Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 23, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this red flag warning at Aug 27, 2012, 6:52 AM PDT for Washoe County, Nevada; 7 counties in California. It took effect at Aug 28, 2012, 2:00 PM PDT. 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
- Aug 27, 2012, 6:52 AM PDT (13:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 28, 2012, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2012, 9:33 PM PDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
Counties El Dorado County, CA, Lassen County, CA, Modoc County, CA, Nevada County, CA, Placer County, CA, Plumas County, CA, Sierra County, CA, Washoe County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 3400 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
693 WWUS85 KREV 271352 RFWREV URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 652 AM PDT MON AUG 27 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS THROUGH TUESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WILL BRING DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS TO NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST NEVADA TUESDAY. CAZ270-278-NVZ458-280000- /O.UPG.KREV.FW.A.0017.120828T1900Z-120829T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KREV.FW.W.0023.120828T1900Z-120829T0400Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- 652 AM PDT MON AUG 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM PDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 270 SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA... FIRE ZONE 278 EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY AND FIRE ZONE 458 NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...5 TO 11 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. && $$ CAZ271-280000- /O.UPG.KREV.FW.A.0017.120828T1900Z-120829T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KREV.FW.W.0023.120828T1900Z-120829T0400Z/ WESTERN LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA- EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES- 652 AM PDT MON AUG 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM PDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 271 WESTERN LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS- EASTERN SIERRA-EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...8 TO 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY MAY CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES. && $$ NVZ450-280000- /O.NEW.KREV.FW.W.0023.120828T1900Z-120829T0400Z/ WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT- 652 AM PDT MON AUG 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE 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 NOON TO 9 PM PDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 450 WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...5 TO 11 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. && $$ CAZ272-280000- /O.NEW.KREV.FW.W.0023.120828T1900Z-120829T0400Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- 652 AM PDT MON AUG 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR LAKE TAHOE BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM PDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 272 GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...9 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES. && $$ HOON HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
4 follow-up statements
218 WWUS85 KREV 272138 RFWREV URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 238 PM PDT MON AUG 27 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WILL BRING DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS TO NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST NEVADA THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. OVER FAR NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND FAR NORTHWEST NEVADA THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. CAZ273-281400- /O.EXB.KREV.FW.W.0023.120828T2100Z-120829T0600Z/ MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES- 238 PM PDT MON AUG 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR EASTERN ALPINE COUNTY AND MONO COUNTY NORTH OF MONO LAKE... 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 TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 273 MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES NORTH OF MONO LAKE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...4 TO 11 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. && $$ CAZ270-278-NVZ458-281400- /O.EXT.KREV.FW.W.0023.120828T2100Z-120829T1800Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- 238 PM PDT MON AUG 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 270 SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA... FIRE ZONE 278 EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY AND FIRE ZONE 458 NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. WINDS WILL DECREASE IN THE VALLEYS TO AROUND 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY ON THE MID SLOPES INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...3 TO 11 PERCENT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... REMAINING BELOW 20% MIDSLOPES TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES. && $$ CAZ272-NVZ450-281400- /O.EXT.KREV.FW.W.0023.120828T2100Z-120829T0600Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT- 238 PM PDT MON AUG 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN AND THE WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 272 GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA AND FIRE ZONE 450 WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...4 TO 8 PERCENT ALONG THE SIERRA FRONT WITH 6 TO 14 PERCENT IN THE TAHOE BASIN. * 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. && $$ CAZ271-281400- /O.EXT.KREV.FW.W.0023.120828T2100Z-120829T1200Z/ WESTERN LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA- EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES- 238 PM PDT MON AUG 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 271 WESTERN LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS- EASTERN SIERRA-EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH IN THE VALLEYS AFTER MIDNIGHT. * HUMIDITY...6 TO 14 PERCENT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... REMAINING BELOW 20% MIDSLOPES TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
