Alert archive / Arizona / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this red flag warning at Jun 8, 2012, 1:49 PM MST for Gila County, Maricopa County, Pinal County, Arizona. It took effect at Jun 9, 2012, 12:00 PM MST. 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
- Jun 8, 2012, 1:49 PM MST (20:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 9, 2012, 12:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2012, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
Counties Gila County, AZ, Maricopa County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 3831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
397 WWUS85 KPSR 082049 RFWPSR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 149 PM MST FRI JUN 8 2012 AZZ133-091200- /O.UPG.KPSR.FW.A.0008.120609T1800Z-120610T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPSR.FW.W.0009.120609T1900Z-120610T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 133 SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS- 149 PM MST FRI JUN 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MST SATURDAY FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY AND THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IN SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY FROM NOON TO 8 PM MST SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARIZONA...SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY AND THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS. * WINDS...AFTERNOON SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE LATE MORNING HOURS SATURDAY... BECOMING STRONGEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FUELS ARE VERY DRY AND FIRE DANGER IS VERY HIGH. THESE CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
2 follow-up statements
885 WWUS85 KPSR 090945 RFWPSR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 245 AM MST SAT JUN 9 2012 AZZ133-100300- /O.CON.KPSR.FW.W.0009.120609T1900Z-120610T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 133 SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS- 245 AM MST SAT JUN 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY AND THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS... * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARIZONA...SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE LATE MORNING HOURS SATURDAY...BECOMING STRONGEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FUELS ARE VERY DRY AND FIRE DANGER IS VERY HIGH. THESE CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
497 WWUS85 KPSR 100301 RFWPSR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 801 PM MST SAT JUN 9 2012 AZZ133-100415- /O.EXP.KPSR.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120610T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 133 SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS- 801 PM MST SAT JUN 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY AND THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS... WIND SPEEDS WERE GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING WITH RISING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...EASING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. $$ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:18 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PSR | Gila, Maricopa, Pinal | 10 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.