Alert archive / Arizona / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this red flag warning at Mar 5, 2012, 2:00 PM MST for 5 counties in Arizona; Imperial County, Riverside County, California. It took effect at Mar 6, 2012, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 8 hr. 24 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2012, 2:00 PM MST (21:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2012, 12:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2012, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
Counties Gila County, AZ, La Paz County, AZ, Maricopa County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ, Yuma County, AZ, Imperial County, CA, Riverside County, CA
The radar
The Yuma radar (KYUX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2:04 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 5 Ne Thousand Palms, CA | |
| Mar 6, 2:04 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 5 Ne Thousand Palms, CA | SKY VALLEY MESONET RECORDED A WIND GUST OF 67 MPH AROUND 104 PM PST. |
| Mar 6, 3:26 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 49 | 18 Nnw Coyote Wells, CA | FISH CREEK MOUNTAINS |
| Mar 6, 3:47 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 35 | 1 E Goodyear, AZ | KGYR |
| Mar 6, 3:55 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 36 | 5 Ssw Gila Bend, AZ | KGBN |
| Mar 6, 3:56 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 45 | 3 N Seeley, CA | KNJK EL CENTRO NAVAL AIRFIELD |
| Mar 6, 4:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 3 Nne Cathedral City, CA | BETWEEN 2 PM AND 3 PM EDOM HILL REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 61 MPH. |
| Mar 6, 4:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 75 | 5 Ne Thousand Palms, CA | BETWEEN 2 PM AND 3 PM PST SKY VALLEY RECORDED A 75 MPH WIND GUST. |
| Mar 6, 4:11 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 35 | 6 Nnw Guadalupe, AZ | KPHX SKY HARBOR ASOS |
| Mar 6, 4:30 PM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 62 | 5 Ne Thousand Palms, CA | AT 344 PM WINDS WERE SUSTAINED 62 GUSTING TO 63 MPH. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM WINDS GUSTED TO 75 MPH. |
| Mar 6, 4:31 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 36 | 9 E Peoria, AZ | KDVT ASOS |
| Mar 6, 4:47 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 35 | 4 Ene Litchfield Park, AZ | KGEU |
| Mar 6, 4:47 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 39 | 4 Ese Chandler, AZ | KCHD |
| Mar 6, 4:48 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 32 | 1 W Waddell, AZ | LUKE AIR FORCE BASE. ALSO HAD SAME GUST AT 343 PM |
| Mar 6, 5:15 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 35 | 5 Nne Hassayampa, AZ | KBXK |
| Mar 6, 5:30 PM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 62 | 5 Ne Thousand Palms, CA | AT 344 PM WINDS WERE SUSTAINED 62 GUSTING TO 63 MPH. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM WINDS GUSTED TO 75 MPH. |
| Mar 6, 5:47 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 35 | 3 E Higley, AZ | KIWA MESA GATEWAY |
| Mar 6, 5:55 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 32 | 3 N Mesa, AZ | KFFZ FALCON FIELD |
| Mar 6, 5:55 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 35 | 5 Nnw Casa Grande, AZ | KCGZ. ALSO HAD SAME GUST AT 515 PM |
| Mar 6, 6:38 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 45 | 1 W Imperial, CA | KIPL ASOS |
| Mar 6, 6:52 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | 1 Nne Nicholls Warm Spr, CA | KBLH ASOS |
| Mar 6, 7:10 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | 2 W Ocotillo, CA | SUNRISE MESONET SITE |
| Mar 6, 7:27 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 42 | 4 S Martinez Lake, CA | SQUAW LAKE |
| Mar 6, 8:01 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | 6 Nne Lost Horse-Keys V, CA | LOST HORSE RAWS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Yuma Prvg Ground, AZ (K1Y7), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 4170 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
871 WWUS85 KPSR 052100 RFWPSR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 200 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 AZZ131>133-CAZ231-060500- /O.UPG.KPSR.FW.A.0002.120306T1900Z-120307T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPSR.FW.W.0003.120306T1900Z-120307T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 131 YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY/LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ- ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 132 SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST DESERTS- ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 133 SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS- CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 231 LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA- 200 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 /100 PM PST MON MAR 5 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MST /11 AM PST/ TO 8 PM MST /7 PM PST/ TUESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA DESERTS...THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MST /11 AM PST/ TO 8 PM MST /7 PM PST/ TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...AND HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO THIS RED FLAG WARNING. * AFFECTED AREA...THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...THE SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST DESERTS OF ARIZONA...THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. STRONGER WINDS AND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND RIDGES OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND LA PAZ COUNTY. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED TO PEAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO BLOW INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...VEGETATIVE FUELS ARE VERY DRY AND FIRE DANGER IS VERY HIGH. THESE CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX MEYERS
2 follow-up statements
065 WWUS85 KPSR 060430 RFWPSR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 930 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 AZZ131>133-CAZ231-061400- /O.CON.KPSR.FW.W.0003.120306T1900Z-120307T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 131 YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY/LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ- ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 132 SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST DESERTS- ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 133 SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS- CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 231 LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA- 930 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 /830 PM PST MON MAR 5 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MST /11 AM PST/ TO 8 PM MST /7 PM PST/ TUESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA DESERTS...THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MST /11 AM PST/ TO 8 PM MST /7 PM PST/ TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...THE SOUTH- CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST DESERTS OF ARIZONA...THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. STRONGER WINDS AND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND RIDGES OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND LA PAZ COUNTY. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED TO PEAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO BLOW INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...VEGETATIVE FUELS ARE VERY DRY AND FIRE DANGER IS VERY HIGH. THESE CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
754 WWUS85 KPSR 061353 RFWPSR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 653 AM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 AZZ131>133-CAZ231-070300- /O.CON.KPSR.FW.W.0003.120306T1900Z-120307T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 131 YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY/LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ- ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 132 SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST DESERTS- ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 133 SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS- CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 231 LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA- 653 AM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 /553 AM PST TUE MAR 6 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MST /11 AM PST/ TODAY TO 8 PM MST /7 PM PST/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA DESERTS... THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MST /11 AM PST/ TODAY TO 8 PM MST /7 PM PST/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...THE SOUTH- CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST DESERTS OF ARIZONA...THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. STRONGER WINDS AND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND RIDGES OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND LA PAZ COUNTY. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED TO PEAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO BLOW INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...VEGETATIVE FUELS ARE VERY DRY AND FIRE DANGER IS VERY HIGH. THESE CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX MEYERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 1:18 PM MST | High Wind Warning | PSR | 35 hr | |
| Mar 5, 1:18 PM MST | Wind Advisory | PSR | 35 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Arizona, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.