Alert archive / Michigan / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this red flag warning at Apr 23, 2008, 4:02 PM EDT for 22 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Apr 24, 2008, 11:00 AM EDT. 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
- Apr 23, 2008, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 24, 2008, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2008, 7:48 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
All 22 counties
Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Antrim County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Wexford County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 1182 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 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 232002 RFWAPX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 402 PM EDT WED APR 23 2008 ...HIGH FIRE DANGER THURSDAY... .THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS...UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN HIGH FIRE DANGER THURSDAY. MIZ016-017-019>023-025>029-031>035-041-241000- /O.UPG.KAPX.FW.A.0001.080424T1500Z-080425T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.FW.W.0002.080424T1500Z-080425T0200Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY- BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD- MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-GLADWIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...CHARLEVOIX... NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...FRANKFORT... TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO...MANISTEE...CADILLAC... LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...GLADWIN 402 PM EDT WED APR 23 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 10 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 10 PM EDT THURSDAY. THE RECENT LACK OF RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 70S WILL SET THE STAGE FOR HIGH FIRE DANGER ON THURSDAY. THE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO BE GREATEST INLAND AWAY FROM THE LAKE HURON SHORELINE...WHERE ONSHORE BREEZES WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES COOLER. 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. $$ SMITH
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS83 KAPX 240835 RFWAPX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 435 AM EDT THU APR 24 2008 ...HIGH FIRE DANGER TODAY... .THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS...UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN HIGH FIRE DANGER TODAY. MIZ016-017-019>023-025>029-031>035-041-242200- /O.CON.KAPX.FW.W.0002.080424T1500Z-080425T0200Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY- BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD- MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-GLADWIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...CHARLEVOIX... NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...FRANKFORT... TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO...MANISTEE...CADILLAC... LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...GLADWIN 435 AM EDT THU APR 24 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE RECENT LACK OF RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 70S WILL SET THE STAGE FOR HIGH FIRE DANGER TODAY. THE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO BE GREATEST INLAND AWAY FROM THE LAKE HURON SHORELINE...WHERE ONSHORE BREEZES WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES COOLER. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE LATER THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND MOISTURE INCREASES AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS83 KAPX 241558 RFWAPX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1158 AM EDT THU APR 24 2008 ...HIGH FIRE DANGER TODAY... .THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS...UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN HIGH FIRE DANGER TODAY. MIZ018-024-030-036-042-250200- /O.EXA.KAPX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080425T0200Z/ PRESQUE ISLE-ALPENA-ALCONA-IOSCO-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS CITY...ALPENA...HARRISVILLE... TAWAS CITY...STANDISH 1158 AM EDT THU APR 24 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE RECENT LACK OF RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 70S WILL SET THE STAGE FOR HIGH FIRE DANGER TODAY. THE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO BE GREATEST INLAND AWAY FROM THE LAKE HURON SHORELINE...WHERE ONSHORE BREEZES WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES COOLER. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE LATER THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND MOISTURE INCREASES AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. 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. $$ MIZ016-017-019>023-025>029-031>035-041-250200- /O.CON.KAPX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080425T0200Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY- BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD- MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-GLADWIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...CHARLEVOIX... NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...FRANKFORT... TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO...MANISTEE...CADILLAC... LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...GLADWIN 1158 AM EDT THU APR 24 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE RECENT LACK OF RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 70S WILL SET THE STAGE FOR HIGH FIRE DANGER TODAY. THE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO BE GREATEST INLAND AWAY FROM THE LAKE HURON SHORELINE...WHERE ONSHORE BREEZES WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES COOLER. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE LATER THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND MOISTURE INCREASES AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS83 KAPX 242009 RFWAPX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 409 PM EDT THU APR 24 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM... .TEMPERATURES INLAND FROM LAKE HURON IN THE EAST TO THE SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN IN THE WEST ARE AT CRITICAL VALUES NOW. THIS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH THE TEMPERATURES. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HOWEVER...WILL REMAIN LOW THROUGH ALMOST 1000 PM...WITH WINDS CONTINUING TO GUST IN THE 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE. THE SFC LOW AND WARM FRONT THAT IS APPROACHING THE REGION WILL ARRIVE OVERNIGHT WITH RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. MIZ016>036-041-042-250200- /O.CON.KAPX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080425T0200Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO- MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA- ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN- ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY... CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...ALPENA... FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO... HARRISVILLE...MANISTEE...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE... WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH 409 PM EDT THU APR 24 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE RECENT LACK OF RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 70S WILL SET THE STAGE FOR HIGH FIRE DANGER TODAY. THE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO BE GREATEST INLAND AWAY FROM THE LAKE HURON SHORELINE...WHERE ONSHORE BREEZES WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES COOLER. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE LATER THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND MOISTURE INCREASES AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. 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. $$
000 WWUS83 KAPX 242348 RFWAPX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 748 PM EDT THU APR 24 2008 MIZ016>036-041-042-250100- /O.CAN.KAPX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080425T0200Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO- MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA- ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN- ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY... CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...ALPENA... FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO... HARRISVILLE...MANISTEE...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE... WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH 748 PM EDT THU APR 24 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN BACK INTO THE 60S ACROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. WINDS HAVE ALSO DECREASED IN THE PAST HOUR. THEREFORE...RED FLAG WARNING CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER OCCURRING AND THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 5:23 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | APX | Antrim, Benzie, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Gladwin and 11 more | 11 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.