Alert archive / Nevada / Red Flag Warnings in 2011

Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Elko, NV

August 14, 2011

NWS Elko, NV issued this red flag warning at Aug 14, 2011, 3:06 AM PDT. It took effect at Aug 14, 2011, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 8 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: Aug 14, 2011, 3:06 AM PDT (10:06 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 14, 2011, 12:00 PM PDT
Expired: Aug 14, 2011, 8:00 PM PDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV

The text

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

505 
WWUS85 KLKN 141006
RFWLKN

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
306 AM PDT SUN AUG 14 2011

NVZ467-468-150300-
/O.UPG.KLKN.FW.A.0007.110814T1900Z-110815T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KLKN.FW.W.0009.110814T1900Z-110815T0300Z/
CENTRAL AND WESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY-
EASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-
306 AM PDT SUN AUG 14 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 467 AND 468...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS FOR THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES:

467 - CENTRAL AND WESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY
468 - EASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
  FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH SHOULD A FIRE START. 

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.

&&

$$

ROOD

1 follow-up statement

707 
WWUS85 KLKN 150244
RFWLKN

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
744 PM PDT SUN AUG 14 2011


NVZ467-468-150345-
/O.EXP.KLKN.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110815T0300Z/
CENTRAL AND WESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY-
EASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-
744 PM PDT SUN AUG 14 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
467 AND 468...

THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES IN ZONES
467 AND 468 WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

WIND GUSTS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS IN MOST PORTIONS OF
ZONES 467 AND 468. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DIMINISH
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. AS SUCH...WILL ALLOW THE RED FLAG
WARNING TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT.

$$

ROOD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 14, 4:39 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		36 min

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Nevada, 2011 Every red flag warning in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.