Alert archive / Arizona / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this red flag warning at Jun 16, 2011, 4:02 AM MST for Gila County, Maricopa County, Pinal County, Arizona. It took effect at Jun 16, 2011, 11:00 AM MST. 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
- Jun 16, 2011, 4:02 AM MST (11:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 16, 2011, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2011, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
Counties Gila County, AZ, Maricopa County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:05 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
Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 4205 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
929 WWUS85 KPSR 161102 RFWPSR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 402 AM MST THU JUN 16 2011 AZZ133-162300- /O.NEW.KPSR.FW.W.0009.110616T1800Z-110617T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPSR.FW.A.0006.110617T1800Z-110618T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 133 SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS- 402 AM MST THU JUN 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY AND THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS DUE TO STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY AND THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY AND THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS IN NORTHEAST MARICOPA COUNTY. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 6 AND 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FUELS ARE VERY DRY AND FIRE DANGER IS VERY HIGH TO EXTREME. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. PLEASE ADVISE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX MEYERS
1 follow-up statement
659 WWUS85 KPSR 162125 RFWPSR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 225 PM MST THU JUN 16 2011 AZZ133-171400- /O.UPG.KPSR.FW.A.0006.110617T1800Z-110618T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPSR.FW.W.0010.110617T1800Z-110618T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPSR.FW.A.0007.110618T1800Z-110619T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPSR.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110617T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 133 SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS- 225 PM MST THU JUN 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY AND THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST FRIDAY FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY AND THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY AND THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX CONTINUES THE RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. ALSO...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST FRIDAY. THIS REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. ANOTHER FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARIZONA...SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 6 AND 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FUELS ARE VERY DRY AND FIRE DANGER IS VERY HIGH TO EXTREME. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. PLEASE ADVISE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2:25 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PSR | Gila, Maricopa, Pinal | 25 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:25 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PSR | Gila, Maricopa, Pinal | 30 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.