Alert archive / Alabama / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this red flag warning at Jun 26, 2012, 6:22 AM CDT for Colbert County, Lauderdale County, Limestone County, Alabama. It took effect at Jun 26, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 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 26, 2012, 6:22 AM CDT (11:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 26, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
Counties Colbert County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Limestone County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 319 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1922 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
911 WWUS84 KHUN 261122 RFWHUN URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 622 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CDT TODAY FOR LAUDERDALE, COLBERT, AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES FOR THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ALZ001-002-005-262200- /O.UPG.KHUN.FW.A.0005.120626T1800Z-120627T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KHUN.FW.W.0013.120626T1700Z-120626T2200Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-LIMESTONE- 622 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CDT TODAY FOR LAUDERDALE, COLBERT, AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES FOR THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS RED FLAG WARNING REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES. * TIMING...NOON TO 5 PM CDT TODAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 30 PERCENT BY NOON AND RANGE FROM 25-30 PERCENT FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. VALUES WILL IMPROVE TO 30-35 PERCENT BY DUSK. * 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ 70/DD
2 follow-up statements
223 WWUS84 KHUN 261822 AAA RFWHUN URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 122 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT TODAY FOR LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES FOR THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ALZ001-002-005-262200- /O.CON.KHUN.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120626T2200Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-LIMESTONE- 122 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES FOR THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES. * TIMING...UNTIL 5 PM CDT TODAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. RH VALUES WILL THEN IMPROVE TO 30-35 PERCENT BY DUSK. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES COMBINED WITH PERIODIC WIND GUSTS ABOVE 15 MPH AND 20 FOOT WINDS FROM 10 TO 15 MPH WILL ALLOW ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP TO LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ CCC
615 WWUS84 KHUN 262206 RFWHUN URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 506 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR LAUDERDALE...COLBERT AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES... ALZ001-002-005-270000- /O.EXP.KHUN.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120626T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KHUN.FW.W.0014.120626T2206Z-120627T0000Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-LIMESTONE- 506 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR LAUDERDALE...COLBERT AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE IS CONTINUING A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...UNTIL 7 PM CDT TODAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES COMBINED WITH PERIODIC WIND GUSTS ABOVE 15 MPH AND 20 FOOT WINDS FROM 10 TO 15 MPH WILL ALLOW ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP TO 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER A PROLONGED PERIOD WILL INCREASE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ALZ003-004-006>010-016-270000- /O.NEW.KHUN.FW.W.0014.120626T2206Z-120627T0000Z/ FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-MADISON-MORGAN-MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB- CULLMAN- 506 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR FRANKLIN...LAWRENCE...MADISON...MORGAN...MARSHALL...JACKSON...DEKALB AND CULLMAN COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE IS CONTINUING A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA... FRANKLIN AL...LAWRENCE...MADISON...MORGAN... MARSHALL...JACKSON...DEKALB...AND CULLMAN COUNTIES. * TIMING...UNTIL 7 PM CDT TODAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER A PROLONGED PERIOD WILL INCREASE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ TT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 5:06 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 114 min |
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.