRI JUN 15 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY. 

WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND HUMIDITIES
BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PERCENT WILL BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL DECREASE SATURDAY EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO THE REGION.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR.

$$

CAZ273-161400-
/O.NEW.KREV.FW.W.0003.070616T2000Z-070617T0300Z/
MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES-
326 PM PDT FRI JUN 15 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY. 

WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF BRIDGEPORT. THE COMBINATION 
OF GUSTY WINDS AND HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 7 AND 14 PERCENT WILL BRING
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL DECREASE SATURDAY
EVENING.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR.

$$


HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS85 KREV 161111
RFWREV

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
411 AM PDT SAT JUN 16 2007

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY...
BRINGING GUSTY WINDS FOR THE SIERRA FRONT AND PORTIONS OF WEST
CENTRAL NEVADA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL
DECREASE SATURDAY NIGHT AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO NORTHERN
NEVADA.

CAZ270-278-NVZ458-161915-
/O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0003.070616T2000Z-070617T0300Z/
SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY-
NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
411 AM PDT SAT JUN 16 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO
35 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND
HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT WILL BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL DECREASE SATURDAY EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO THE REGION.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR.

$$

NVZ450-453-161915-
/O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0003.070616T2000Z-070617T0300Z/
WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE-
411 AM PDT SAT JUN 16 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND HUMIDITIES
BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PERCENT WILL BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL DECREASE SATURDAY EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO THE REGION.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR.

$$

CAZ273-161915-
/O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0003.070616T2000Z-070617T0300Z/
MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES-
411 AM PDT SAT JUN 16 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF BRIDGEPORT. THE
COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 7 AND
14 PERCENT WILL BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WINDS
WILL DECREASE SATURDAY EVENING.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR.

$$


HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE
000 
WWUS85 KREV 161911
RFWREV

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1211 PM PDT SAT JUN 16 2007

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY...
BRINGING GUSTY WINDS FOR THE SIERRA FRONT AND PORTIONS OF WEST
CENTRAL NEVADA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL
DECREASE TONIGHT AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO NORTHERN
NEVADA.

CAZ270-278-NVZ458-170300-
/O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0003.070616T2000Z-070617T0300Z/
SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY-
NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
1211 PM PDT SAT JUN 16 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO
35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND
HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT WILL BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO THE REGION.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR.

$$

NVZ450-453-170300-
/O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0003.070616T2000Z-070617T0300Z/
WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE-
1211 PM PDT SAT JUN 16 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND HUMIDITIES
BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PERCENT WILL BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO THE REGION.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR.

$$

CAZ273-170300-
/O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0003.070616T2000Z-070617T0300Z/
MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES-
1211 PM PDT SAT JUN 16 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF BRIDGEPORT. THE COMBINATION
OF GUSTY WINDS AND HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 7 AND 14 PERCENT WILL BRING
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS
EVENING.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR.

$$


HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE
000 
WWUS85 KREV 170249
RFWREV

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
749 PM PDT SAT JUN 16 2007

CAZ270-278-NVZ458-170400-
/O.EXP.KREV.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070617T0300Z/
SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY-
NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
749 PM PDT SAT JUN 16 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE INCREASED EARLY THIS EVENING WHILE WIND
SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM
PDT. WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 30 MPH THROUGH 10 PM PDT THEN DECREASE
OVERNIGHT. 

$$

CAZ273-170400-
/O.EXP.KREV.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070617T0300Z/
MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES-
749 PM PDT SAT JUN 16 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE INCREASED EARLY THIS EVENING WHILE WIND
SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM
PDT. A FEW WIND GUST UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 10 PM PDT
WITH DECREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT.

$$

NVZ450-453-170500-
/O.EXT.KREV.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070617T0500Z/
WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE-
749 PM PDT SAT JUN 16 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS
EVENING. 

WEST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING WITH
DECREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT. HUMIDITIES HAVE INCREASED EARLY THIS
EVENING BUT REMAIN BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT IN MANY AREAS. THE
COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO
BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH 10 PM PDT.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR.

$$


HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE
000 
WWUS85 KREV 170436
RFWREV

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
936 PM PDT SAT JUN 16 2007

NVZ450-453-170545-
/O.EXP.KREV.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070617T0500Z/
WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE-
936 PM PDT SAT JUN 16 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

WINDS WERE DECREASING ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING WHILE
HUMIDITIES WERE INCREASING. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT.

$$


HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in California, 2007Red Flag Warnings in Nevada, 2007Every red flag warning in 2007

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.