Alert archive / Michigan / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this red flag warning at Jun 27, 2012, 9:49 AM EDT for 17 counties in 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, 9:49 AM EDT (13:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 27, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2012, 8:39 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Clare County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Kent County, MI, Lake County, MI, Mason County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Osceola County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:50 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 2007 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
465 WWUS83 KGRR 271349 RFWGRR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 949 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064-071-272200- /O.NEW.KGRR.FW.W.0002.120627T1700Z-120628T0200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 949 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...WARMING INTO THE MID 80S TO AROUND 90. * IMPACTS...BURN RESTRICTIONS ARE LIKELY IN EFFECT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BURN RESTRICTIONS...VISIT THE MICHIGAN DNR WEBSITE AT WWW.MICHIGAN.GOV/BURNPERMIT OR CALL 866-922-2876. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN 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. BE CAREFUL WITH ANY ACTIVITIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO A WILDFIRE. CAMPING...OUTDOOR GRILLS...SMOKING MATERIALS...CHAIN SAWS...AND ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES ALL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO THROW A SPARK AND IGNITE A DANGEROUS AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. && $$ NJJ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GRR
2 follow-up statements
111 WWUS83 KGRR 271930 RFWGRR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 330 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064-071-280200- /O.CON.KGRR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120628T0200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 330 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...85 TO 90 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...BURN RESTRICTIONS ARE LIKELY IN EFFECT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BURN RESTRICTIONS...VISIT THE MICHIGAN DNR WEBSITE AT WWW.MICHIGAN.GOV/BURNPERMIT OR CALL 866-922-2876. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. BE CAREFUL WITH ANY ACTIVITIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO A WILDFIRE. CAMPING...OUTDOOR GRILLS...SMOKING MATERIALS...CHAIN SAWS...AND ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES ALL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO THROW A SPARK AND IGNITE A DANGEROUS AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GRR
245 WWUS83 KGRR 280039 RFWGRR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 839 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064-071-280145- /O.CAN.KGRR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120628T0200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 839 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES RISE. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GRR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 3:20 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:33 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 7 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.