Alert archive / Arizona / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this red flag warning at Mar 17, 2012, 5:22 AM MST for Apache County, Coconino County, Navajo County, Arizona. It took effect at Mar 17, 2012, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 7 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 17, 2012, 5:22 AM MST (12:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 17, 2012, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2012, 6:03 PM MST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Counties Apache County, AZ, Coconino County, AZ, Navajo County, AZ
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:20 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
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 335 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 372 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
292 WWUS85 KFGZ 171222 RFWFGZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 522 AM MST SAT MAR 17 2012 AZZ110>114-140-172030- /O.NEW.KFGZ.FW.W.0002.120317T1800Z-120318T0200Z/ CHINLE VALLEY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 110)- CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111)- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 112)- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113)- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 114)- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264 (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 140)- 522 AM MST SAT MAR 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NAVAJO AND APACHE COUNTIES DUE TO STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A HIGH FIRE DANGER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 110...111...112...113... 114 AND 140. * 20 FOOT WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...VALUES WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT BY NOON TODAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. PLEASE NOTIFY FIELD CREWS OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ 41
2 follow-up statements
325 WWUS85 KFGZ 172211 RFWFGZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 311 PM MST SAT MAR 17 2012 AZZ110>114-140-180200- /O.CON.KFGZ.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120318T0200Z/ CHINLE VALLEY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 110)- CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111)- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 112)- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113)- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 114)- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264 (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 140)- 311 PM MST SAT MAR 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NAVAJO AND APACHE COUNTIES DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 110...111...112...113... 114 AND 140. * 20 FOOT WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 AND 15 PERCENT THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE NOTIFY FIELD CREWS OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
438 WWUS85 KFGZ 180103 RFWFGZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 603 PM MST SAT MAR 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING CANCELED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR EASTERN ARIZONA... AZZ110>114-140-180215- /O.CAN.KFGZ.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120318T0200Z/ CHINLE VALLEY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 110)- CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111)- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 112)- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113)- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 114)- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264 (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 140)- 603 PM MST SAT MAR 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR EASTERN ARIZONA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS CANCELED THE RED FLAG WARNING. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THIS EVENING...HUMIDITIES HAVE INCREASED AND WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2:52 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGZ | Apache, Coconino, Navajo | 12 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.