Alert archive / Kentucky / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this red flag warning at Nov 11, 2012, 1:54 PM EST for 33 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 3 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
- Nov 11, 2012, 1:54 PM EST (18:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2012, 5:17 PM EST
- In force
- 3 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 18:55 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, 6.9 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
- 2147 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
779 WWUS83 KJKL 111854 RFWJKL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 154 PM EST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MOST OF EASTERN KENTUCKY... .SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE INCREASED THIS AFTERNOON AND ALSO PUSHED TEMPERATURES HIGHER. WHILE THE MOISTURE HAS NOT BEEN AS QUICK TO INCREASE...THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE DROPPED TO CRITICAL VALUES. WITH WINDS BECOMING GUSTY IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT DUE IN THE AREA ON MONDAY...THE COMBINATION HAS CREATED DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH THIS AFTERNOON. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-120000- /O.NEW.KJKL.FW.W.0005.121111T1854Z-121112T0000Z/ 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- 154 PM EST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MOST OF 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 UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * 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. * TIMING...CURRENT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE 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
2 follow-up statements
530 WWUS83 KJKL 111857 AAA RFWJKL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 157 PM EST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MOST OF EASTERN KENTUCKY... .SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE INCREASED THIS AFTERNOON AND ALSO PUSHED TEMPERATURES HIGHER. WHILE THE MOISTURE HAS NOT BEEN AS QUICK TO INCREASE...THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE DROPPED TO CRITICAL VALUES. WITH WINDS BECOMING GUSTY IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT DUE IN THE AREA ON MONDAY...THE COMBINATION HAS CREATED DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH THIS AFTERNOON. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-120000- /O.CON.KJKL.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121112T0000Z/ 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- 157 PM EST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MOST 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. * TIMING...CURRENT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE 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
794 WWUS83 KJKL 112217 RFWJKL URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 517 PM EST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...WINDS DECREASING AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERING... .WINDS HAVE DECREASED OVER THE AREA AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS THE AREA HAS RECOVERED INTO THE UPPER 20S SO THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-112330- /O.CAN.KJKL.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121112T0000Z/ 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- 517 PM EST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MOST OF EASTERN KENTUCKY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DIMINISHING WINDS HAVE LEAD TO LESS FAVORABLE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SO THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ SHALLENBERGER
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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.