Alert archive / Oregon / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at Aug 6, 2012, 4:04 AM PDT for Harney County, Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon. It took effect at Aug 6, 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 6, 2012, 4:04 AM PDT (11:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 6, 2012, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Harney County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 265 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
637 WWUS86 KMFR 061104 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 404 AM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE LAVA FIRE AND OTHER ONGOING FIRES IN PORTIONS OF LAKE AND KLAMATH COUNTIES... ...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT MODOC COUNTY TUESDAY AFTERNOON... ORZ624-625-062315- /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0007.120806T2100Z-120807T0300Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 404 AM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR HAINES INDEX FOR FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625 * HAINES...HAINES INDEX VALUES OF 6 WILL IMPACT THE LAVA FIRE AND OTHER ONGOING FIRES. * TEMPERATURES/HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AROUND 90 WITH HUMIDITIES IN THE LOW TEENS TO NEAR 10 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...HAINES 6 CONDITIONS ALONG WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH ON THE LAVA FIRE AND OTHER ONGOING FIRES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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. && $$ CAZ285-062315- /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0005.120807T2100Z-120808T0300Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 404 AM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 285... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 285 * WIND...AFTERNOON WEST WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 10 PERCENT OR LOWER ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAY RESULT IN EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ SK VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
3 follow-up statements
721 WWUS86 KMFR 062121 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 221 PM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT MODOC COUNTY TUESDAY AFTERNOON... CAZ285-062230- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.A.0005.120807T2100Z-120808T0300Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 221 PM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR HAINES INDEX FOR FIRE ZONE 285... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. TUESDAY IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE HOT AND DRY ACROSS MODOC COUNTY. WHILE GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE ALSO STILL EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON...THEY SHOULD REMAIN BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA. THUS...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ ORZ624-625-070300- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120807T0300Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 221 PM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR HAINES INDEX FOR FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625 * HAINES...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO HAINES 6 THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OVER THE WARNING AREA. * TEMPERATURES/HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 90S WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITIES AROUND 10 PERCENT WILL CONTINUE. * IMPACTS...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE LARGE FIRE GROWTH ON THE LAVA FIRE AND OTHER ONGOING FIRES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
700 WWUS86 KMFR 062147 CCA RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 244 PM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 CAZ285-062245- /O.COR.KMFR.FW.A.0005.120807T2100Z-120808T0300Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 244 PM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE ZONE 285... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. TUESDAY IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE HOT AND DRY ACROSS MODOC COUNTY. WHILE GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE ALSO STILL EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON...THEY SHOULD REMAIN BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA. THUS...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ ORZ624-625-070300- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120807T0300Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 244 PM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR HAINES INDEX FOR FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625 * HAINES...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO HAINES 6 THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OVER THE WARNING AREA. * TEMPERATURES/HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 90S WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITIES AROUND 10 PERCENT WILL CONTINUE. * IMPACTS...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE LARGE FIRE GROWTH ON THE LAVA FIRE AND OTHER ONGOING FIRES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ WRIGHT VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
879 WWUS86 KMFR 070254 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 754 PM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 .TUESDAY IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE HOT AND DRY. WHILE GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE ALSO STILL EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON...THEY SHOULD REMAIN BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA.. ORZ624-625-070400- /O.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120807T0300Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 754 PM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR HAINES INDEX FOR FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625... $$ PETRUCELLI 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 5, 5:46 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFR | Lake | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 6:09 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFR | Josephine | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 8:17 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MFR | Klamath | 43 min |
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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.