Alert archive / Michigan / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this red flag warning at May 25, 2012, 4:20 PM EDT for 11 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 6 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 25, 2012, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI, Roscommon County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
117 WWUS83 KAPX 252020 RFWAPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 420 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...HIGH FIRE DANGER THIS EVENING... .WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AFTER SUNSET AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND WINDS SUBSIDE. MIZ017-018-022>024-028>030-034>036-260200- /O.NEW.KAPX.FW.W.0005.120525T2020Z-120526T0200Z/ CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA- ALCONA-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO- 420 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEAST 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 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * 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...WEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH THROUGH 8 PM...THEN DIMINISHING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MID 70S TO AROUND 80 DEGREES. * 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. && $$ JPB
1 follow-up statement
836 WWUS83 KAPX 260202 RFWAPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1002 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2012 MIZ017-018-022>024-028>030-034>036-260315- /O.EXP.KAPX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120526T0200Z/ CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA- ALCONA-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO- 1002 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ALLOWED THE RED FLAG WARNING TO EXPIRE LATE THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED INTO THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S...WHILE WINDS HAVE BECOME LIGHT TO CALM. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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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.