382 WWUS85 KREV 281331 RFWREV URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 631 AM PDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WILL BRING DRY CONDITIONS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST NEVADA THROUGH THIS EVENING. OVER FAR NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND FAR NORTHWEST NEVADA THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. CAZ270-278-NVZ458-282315- /O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0023.120828T2100Z-120829T1800Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- 631 AM PDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SURPRISE VALLEY...EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY...AND NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 270 SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA... FIRE ZONE 278 EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY AND FIRE ZONE 458 NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. WINDS WILL DECREASE IN THE VALLEYS TO AROUND 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY ON THE MID SLOPES INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...3 TO 11 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... REMAINING BELOW 20% MIDSLOPES TONIGHT. * 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. && $$ CAZ272-NVZ450-282315- /O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0023.120828T2100Z-120829T0600Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT- 631 AM PDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR GREATER LAKE TAHOE AND THE WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 272 GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA AND FIRE ZONE 450 WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...4 TO 8 PERCENT ALONG THE SIERRA FRONT WITH 6 TO 14 PERCENT IN THE TAHOE BASIN. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES. && $$ CAZ273-282315- /O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0023.120828T2100Z-120829T0600Z/ MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES- 631 AM PDT TUE AUG 28 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 MONO AND EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 273 MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...4 TO 11 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. && $$ CAZ271-282315- /O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0023.120828T2100Z-120829T1200Z/ WESTERN LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA- EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES- 631 AM PDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN LASSEN...EASTERN PLUMAS...EASTERN SIERRA...AND EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 271 WESTERN LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS- EASTERN SIERRA-EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH IN THE VALLEYS AFTER MIDNIGHT. * HUMIDITY...6 TO 14 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... REMAINING BELOW 20% MIDSLOPES TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES. && $$ HOON HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
952 WWUS85 KREV 282221 RFWREV URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 321 PM PDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WILL BRING DRY CONDITIONS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST NEVADA THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. OVER FAR NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND FAR NORTHWEST NEVADA THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. CAZ270-278-NVZ458-291400- /O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120829T1800Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- 321 PM PDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SURPRISE VALLEY...EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY...AND NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 270 SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA... FIRE ZONE 278 EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY AND FIRE ZONE 458 NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. WINDS WILL DECREASE IN THE VALLEYS TO AROUND 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY ON THE MID SLOPES INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...3 TO 9 PERCENT EARLY THIS EVENING...REMAINING BELOW 20% MID SLOPES TONIGHT. * 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. && $$ CAZ272-NVZ450-290600- /O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120829T0600Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT- 321 PM PDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR GREATER LAKE TAHOE AND THE WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 272 GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA AND FIRE ZONE 450 WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...4 TO 8 PERCENT ALONG THE SIERRA FRONT WITH 6 TO 12 PERCENT IN THE TAHOE BASIN THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES. && $$ CAZ273-290600- /O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120829T0600Z/ MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES- 321 PM PDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR MONO AND EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES NORTH OF MONO LAKE... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 273 MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH NORTH OF MONO LAKE. * HUMIDITY...4 TO 10 PERCENT THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * 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. && $$ CAZ271-291200- /O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120829T1200Z/ WESTERN LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA- EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES- 321 PM PDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN LASSEN...EASTERN PLUMAS...EASTERN SIERRA...AND EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 271 WESTERN LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS- EASTERN SIERRA-EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH IN THE VALLEYS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ON THE MID SLOPES AFTER MIDNIGHT. * HUMIDITY...6 TO 12 PERCENT THROUGH THIS EVENING...REMAINING BELOW 20% MID SLOPES TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
428 WWUS85 KREV 290433 RFWREV URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 933 PM PDT TUE AUG 28 2012 CAZ270-278-NVZ458-290545- /O.CAN.KREV.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120829T1800Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- 933 PM PDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SURPRISE VALLEY...EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY...AND NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WIND GUSTS HAVE DROPPED TO NEAR AND BELOW 20 MPH. HUMIDITY RECOVERY TONIGHT WILL BE POOR ON MID AND UPPER SLOPES WHERE VALUES WILL REMAIN BELOW NEAR AND BELOW 20 PERCENT. $$ CAZ272-273-NVZ450-290545- /O.CAN.KREV.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120829T0600Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES- WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT- 933 PM PDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR MONO AND EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES NORTH OF MONO LAKE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WIND GUSTS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 25 MPH OR LESS. GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT ON MID AND UPPER SLOPES AROUND THE TAHOE BASIN AND WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT...WITH POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY. $$ CAZ271-290545- /O.CAN.KREV.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120829T1200Z/ WESTERN LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA- EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES- 933 PM PDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WESTERN LASSEN...EASTERN PLUMAS...EASTERN SIERRA...AND EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WIND GUSTS HAVE DROPPED BELOW 20 MPH. HUMIDITY RECOVERY TONIGHT WILL BE POOR ON MID AND UPPER SLOPES. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 3:41 PM PDT | Lake Wind Advisory | REV | Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Pershing, Washoe | 30 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in California, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Nevada, 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.