Alert archive / Kentucky / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this red flag warning at Apr 10, 2012, 3:27 AM EDT for 33 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 10, 2012, 12:00 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
- Apr 10, 2012, 3:27 AM EDT (07:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 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 07:30 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, 7.5 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
- 3137 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
497 WWUS83 KJKL 100727 RFWJKL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 327 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .WINDS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL ONCE AGAIN BE RATHER STRONG. IN ADDITION...ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER THAN WHAT WAS OBSERVED ON MONDAY...DEWPOINTS WILL ALSO BE LOWER AND THUS MINIMUM HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN BE LOW. THIS COMBINATION WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. RIDGETOPS AS WELL AS SOUTH AND WEST SLOPES WILL BE THE MOST PROBABLE LOCATIONS TO EXPERIENCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-080-085>088-104-106>120-101600- /O.UPG.KJKL.FW.A.0001.120410T1600Z-120411T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KJKL.FW.W.0003.120410T1600Z-120411T0000Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-LAUREL-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON- WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE- LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- 327 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 FLEMING...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MONTGOMERY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 051 BATH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 052 ROWAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 058 ESTILL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 059 POWELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 060 MENIFEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 068 ROCKCASTLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 069 JACKSON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 LAUREL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 WHITLEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 KNOX...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 BELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 HARLAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 ELLIOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MORGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 JOHNSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 WOLFE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 MAGOFFIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 110 FLOYD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111 LEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 112 BREATHITT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113 KNOTT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 114 OWSLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 115 PERRY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 116 CLAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 117 LESLIE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 118 LETCHER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 119 MARTIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 120 PIKE. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM TODAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...SHOULD FALL TO AROUND 25 PERCENT OR LOWER...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGETOPS AND SOUTH AND WEST SLOPES. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE AN ENHANCED ENVIRONMENT FOR WILD FIRES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ KYZ079-083-084-101600- /O.NEW.KJKL.FW.W.0003.120410T1600Z-120411T0000Z/ PULASKI-WAYNE-MCCREARY- 327 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN KENTUCKY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 PULASKI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 WAYNE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MCCREARY. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM TODAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...SHOULD FALL TO AROUND 25 PERCENT OR LOWER...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGETOPS AND SOUTH AND WEST SLOPES. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE AN ENHANCED ENVIRONMENT FOR WILD FIRES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ DUSTY
3 follow-up statements
408 WWUS83 KJKL 101446 RFWJKL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1046 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .WINDS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL ONCE AGAIN BE RATHER STRONG. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER THAN WHAT WAS OBSERVED ON MONDAY...BUT DEWPOINTS WILL BE MUCH LOWER AND THUS MINIMUM HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT. THIS COMBINATION WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-110000- /O.CON.KJKL.FW.W.0003.120410T1600Z-120411T0000Z/ 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- 1046 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY... * AFFECTED AREA...MUCH OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM TODAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE AN ENHANCED ENVIRONMENT FOR WILD FIRES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$
912 WWUS83 KJKL 102000 RFWJKL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 400 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .WINDS WILL REMAIN RATHER STRONG AND GUSTY INTO THIS EVENING AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS ONCE AGAIN RATHER STRONG. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER THAN WHAT WAS OBSERVED ON MONDAY...DEWPOINTS ARE MUCH LOWER AND THIS HAS ALLOWED HUMIDITIES TO FALL BELOW 25 PERCENT IN MOST AREAS AND WELL BELOW 20 IN MANY AREAS. THIS COMBINATION IS LEADING TO CONTINUED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-110000- /O.CON.KJKL.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120411T0000Z/ 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- 400 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 FLEMING...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MONTGOMERY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 051 BATH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 052 ROWAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 058 ESTILL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 059 POWELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 060 MENIFEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 068 ROCKCASTLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 069 JACKSON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 PULASKI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 LAUREL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 WAYNE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MCCREARY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 WHITLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 KNOX... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 BELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 HARLAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 ELLIOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MORGAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 JOHNSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 WOLFE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 MAGOFFIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 110 FLOYD... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111 LEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 112 BREATHITT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113 KNOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 114 OWSLEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 115 PERRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 116 CLAY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 117 LESLIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 118 LETCHER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 119 MARTIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 120 PIKE. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 TO 22 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE AN ENHANCED ENVIRONMENT FOR WILD FIRES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ JP
262 WWUS83 KJKL 110005 RFWJKL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 805 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... .WITH SUNSET APPROACHING...WINDS HAVE SLACKENED THIS EVENING AND TEMPERATURES HAVE BEGUN TO COOL...ALLOWING HUMIDITIES TO RISE. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-110115- /O.EXP.KJKL.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120411T0000Z/ 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- 805 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY... WINDS CONTINUE TO SLACKEN THIS EVENING AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE RISING ABOVE 25 PERCENT. WITH WINDS AND HUMIDITY NO LONGER MEETING CRITICAL LEVELS...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ JP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 9:42 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:41 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:41 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 17 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Kentucky, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
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.