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Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at Aug 11, 2012, 1:41 PM PDT for 5 counties in Oregon; Modoc County, California. It took effect at Aug 12, 2012, 2:00 PM PDT. 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
- Aug 11, 2012, 1:41 PM PDT (20:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 12, 2012, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Modoc County, CA, Douglas County, OR, Harney County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 1440 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
636 WWUS86 KMFR 112041 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 141 PM PDT SAT AUG 11 2012 CAZ285-ORZ624-625-120845- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0007.120812T2100Z-120813T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0010.120812T2100Z-120813T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0008.120813T2100Z-120814T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0009.120811T2100Z-120812T0300Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 141 PM PDT SAT AUG 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR HAINES INDEX FOR FIRE ZONES 285...624 AND 625... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR HAINES INDEX FOR FIRE ZONES 285...624 AND 625... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR HAINES INDEX FOR FIRE ZONES 285...624 AND 625... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE WARNING ON SUNDAY REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 285...624 AND 625 * HAINES...WILL BE AT LEAST 5 AND WILL REACH 6 AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAINES 6 IS LIKELY AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR HAINES 6 MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * TEMPERATURES/HUMIDITY...HIGHS OF 90 TO 100 WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES OF 5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...HOT DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH HAINES 6 WILL PROMOTE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OF EXISTING FIRES...ESPECIALLY THE MDF LAKE COMPLEX AND BARRY POINT FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ623-120845- /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0010.120812T2100Z-120813T0300Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 141 PM PDT SAT AUG 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR HAINES INDEX FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 623... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 623 * HAINES...WILL BE AT LEAST 5 AND WILL REACH 6 AT TIMES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE DISTRICT. * TEMPERATURES/HUMIDITY...HIGHS OF 85 TO 95 NORTH PART AND 90 TO 100 WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...HOT DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH HAINES 6 WILL PROMOTE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OF NEW OR EXISTING FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ PETRUCELLI VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
4 follow-up statements
231 WWUS86 KMFR 120328 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 828 PM PDT SAT AUG 11 2012 CAZ285-ORZ624-625-121400- /O.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120812T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0010.120812T2100Z-120813T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0008.120813T2100Z-120814T0300Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 828 PM PDT SAT AUG 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR HAINES INDEX FOR FIRE ZONES 285...624 AND 625... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR HAINES INDEX FOR FIRE ZONES 285... 624 AND 625... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE WARNING ON SUNDAY REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 285...624 AND 625 * HAINES...HAINES OF 6 IS LIKELY AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR HAINES 6 MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * TEMPERATURES/HUMIDITY...HIGHS OF 90 TO 100 WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES OF 5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...HOT DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH HAINES 6 WILL PROMOTE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OF EXISTING FIRES...ESPECIALLY THE LAKE COMPLEX AND BARRY POINT FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ623-121400- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0010.120812T2100Z-120813T0300Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 828 PM PDT SAT AUG 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR HAINES INDEX FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 623 * HAINES...WILL BE AT LEAST 5 AND WILL REACH 6 AT TIMES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE DISTRICT. * TEMPERATURES/HUMIDITY...HIGHS OF 85 TO 95 NORTH PART AND 90 TO 100 WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...HOT DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH HAINES 6 WILL PROMOTE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OF NEW OR EXISTING FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ PETRUCELLI/DW VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
918 WWUS86 KMFR 121115 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 415 AM PDT SUN AUG 12 2012 CAZ285-121215- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0010.120812T2100Z-120813T0300Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.A.0008.120813T2100Z-120814T0300Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 415 AM PDT SUN AUG 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR HAINES INDEX FOR FIRE ZONE 285... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR HAINES INDEX FOR FIRE ZONE 285... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IT WILL REMAIN HOT AND DRY OVER THE REGION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. HOWEVER...RED FLAG CRITERIA ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE MET...THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR SUNDAY AND THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR MONDAY HAVE BEEN CANCELED. $$ ORZ623-121215- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0010.120812T2100Z-120813T0300Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 415 AM PDT SUN AUG 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR HAINES INDEX FOR FIRE ZONE 623... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. IT WILL REMAIN HOT AND DRY OVER THE REGION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. HOWEVER...RED FLAG CRITERIA ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE MET...THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR SUNDAY HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ ORZ624-625-122300- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0010.120812T2100Z-120813T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0008.120813T2100Z-120814T0300Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 415 AM PDT SUN AUG 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR HAINES INDEX FOR FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR HAINES INDEX FOR FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625 * HAINES...HAINES OF 6 IS EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR HAINES 6 MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * TEMPERATURES/HUMIDITY...HIGHS OF 90 TO 100 WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES OF 5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...HOT DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH HAINES 6 WILL PROMOTE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OF EXISTING FIRES...ESPECIALLY THE LAKE COMPLEX AND BARRY POINT FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
130 WWUS86 KMFR 122014 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 114 PM PDT SUN AUG 12 2012 ORZ624-625-130400- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0010.120812T2100Z-120813T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0008.120813T2100Z-120814T0300Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 114 PM PDT SUN AUG 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR HAINES INDEX FOR FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR HAINES INDEX FOR FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625 * HAINES...HAINES OF 6 IS EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR HAINES 6 MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * TEMPERATURES/HUMIDITY...HIGHS OF 90 TO 100 WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES OF 5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...HOT DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH HAINES 6 WILL PROMOTE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OF EXISTING FIRES...ESPECIALLY THE LAKE COMPLEX AND BARRY POINT FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
250 WWUS86 KMFR 130322 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 822 PM PDT SUN AUG 12 2012 ORZ624-625-130430- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.A.0008.120813T2100Z-120814T0300Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120813T0300Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 822 PM PDT SUN AUG 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR HAINES INDEX FOR FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR HAINES INDEX FOR FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WITH AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE ALOFT...A HAINES INDEX OF 5 IS FORECAST FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. $$ DW VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 1:41 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Harney, Klamath, Lake | 31 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Oregon, 2012Red Flag Warnings in California, 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.