Alert archive / Maine / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this red flag warning at Mar 24, 2012, 9:10 AM EDT. It took effect at Mar 24, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Mar 24, 2012, 9:10 AM EDT (13:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 24, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2012, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
317 WWUS81 KCAR 241310 RFWCAR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 910 AM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 MEZ005-006-011-015>017-029>032-250000- /O.NEW.KCAR.FW.W.0002.120324T1400Z-120325T0000Z/ NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT- SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON- COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS- NORTHERN WASHINGTON- 910 AM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST MAINE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST MAINE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TIMING... * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MAX TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S. * LIGHTNING...NONE * IMPACTS...WITH HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER AND DRY FUELS...ANY GRASS OR BRUSH FIRES THAT IGNITE COULD SPREAD AND RAPIDLY BECOME OUT OF CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ PF/VJN
2 follow-up statements
317 WWUS81 KCAR 241949 RFWCAR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 349 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 MEZ005-006-011-015>017-029>032-250000- /O.CON.KCAR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120325T0000Z/ NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT- SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON- COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS- NORTHERN WASHINGTON- 349 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST MAINE... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 40S FALLING INTO THE UPPER 30S THIS EVENING * LIGHTNING...NONE * IMPACTS...WITH HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER AND DRY FUELS... ANY GRASS OR BRUSH FIRES THAT IGNITE COULD SPREAD AND RAPIDLY BECOME OUT OF CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ PF
641 WWUS81 KCAR 242330 RFWCAR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 730 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 MEZ005-006-011-015>017-029>032-250030- /O.CAN.KCAR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120325T0000Z/ NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT- SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON- COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS- NORTHERN WASHINGTON- 730 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST MAINE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE ON THE RISE WITH THE ONSET OF EVENING. AS A RESULT...THE THREAT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAS GREATLY DIMINISHED. $$
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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.