Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this red flag warning at Apr 14, 2007, 6:31 AM PDT for Inyo County, Tulare County, California; Esmeralda County, Nye County, Nevada. It took effect at Apr 14, 2007, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2007, 6:31 AM PDT (13:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2007, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2007, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Inyo County, CA, Tulare County, CA, Esmeralda County, NV, Nye County, NV
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 205 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2:00 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 6 S Independence, CA | |
| Apr 14, 2:00 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 77 | 3 Ssw Independence, CA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS85 KVEF 141331 RFWVEF RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 631 AM PDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ESMERALDA...NYE AND INYO COUNTIES DUE TO STRONG SOUTH WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... .SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE MORNING ACROSS ESMERALDA...NYE AND INYO COUNTIES AHEAD OF AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. VERY POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY OCCURRED LAST NIGHT SO IT WILL NOT TAKE LONG FOR HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT. DUE TO THE LACK OF WINTER PRECIPITATION THE AREA IS ALREADY REPORTING HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER AS WELL. CAZ226-227-NVZ460-462-142200- /O.NEW.KVEF.FW.W.0004.070414T1800Z-070415T0300Z/ OWENS VALLEY/SOUTHERN INYO FOREST-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- ESMERALDA AND NYE COUNTY DESERTS/CNC DISPATCH- NYE COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH- 631 AM PDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND HIGH FIRE DANGER TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KVEF 142129 RFWVEF RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 229 PM PDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ESMERALDA...NYE AND INYO COUNTIES DUE TO STRONG SOUTH WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... CAZ226-227-NVZ460-462-150300- /O.CON.KVEF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070415T0300Z/ OWENS VALLEY/SOUTHERN INYO FOREST-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- ESMERALDA AND NYE COUNTY DESERTS/CNC DISPATCH- NYE COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH- 229 PM PDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ESMERALDA...NYE...AND INYO COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT. COMBINED WITH HIGH FIRE DANGER...THIS PRODUCES CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ MORGAN
000 WWUS85 KVEF 150258 RFWVEF RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 758 PM PDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR ESMERALDA...NYE AND INYO COUNTIES DUE TO STRONG SOUTH WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... CAZ226-227-NVZ460-462-150400- /O.EXP.KVEF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070415T0300Z/ OWENS VALLEY/SOUTHERN INYO FOREST-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- ESMERALDA AND NYE COUNTY DESERTS/CNC DISPATCH- NYE COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH- 758 PM PDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ESMERALDA...NYE AND INYO COUNTIES. A PACIFIC STORM MOVING INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THE NIGHT. HOWEVER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE RECOVERING FROM THIS AFTERNOONS MINIMUM READINGS AND ARE NEAR OR ALREADY ABOVE THE CRITICAL 15 PERCENT VALUE. THUS RED FLAG CRITERIA ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO BE MET FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS OF 8 PM PDT. $$
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; local storm reports from the same archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.