Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Jan 31, 2012, 12:08 PM EST (17:08 UTC)

Expired

Jan 31, 2012, 5:40 PM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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183 
WWUS83 KJKL 311708
RFWJKL

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1208 PM EST TUE JAN 31 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM FOR STRONG SOUTHWEST
WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

.UNSEASONABLY MILD AIR ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY...COMBINED WITH
STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL WEAKEN AND RELATIVE
HUMIDITY WILL RECOVER A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT.

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-010100-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FW.W.0001.120131T1708Z-120201T0100Z/
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-
ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-
OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
1208 PM EST TUE JAN 31 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MOST OF EASTERN KENTUCKY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

* MOST OF EASTERN KENTUCKY WILL BE AFFECTED THROUGH 8 PM THIS
  EVENING.

* SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED.

* THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT TODAY.

* THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
  THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AND ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD
  RAPIDLY.

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.

&&

$$

KAS

832 
WWUS83 KJKL 312240
RFWJKL

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
540 PM EST TUE JAN 31 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

.TEMPERATURES HAVE BEGUN TO COOL AND DEWPOINTS HAVE BEGUN TO RISE AS
WE APPROACH SUNSET. IN ADDITION...20 FOOT WINDS HAVE SLACKENED TO BELOW
15 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OVERNIGHT IN
ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT.

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-312345-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120201T0100Z/
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-
ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-
OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
540 PM EST TUE JAN 31 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING. 

20 FOOT WINDS HAVE SLACKENED TO BELOW 15 MPH AND RH IS GRADUALLY
RISING ABOVE 25 PERCENT FROM WEST TO EAST. SINCE CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER VALUES ARE NO LONGER BEING MET...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL PERSIST IN SOME
AREAS AS LATE AS 8 PM EST.

$$

JP

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