Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Louisville, KY

Issued

Apr 3, 2011, 9:25 AM EDT (13:25 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 3, 2011, 11:00 AM EDT

Expired

Apr 3, 2011, 7:48 PM EDT

In force

9 hr

Issued by

NWS Louisville, KY

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:25 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.

730 
WWUS83 KLMK 031325
RFWLMK

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
925 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... 

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE EASTERN GREAT PLAINS WILL 
MOVE TOWARD THE LOWER GREAT LAKES TODAY WITH A VERY STRONG
PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOPING OVER THE OHIO VALLEY. SURFACE WINDS
WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTH TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH HIGHER DEW POINTS
WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE REGION LATER THIS AFTERNOON...RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL STILL BE ABLE TO DROP TO AROUND 30 PERCENT IN
MANY LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINED STRONG WINDS...LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRYING 10 HOUR FUELS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-040000-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FW.W.0001.110403T1500Z-110404T0000Z/
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-
MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-
GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
925 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2011 /825 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2011/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

THE COBMINATION OF VERY STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND
DRYING SMALL FUELS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT EXPLOSIVE BURNING
CONDITIONS TO DECREASE EARLY THIS EVENING AS HIGHER RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES MOVE INTO THE REGION AND SURFACE WINDS BEGIN TO 
DECREASE.

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.

&&

$$

BJS

119 
WWUS83 KLMK 032348
RFWLMK

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
748 PM EDT SUN APR 3 2011

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-040100-
/O.CAN.KLMK.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110404T0000Z/
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-
MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-
GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
748 PM EDT SUN APR 3 2011 /648 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011/

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING. 

STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO TRANSPORT MOISTURE INTO THE
REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES CONTINUE RISE AND WILL CONTINUE
TO DO SO DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THUS...THE RED FLAG WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

WHILE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...SURFACE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN UP DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. ANY
OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE HALTED OR POSTPONED UNTIL LATER THIS
WEEK. THE BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS EVENING COULD RESULT FIRES
SPREADING RATHER QUICKLY.

$$

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