Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this red flag warning at Jun 17, 2012, 9:05 AM PDT for Kern County, California. It took effect at Jun 17, 2012, 10:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 34 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 17, 2012, 9:05 AM PDT (16:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 17, 2012, 10:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
County Kern County, CA
The nearest sounding before it
Vandenberg AFB, CA (KVBG), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
058 WWUS86 KHNX 171605 RFWHNX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 905 AM PDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES TODAY AND MONDAY WITH INCREASING WINDS... .HUMIDITIES IN THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WILL BE IN THE LOWER TEENS OR SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING. CAZ295-298-299-180015- /O.NEW.KHNX.FW.W.0002.120617T1700Z-120619T0300Z/ KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY- SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 905 AM PDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT MONDAY FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...POOR RECOVERIES AND INCREASING WINDS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...POOR RECOVERIES AND INCREASING WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 295 KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 298 INDIAN WELLS VALLEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 299 SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH MONDAY. * TIMING...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST MONDAY AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 90S TO AROUND 103 IN THE KERN COUNTY DESERTS AND THE KERN RIVER VALLEY AND LAKE ISABELLA AREAS. IN THE UPPER 70S AND 80S IN THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. * LIGHTNING...NONE. * IMPACTS...VERY DRY FUELS AND LOCALLY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE A HAZARDOUS FIRE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 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 ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ SANGER WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
5 follow-up statements
897 WWUS86 KHNX 180000 RFWHNX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 500 PM PDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES TODAY AND MONDAY WITH INCREASING WINDS... .HUMIDITIES IN THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WILL BE IN THE LOWER TEENS OR SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING. CAZ295-298-299-180800- /O.CON.KHNX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120619T0300Z/ KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY- SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 500 PM PDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT MONDAY FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...POOR RECOVERIES AND INCREASING WINDS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...POOR RECOVERIES AND INCREASING WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 295 KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 298 INDIAN WELLS VALLEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 299 SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH MONDAY. * TIMING...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST MONDAY AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 90S TO AROUND 103 IN THE KERN COUNTY DESERTS AND THE KERN RIVER VALLEY AND LAKE ISABELLA AREAS. IN THE UPPER 70S AND 80S IN THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. * LIGHTNING...NONE. * IMPACTS...VERY DRY FUELS AND LOCALLY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE A HAZARDOUS FIRE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 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 ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ MOLINA
250 WWUS86 KHNX 180800 RFWHNX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 100 AM PDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES TODAY AND MONDAY WITH INCREASING WINDS... .HUMIDITIES IN THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WILL BE IN THE LOWER TEENS OR SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS WILL INCREASE ON MONDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING. CAZ295-298-299-181600- /O.CON.KHNX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120619T0300Z/ KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY- SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 100 AM PDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT MONDAY EVENING FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...POOR RECOVERIES AND INCREASING WINDS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 295 KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 298 INDIAN WELLS VALLEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 299 SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST MONDAY AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 90S TO AROUND 103 IN THE KERN COUNTY DESERTS AND THE KERN RIVER VALLEY AND LAKE ISABELLA AREAS. IN THE UPPER 70S AND 80S IN THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. * LIGHTNING...NONE. * IMPACTS...VERY DRY FUELS AND LOCALLY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE A HAZARDOUS FIRE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 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 ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
566 WWUS86 KHNX 181601 RFWHNX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 901 AM PDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES TODAY WITH INCREASING WINDS... .HUMIDITIES IN THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WILL BE IN THE LOWER TEENS OR SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. CAZ295-298-299-190015- /O.CON.KHNX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120619T0300Z/ KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY- SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 901 AM PDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...POOR RECOVERIES AND INCREASING WINDS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 295 KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 298 INDIAN WELLS VALLEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 299 SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 80S. * LIGHTNING...NONE. * IMPACTS...VERY DRY FUELS AND LOCALLY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE A HAZARDOUS FIRE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ DS
132 WWUS86 KHNX 190000 RFWHNX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 500 PM PDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES TODAY WITH INCREASING WINDS... .HUMIDITIES IN THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WILL BE IN THE LOWER TEENS OR SINGLE DIGITS ALONG WITH BREEZY EVENING WINDS. CAZ295-298-299-190300- /O.CON.KHNX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120619T0300Z/ KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY- SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 500 PM PDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...POOR RECOVERIES AND INCREASING WINDS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 295 KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 298 INDIAN WELLS VALLEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 299 SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 80S TO LOWER 90S. * LIGHTNING...NONE. * IMPACTS...VERY DRY FUELS AND LOCALLY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE A HAZARDOUS FIRE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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 ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ MOLINA
143 WWUS86 KHNX 190326 RFWHNX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 826 PM PDT MON JUN 18 2012 CAZ295-298-299-190430- /O.EXP.KHNX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120619T0300Z/ KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY- SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 826 PM PDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...POOR RECOVERIES AND STRONG WINDS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ALLOWED THE RED FLAG WARNING TO EXPIRE FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. HUMIDITIES IN THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS HAVE BEGUN TO IMPROVE. WHILE A FEW SITES ARE STILL AT SINGLE DIGITS...HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE. IN ADDITION...WINDS OVER THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. $$ MOLINA
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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.