Alert archive / Oregon / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at Oct 6, 2012, 3:19 AM PDT for 4 counties in Oregon. It took effect at Oct 6, 2012, 11:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 13 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
- Oct 6, 2012, 3:19 AM PDT (10:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 6, 2012, 11:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2012, 12:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Douglas County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lane County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:18 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
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 3638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
631 WWUS86 KMFR 061019 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 319 AM PDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ORZ617-623-062300- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0020.121007T0600Z-121007T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0022.121007T0600Z-121007T1600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 319 AM PDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 617 AND 623... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 617 AND 623. * WIND...EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE FORECAST IN THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY RECOVERIES OF ONLY 20 TO 35 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED IN FIRE ZONE 623 AND THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS IN FIRE ZONE 617 TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...CONTINUED ACTIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. CAMP FIRES SHOULD BE MONITORED CONTINUOUSLY AND FULLY EXTINGUISHED BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR 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. && $$ DW VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
3 follow-up statements
613 WWUS86 KMFR 062145 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 245 PM PDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ORZ617-623-071900- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0022.121007T0600Z-121007T1900Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 245 PM PDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PDT SUNDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 617 AND 623... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 617 AND 623. * WIND...EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 TO 30 MPH ARE FORECAST IN THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY RECOVERIES OF ONLY 20 TO 35 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. THOSE WITH CAMP FIRES SHOULD MONITOR THEM CLOSELY FOR THE POTENTIAL OF BURNING EMBERS LEAVING FIRE PITS. FIRES SHOULD BE FULLY EXTINGUISHED BEFORE THEY ARE LEFT UNATTENDED. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ BTL VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
296 WWUS86 KMFR 071338 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 638 AM PDT SUN OCT 7 2012 ORZ617-623-071900- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-121007T1900Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 638 AM PDT SUN OCT 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT TODAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 617 AND 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 617 AND 623. * WIND...EAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PERSIST IN THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES THIS MORNING THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL PERSIST AT 10 TO 20 PERCENT THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH THIS MORNING. THOSE WITH CAMP FIRES SHOULD MONITOR THEM CLOSELY FOR THE POTENTIAL OF BURNING EMBERS LEAVING FIRE PITS. FIRES SHOULD BE FULLY EXTINGUISHED BEFORE THEY ARE LEFT UNATTENDED. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR 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. && $$ DW VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
265 WWUS86 KMFR 071855 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1155 AM PDT SUN OCT 7 2012 ORZ617-623-072000- /O.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-121007T1900Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 1155 AM PDT SUN OCT 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PDT TODAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 617 AND 623... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PDT TODAY. $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD STOCKTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 1:43 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | MFR | Curry, Jackson, Josephine | 19 hr |
| Oct 6, 1:43 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | MFR | Klamath | 19 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.