Alert archive / North Carolina / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this red flag warning at Apr 9, 2012, 4:04 PM EDT for 12 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 10, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Apr 9, 2012, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Counties Beaufort County, NC, Dare County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 2474 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
517 WWUS82 KMHX 092004 RFWMHX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 404 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA EXCEPT FOR THE OUTER BANKS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WARM TEMPERATURES...STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TUESDAY. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-100945- /O.UPG.KMHX.FW.A.0001.120410T1600Z-120411T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMHX.FW.W.0001.120410T1600Z-120411T0000Z/ MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT- MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW- 404 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WEST OF THE OUTER BANKS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...AREAS WEST OF THE OUTER BANKS. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S. * TREE LITTER AND OTHER FINE FUELS...TUESDAY WILL BE THE THIRD DAY OF WARM DRY WEATHER WITH WINDS FORECAST TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. FINE FUELS WILL BE DRY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON MAY QUICKLY GROW OUT OF CONTROL IF THEY FIND FAVORABLE FUELS AND ARE EXPOSED TO THE GUSTY WINDS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
999 WWUS82 KMHX 092044 RFWMHX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 444 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA EXCEPT FOR THE OUTER BANKS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WARM TEMPERATURES...STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TUESDAY. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-100900- /O.CON.KMHX.FW.W.0001.120410T1600Z-120411T0000Z/ MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT- MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW- 444 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WEST OF THE OUTER BANKS... * AFFECTED AREA...AREAS WEST OF THE OUTER BANKS. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S. * TREE LITTER AND OTHER FINE FUELS...TUESDAY WILL BE THE THIRD DAY OF WARM DRY WEATHER WITH WINDS FORECAST TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. FINE FUELS WILL BE DRY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON MAY QUICKLY GROW OUT OF CONTROL IF THEY FIND FAVORABLE FUELS AND ARE EXPOSED TO THE GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
650 WWUS82 KMHX 100853 RFWMHX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 453 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA EXCEPT FOR OUTER BANKS HYDE COUNTY... .WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. NCZ103-110000- /O.EXA.KMHX.FW.W.0001.120410T1600Z-120411T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE- 453 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...OUTER BANKS DARE COUNTY...MAINLY NORTH OF OREGON INLET. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 70S. * TREE LITTER AND OTHER FINE FUELS...TODAY WILL BE THE THIRD DAY OF WARM DRY WEATHER WITH WINDS FORECAST TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. FINE FUELS WILL BE DRY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON MAY QUICKLY GROW OUT OF CONTROL IF THEY FIND FAVORABLE FUELS AND ARE EXPOSED TO THE GUSTY WINDS. 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. && $$ NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-110000- /O.CON.KMHX.FW.W.0001.120410T1600Z-120411T0000Z/ MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT- MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW- 453 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA EXCEPT OUTER BANKS HYDE COUNTY... * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA EXCEPT OUTER BANKS HYDE COUNTY. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S. * TREE LITTER AND OTHER FINE FUELS...TODAY WILL BE THE THIRD DAY OF WARM DRY WEATHER WITH WINDS FORECAST TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. FINE FUELS WILL BE DRY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON MAY QUICKLY GROW OUT OF CONTROL IF THEY FIND FAVORABLE FUELS AND ARE EXPOSED TO THE GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 10:37 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:04 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 14 hr |
Nearby
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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.