Alert archive / Nevada / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this red flag warning at Jun 24, 2012, 1:45 PM PDT for Washoe County, Nevada. It took effect at Jun 25, 2012, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 12 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 24, 2012, 1:45 PM PDT (20:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 25, 2012, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2012, 11:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
County Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1907 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
643 WWUS85 KREV 242045 RFWREV URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 145 PM PDT SUN JUN 24 2012 NVZ450-250845- /O.UPG.KREV.FW.A.0011.120625T1800Z-120626T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KREV.FW.W.0016.120625T1800Z-120626T0600Z/ WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT- 145 PM PDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 450 WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 6 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES. && $$ CAZ273-NVZ453-459-250845- /O.UPG.KREV.FW.A.0011.120625T1800Z-120626T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KREV.FW.W.0016.120625T2100Z-120626T0600Z/ MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES-WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE- MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- 145 PM PDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR MONO AND EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA AND WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE...MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 273 MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES... FIRE ZONE 453 WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE AND FIRE ZONE 459 MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 6 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES. && $$ NVZ458-250845- /O.NEW.KREV.FW.W.0016.120625T1800Z-120626T0600Z/ NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- 145 PM PDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY SOUTH OF FOX MOUNTAIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 458 NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY SOUTH OF FOX MOUNTAIN. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
5 follow-up statements
457 WWUS85 KREV 242237 RFWREV URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 337 PM PDT SUN JUN 24 2012 NVZ450-458-251400- /O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0016.120625T1800Z-120626T0600Z/ WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- 337 PM PDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 450 WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT AND FIRE ZONE 458 NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 6 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES. && $$ CAZ273-NVZ453-459-251400- /O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0016.120625T2100Z-120626T0600Z/ MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES-WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE- MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- 337 PM PDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR MONO AND EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA AND WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE...MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 273 MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES... FIRE ZONE 453 WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE AND FIRE ZONE 459 MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 6 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
688 WWUS85 KREV 251212 RFWREV URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 512 AM PDT MON JUN 25 2012 NVZ450-458-260000- /O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0016.120625T1800Z-120626T0600Z/ WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- 512 AM PDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT AND NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 450 WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT AND FIRE ZONE 458 NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH IN WIND PRONE AREAS. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 6 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES. && $$ CAZ273-NVZ453-459-260000- /O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0016.120625T2100Z-120626T0600Z/ MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES-WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE- MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- 512 AM PDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 AND WEST CENTRAL NEVADA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 273 MONO AND EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES...FIRE ZONE 453 WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE AND...FIRE ZONE 459 MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH IN WIND PRONE AREAS. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 6 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
747 WWUS85 KREV 252157 RFWREV URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 257 PM PDT MON JUN 25 2012 NVZ450-458-260600- /O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120626T0600Z/ WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- 257 PM PDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT AND NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 450 WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT AND FIRE ZONE 458 NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH IN WIND PRONE AREAS. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 6 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES. && $$ CAZ273-NVZ453-459-260600- /O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120626T0600Z/ MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES-WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE- MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- 257 PM PDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 AND WEST CENTRAL NEVADA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 273 MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES... FIRE ZONE 453 WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE AND FIRE ZONE 459 MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH IN WIND PRONE AREAS. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 6 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
061 WWUS85 KREV 260333 RFWREV URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 833 PM PDT MON JUN 25 2012 NVZ450-458-260445- /O.CAN.KREV.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120626T0600Z/ WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- 833 PM PDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT AND NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE RISEN SIGNIFICANTLY ALONG THE SIERRA FRONT AND ACROSS NORTHWEST NEVADA AND NO LONGER MEET CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MIDNIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. $$ CAZ273-NVZ453-459-260600- /O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120626T0600Z/ MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES-WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE- MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- 833 PM PDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 AS WELL AS THE BASIN AND RANGE DOWN TO MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 273 MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES... FIRE ZONE 453 WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE AND FIRE ZONE 459 MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH IN WIND PRONE AREAS. * HUMIDITY...VALUES 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
820 WWUS85 KREV 260602 RFWREV URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 1102 PM PDT MON JUN 25 2012 CAZ273-NVZ453-459-260715- /O.EXP.KREV.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120626T0600Z/ MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES-WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE- MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- 1102 PM PDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 AS WELL AS THE BASIN AND RANGE DOWN TO MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES... HUMIDITY CONTINUES TO RISE AND NO LONGER MEETS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST THROUGH 1 OR 2 AM BUT WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 12:12 PM PDT | Lake Wind Advisory | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Mono, Nevada, Placer and 2 more | 39 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Nevada, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.