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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this red flag warning at May 11, 2012, 4:22 PM EDT for 21 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 4 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
- May 11, 2012, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
All 21 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, 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), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 2138 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
127 WWUS83 KAPX 112022 RFWAPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 422 PM EDT FRI MAY 11 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES... .AS SFC HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO SHIFT EAST...WINDS HAVE TURNED MORE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AND THE GRADIENT HAS TIGHTENED BACK UP. NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...INCLUDING THE MANISTEE NATIONAL FOREST HAVE BEEN SEEING ALL FIRE WEATHER CRITERIA MET FOR RED FLAG CONDITIONS...WHILE NORTHEAST LOWER...INCLUDING THE HURON NATIONAL FOREST...IS ON THE VERGE OF ECLIPSING THE WIND CRITERIA. AS A RESULT...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE HOURS OF THE LATE AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. MIZ016>019-021>036-041-042-120000- /O.UPG.KAPX.FW.A.0001.000000T0000Z-120512T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.FW.W.0001.120511T2022Z-120512T0000Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY- ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-ALCONA- MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- 422 PM EDT FRI MAY 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 016 EMMET...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 CHEBOYGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 PRESQUE ISLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 CHARLEVOIX...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 ANTRIM... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 OTSEGO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 MONTMORENCY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 024 ALPENA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 025 BENZIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 026 GRAND TRAVERSE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027 KALKASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 028 CRAWFORD... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 OSCODA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 ALCONA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 MANISTEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 WEXFORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 MISSAUKEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 ROSCOMMON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 OGEMAW...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 IOSCO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GLADWIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 ARENAC. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 8PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 75 DEGREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS. PERSONS ARE URGED TO BE CAREFUL WITH ANY ACTIVITIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO A FIRES. CAMPFIRES...OUTDOOR GRILLS...SMOKING MATERIALS...CHAIN SAWS...AND ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES ALL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO THROW A SPARK AND IGNITE A DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ SMD
1 follow-up statement
431 WWUS83 KAPX 120000 RFWAPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 800 PM EDT FRI MAY 11 2012 MIZ016>019-021>036-041-042-120100- /O.CAN.KAPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120512T0000Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY- ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-ALCONA- MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- 800 PM EDT FRI MAY 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. TEMPERATURES AND WINDS HAVE DROPPED BACK BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN MANY AREAS REMAIN ON THE LOWER SIDE...UNDER 30 PERCENT...BUT WILL REBOUND BACK ABOVE 50 PERCENT BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. $$ ADAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 11:53 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Benzie, Cheboygan and 15 more | 4 hr |
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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.