Alert archive / Kentucky / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this red flag warning at Jun 27, 2012, 1:09 PM EDT for 18 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Jun 28, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 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 27, 2012, 1:09 PM EDT (17:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 28, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
Counties Bath County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Wolfe County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 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 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 2110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
252 WWUS83 KJKL 271709 RFWJKL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 109 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ... A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PART OF EASTERN KENTUCKY ALONG AND WEST OF THE DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FOREST... .AN EXTENDED DRY PERIOD HAS PUT MUCH OF EASTERN KENTUCKY IN A DROUGHT. COUPLED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND INCREASING WIND ON THURSDAY...CRITICAL CONDITIONS FOR WILDFIRES WILL DEVELOP OVER PART OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083-084-104-106-108-111- 114-280115- /O.UPG.KJKL.FW.A.0002.120628T1600Z-120628T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KJKL.FW.W.0004.120628T1600Z-120628T2300Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-WOLFE-LEE- OWSLEY- 109 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ... A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ALONG AND WEST OF THE DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FOREST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EDT THURSDAY. 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 079 PULASKI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 LAUREL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 WAYNE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MCCREARY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 ELLIOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MORGAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 WOLFE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111 LEE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 114 OWSLEY. * TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE AN ENHANCED ENVIRONMENT FOR WILDFIRES 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. && $$ KYZ085>088-107-109-110-112-113-115>120-280115- /O.CON.KJKL.FW.A.0002.120628T1600Z-120628T2300Z/ WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT- PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- 109 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PART OF EASTERN KENTUCKY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 WHITLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 KNOX...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 BELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 HARLAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 JOHNSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 MAGOFFIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 110 FLOYD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 112 BREATHITT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113 KNOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 115 PERRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 116 CLAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 117 LESLIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 118 LETCHER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 119 MARTIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 120 PIKE. * TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE AN ENHANCED ENVIRONMENT FOR WILDFIRES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ DUSTY
4 follow-up statements
867 WWUS83 KJKL 280027 RFWJKL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 827 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PARTS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY ALONG AND WEST OF THE DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FOREST... .AN EXTENDED DRY PERIOD HAS PUT MUCH OF EASTERN KENTUCKY IN A DROUGHT. COUPLED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND INCREASING WINDS ON THURSDAY...CRITICAL CONDITIONS FOR WILDFIRES WILL DEVELOP OVER PART OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083-084-104-106-108-111- 114-281100- /O.CON.KJKL.FW.W.0004.120628T1600Z-120628T2300Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-WOLFE-LEE- OWSLEY- 827 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ALONG AND WEST OF THE DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FOREST... * 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 104 ELLIOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MORGAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 WOLFE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111 LEE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 114 OWSLEY. * TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE AN ENHANCED ENVIRONMENT FOR WILDFIRES 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. && $$ KYZ085>088-107-109-110-112-113-115>120-281100- /O.CON.KJKL.FW.A.0002.120628T1600Z-120628T2300Z/ WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT- PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- 827 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PART OF EASTERN KENTUCKY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 WHITLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 KNOX...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 BELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 HARLAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 JOHNSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 MAGOFFIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 110 FLOYD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 112 BREATHITT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113 KNOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 115 PERRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 116 CLAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 117 LESLIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 118 LETCHER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 119 MARTIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 120 PIKE. * TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE AN ENHANCED ENVIRONMENT FOR WILDFIRES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
460 WWUS83 KJKL 280800 RFWJKL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 400 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER PARTS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY ALONG AND WEST OF THE DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FOREST... .AN EXTENDED DRY PERIOD HAS PUT MUCH OF EASTERN KENTUCKY IN A DROUGHT. COUPLED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND INCREASING WINDS TODAY...CRITICAL CONDITIONS FOR WILDFIRES WILL DEVELOP OVER PART OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. KYZ085>088-107-109-110-112-113-115>120-280900- /O.CAN.KJKL.FW.A.0002.120628T1600Z-120628T2300Z/ WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT- PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- 400 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. HOWEVER...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASING WINDS WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 20 TO 25 MPH WILL STILL CREATE AN ELEVATED RISK FOR WILDFIRES THIS AFTERNOON. $$ KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083-084-104-106-108-111- 114-281600- /O.CON.KJKL.FW.W.0004.120628T1600Z-120628T2300Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-WOLFE-LEE- OWSLEY- 400 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ALONG AND WEST OF THE DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FOREST... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 FLEMING...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MONTGOMERY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 051 BATH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 052 ROWAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 058 ESTILL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 059 POWELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 060 MENIFEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 068 ROCKCASTLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 069 JACKSON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 PULASKI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 LAUREL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 WAYNE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MCCREARY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 ELLIOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MORGAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 WOLFE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111 LEE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 114 OWSLEY. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE AN ENHANCED ENVIRONMENT FOR WILDFIRES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
748 WWUS83 KJKL 281545 RFWJKL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1145 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER PARTS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY ALONG AND WEST OF THE DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FOREST... .AN EXTENDED DRY PERIOD HAS PUT MUCH OF EASTERN KENTUCKY IN A DROUGHT. COUPLED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND INCREASING WINDS TODAY...CRITICAL CONDITIONS FOR WILDFIRES WILL DEVELOP OVER PART OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083-084-104-106-108-111- 114-282300- /O.CON.KJKL.FW.W.0004.120628T1600Z-120628T2300Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-WOLFE-LEE- OWSLEY- 1145 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ALONG AND WEST OF THE DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FOREST... * 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 104 ELLIOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MORGAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 WOLFE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111 LEE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 114 OWSLEY. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DRY VEGETATION AND LOCAL FIREWORK USAGE...WILL CREATE AN ENHANCED ENVIRONMENT FOR WILDFIRES 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. && $$ MB/JJ
895 WWUS83 KJKL 282310 AAA RFWJKL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 710 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2012 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083-084-104-106-108-111- 114-290015- /O.EXP.KJKL.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120628T2300Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-WOLFE-LEE- OWSLEY- 710 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ALONG AND WEST OF THE DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FOREST HAS EXPIRED... THE WINDS ARE DYING DOWN AND AS THE WORST OF THE HEAT SUBSIDES HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER A TAD OVERNIGHT. ACCORDINGLY...THE RED FLAG WARNING IS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN DRY DURING THIS HEAT WAVE THROUGH THE WEEKEND WHICH WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO DROP BELOW 25 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE HOT DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO DRY OUT THE VEGETATION WHICH IS ALREADY TINDER DRY. AS A RESULT...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. $$ JJ/GREIF
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.