Alert archive / Kentucky / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this red flag warning at Apr 9, 2012, 2:28 AM EDT for 33 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 9, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Apr 9, 2012, 2:28 AM EDT (06:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
All 33 counties
Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:34 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 3268 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
174 WWUS83 KJKL 090628 RFWJKL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 228 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON... .A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA TODAY...WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS ENGAGING ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT. ADDITIONALLY... DRIER AIR MIXING DOWN FROM ALOFT WILL ALLOW FOR LOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-091430- /O.NEW.KJKL.FW.W.0002.120409T1700Z-120409T2300Z/ 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- 228 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PEAK BETWEEN 1 AND 7 PM TODAY. * WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE. * STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE AN ENHANCED ENVIRONMENT FOR WILD FIRES. 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. && $$ GEOGERIAN
3 follow-up statements
094 WWUS83 KJKL 091406 RFWJKL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1006 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...CAUSING WINDS TO BECOME BRISK AND GUSTY. ADDITIONALLY...THE AIR WILL REMAIN DRY...WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITY EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-092300- /O.CON.KJKL.FW.W.0002.120409T1700Z-120409T2300Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN- ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT- OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- 1006 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY... * CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PEAK BETWEEN 1 PM AND 7 PM TODAY. * WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE. * THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE AN ENHANCED ENVIRONMENT FOR WILD FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ GEOGERIAN/HAL
679 WWUS83 KJKL 091953 RFWJKL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 353 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES INTO EARLY THIS EARLY EVENING... .A COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH THE AREA IS CAUSING WINDS TO BECOME BRISK AND GUSTY. ADDITIONALLY...THE AIR WILL REMAIN DRY...WITH LOW HUMIDITY EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS INTO AND EARLY IN THE EVENING. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-092300- /O.CON.KJKL.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120409T2300Z/ 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- 353 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY... * CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PEAK THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE. * THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE AN ENHANCED ENVIRONMENT FOR WILD FIRES. 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. && $$ GEOGERIAN/HAL/JP
891 WWUS83 KJKL 092309 RFWJKL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 709 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-100015- /O.EXP.KJKL.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120409T2300Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN- ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT- OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- 709 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE INCREASED ABOVE 25 PERCENT. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY ON RIDGETOPS FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY GRADUALLY CLIMBING TO 30 PERCENT OR HIGHER. $$ JP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 4:53 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 23 hr |
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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.