Alert archive / Michigan / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this red flag warning at May 19, 2012, 5:48 PM EDT for 17 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 19, 2012, 5:48 PM EDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2012, 9:42 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Antrim County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Kalkaska 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), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 2915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
140 WWUS83 KAPX 192148 RFWAPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 548 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ...HIGH FIRE DANGER THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH MID EVENING. TEMPERATURES AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL EXCEED RED FLAG CRITERIA AT MANY LOCATIONS. WINDS WILL PERIODICALLY REACH OR EXCEED CRITERIA. MIZ016>019-021>024-026>030-032>035-200300- /O.UPG.KAPX.FW.A.0004.000000T0000Z-120520T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.FW.W.0003.120519T2148Z-120520T0300Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY- ALPENA-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-ALCONA-WEXFORD- MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW- 548 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND GUSTY WINDS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * 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 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 032 WEXFORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 MISSAUKEE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 ROSCOMMON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 OGEMAW. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH MID EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S...FALLING INTO THE 60S BY MIDNIGHT. * LIGHTNING...NONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING NOW. 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. && $$ MIZ036-200300- /O.NEW.KAPX.FW.W.0003.120519T2148Z-120520T0300Z/ IOSCO- 548 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR FOR WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND GUSTY WINDS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 IOSCO. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH * TIMING...THROUGH MID EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S EARLY...THEN FALLING INTO THE THE 60S BY MIDNIGHT. * LIGHTNING...NONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS. PERSONS ARE URGED TO BE CAREFUL WITH ANY ACTIVITIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO A FIRES. CAMPFIRES...OUTDOOR GRILLS...SMOKING MATERIALS...CHAIN SAWS...AND ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES ALL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO THROW A SPARK AND IGNITE A DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ ADAM
1 follow-up statement
625 WWUS83 KAPX 200142 RFWAPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 942 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ...HIGH FIRE DANGER AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES AND WIND GUSTS WILL MEET OR EXCEED RED FLAG CRITERIA. HOWEVER...INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO SLIGHTLY HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...BUT CLOSE TO RED FLAG CRITERIA. MIZ017-018-022>024-028>030-034>036-201100- /O.CAN.KAPX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120520T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.FW.A.0005.120520T1600Z-120521T0200Z/ CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA- ALCONA-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO- 942 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 CHEBOYGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 PRESQUE ISLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 OTSEGO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 MONTMORENCY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 024 ALPENA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 028 CRAWFORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 OSCODA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 ALCONA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 ROSCOMMON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 OGEMAW AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 IOSCO. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 80S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING NOW. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ MIZ016-019-021-026-027-032-033-200245- /O.CAN.KAPX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120520T0300Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE- 942 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. TEMPERATURES...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND WINDS HAVE EASED BACK BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA. $$ ADAM
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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.