Alert archive / Kentucky / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this red flag warning at Oct 16, 2011, 1:58 AM EDT for 33 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Oct 16, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 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
- Oct 16, 2011, 1:58 AM EDT (05:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 16, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 16, 2011, 6:46 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
All 33 counties
Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:03 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 2275 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
875 WWUS83 KJKL 160558 RFWJKL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 158 AM EDT SUN OCT 16 2011 .AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL TIGHTEN UP THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...LEADING TO STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. WARM TEMPERATURES APPROACHING 80 DEGREES WILL ALLOW FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AS WELL. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-161615- /O.UPG.KJKL.FW.A.0001.111016T1600Z-111016T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KJKL.FW.W.0004.111016T1600Z-111016T2300Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN- ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT- OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- 158 AM EDT SUN OCT 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BOTTOM OUT AROUND 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. REMEMBER...DURING THE FALL FIRE SEASON IN KENTUCKY IT IS ILLEGAL TO BURN BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 6 AM AND 6 PM IN OR WITHIN 150 FEET OF ANY WOODLAND OR BRUSHLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ GEOGERIAN
3 follow-up statements
807 WWUS83 KJKL 161550 AAA RFWJKL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1150 AM EDT SUN OCT 16 2011 .AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL TIGHTEN UP THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...LEADING TO STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. TEMPERATURES APPROACHING 80 DEGREES WILL ALLOW FOR A PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AS WELL. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-162300- /O.CON.KJKL.FW.W.0004.111016T1600Z-111016T2300Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN- ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT- OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- 1150 AM EDT SUN OCT 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY... * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BOTTOM OUT AROUND 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. REMEMBER...DURING THE FALL FIRE SEASON IN KENTUCKY IT IS ILLEGAL TO BURN BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 6 AM AND 6 PM IN OR WITHIN 150 FEET OF ANY WOODLAND OR BRUSHLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ GEOGERIAN/GREIF
271 WWUS83 KJKL 162015 AAA RFWJKL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 415 PM EDT SUN OCT 16 2011 .AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT HAS TIGHTENED UP THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...LEADING TO STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. TEMPERATURES UP AROUND 80 DEGREES WILL ALLOW FOR A PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AS WELL. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-162300- /O.CON.KJKL.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-111016T2300Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN- ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT- OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- 415 PM EDT SUN OCT 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY... * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BOTTOM OUT AROUND 25 PERCENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. REMEMBER...DURING THE FALL FIRE SEASON IN KENTUCKY IT IS ILLEGAL TO BURN BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 6 AM AND 6 PM IN OR WITHIN 150 FEET OF ANY WOODLAND OR BRUSHLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ GEOGERIAN/GREIF
857 WWUS83 KJKL 162246 AAB RFWJKL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 646 PM EDT SUN OCT 16 2011 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS NO LONGER OCCURRING... .NOW THAT THE SUN IS GOING DOWN...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF EASTERN KENTUCKY HAVE RISEN ABOVE CRITICAL FIRE DANGER THRESHOLDS. THE WINDS HAVE ALSO BEGUN TO DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-170000- /O.CAN.KJKL.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-111016T2300Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN- ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT- OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- 646 PM EDT SUN OCT 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. $$ AR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 11:08 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:09 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 17 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.