Alert archive / Michigan / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this red flag warning at May 20, 2012, 1:42 PM EDT for 7 counties in Michigan. 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
- May 20, 2012, 1:42 PM EDT (17:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:47 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2168 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
719 WWUS83 KAPX 201742 RFWAPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 142 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012 ...HIGH FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .VERY WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. MIZ017-022-028-034-201845- /O.CAN.KAPX.FW.A.0005.000000T0000Z-120521T0200Z/ CHEBOYGAN-OTSEGO-CRAWFORD-ROSCOMMON- 142 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... HIGHER DEWPOINTS WILL KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ABOVE RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEREFORE THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. ELEVATED FIRE DANGER IS STILL EXPECTED IN THIS AREA WITH VERY WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW FUEL MOISTURES. $$ MIZ018-023-024-029-030-035-036-210145- /O.UPG.KAPX.FW.A.0005.000000T0000Z-120521T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.FW.W.0004.120520T1742Z-120521T0200Z/ PRESQUE ISLE-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-OSCODA-ALCONA-OGEMAW-IOSCO- 142 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 PRESQUE ISLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 MONTMORENCY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 024 ALPENA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 OSCODA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 ALCONA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 OGEMAW AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 IOSCO. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TIMING...EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MIDDLE 80S TO LOWER 90S. * LIGHTNING...NONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS. PERSONS ARE URGED TO BE CAREFUL WITH ANY ACTIVITIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO A FIRES. CAMPFIRES...OUTDOOR GRILLS...SMOKING MATERIALS...CHAIN SAWS...AND ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES ALL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO THROW A SPARK AND IGNITE A DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ JK
1 follow-up statement
851 WWUS83 KAPX 201932 RFWAPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 332 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO THIS EVENING... .VERY WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT TONIGHT. MIZ018-023-024-029-030-035-036-210200- /O.CON.KAPX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120521T0200Z/ PRESQUE ISLE-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-OSCODA-ALCONA-OGEMAW-IOSCO- 332 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 PRESQUE ISLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 MONTMORENCY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 024 ALPENA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 OSCODA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 ALCONA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 OGEMAW AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 IOSCO. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH MID EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 21 PERCENT...RECOVERING AFTER SUNSET. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 80S TO LOWER 90S. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. 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. && $$ JK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 9:42 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Cheboygan, Crawford, Iosco, Montmorency and 5 more | 16 hr |
| May 20, 4:52 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 7 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.