Alert archive / Michigan / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this red flag warning at Jun 27, 2012, 10:13 AM EDT for Manistee County, Missaukee County, Wexford County, Michigan. It took effect at Jun 27, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT. 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
- Jun 27, 2012, 10:13 AM EDT (14:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 27, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2012, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Manistee County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Wexford County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:12 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 1778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
157 WWUS83 KAPX 271413 RFWAPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1013 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... .INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS TODAY WILL PUSH TEMPERATURES INTO THE 80S ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER. MEANWHILE...STRONGEST WINDS AND LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS WILL OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...SOUTH OF M-72...WHERE RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE QUICKLY THIS EVENING AFTER SUNSET. MIZ031>033-280200- /O.NEW.KAPX.FW.W.0006.120627T1700Z-120628T0200Z/ MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE- 1013 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR VERY WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITY...AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 MANISTEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 WEXFORD AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 MISSAUKEE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...1 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...80 TO 85 DEGREES. * LIGHTNING...NONE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS 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. && $$ ADAM
2 follow-up statements
175 WWUS83 KAPX 272020 RFWAPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 420 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS INTO THIS EVENING... .COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 80S...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE FOR AREAS SOUTH OF M-72 INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL BRIEFLY APPROACH RED FLAG CRITERIA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MANISTEE NATIONAL FORECAST. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE QUICKLY THIS EVENING AFTER SUNSET. MIZ031>033-280200- /O.CON.KAPX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120628T0200Z/ MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE- 420 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 MANISTEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 WEXFORD AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 MISSAUKEE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 80S...WITH READINGS FALLING INTO THE 70S EARLY THIS EVENING. * LIGHTNING...NONE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS. PERSONS ARE URGED TO BE CAREFUL WITH ANY ACTIVITIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO A FIRES. CAMPFIRES...OUTDOOR GRILLS...SMOKING MATERIALS...CHAIN SAWS...AND ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES ALL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO THROW A SPARK AND IGNITE A DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
956 WWUS83 KAPX 280045 RFWAPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 845 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 MIZ031>033-280145- /O.CAN.KAPX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120628T0200Z/ MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE- 845 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS ARE DIMINISHING AND HUMIDITY LEVELS INCREASING THIS EVENING...ENDING THE ENHANCED WILDFIRE THREAT. $$ JZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 3:21 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 8 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.