Alert archive / Ohio / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this red flag warning at Jun 28, 2012, 10:33 AM EDT for 6 counties in Ohio; Carter County, Greenup County, Kentucky. It was in force for 9 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 28, 2012, 10:33 AM EDT (14:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Athens County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:37 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 2975 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
580 WWUS81 KRLX 281433 RFWRLX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1033 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2012 KYZ101-102-OHZ066-067-075-076-083-084-282245- /O.NEW.KRLX.FW.W.0003.120628T1433Z-120629T0000Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-VINTON- 1033 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY FUELS...COMBINED WITH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...067...075...076...083...084... 101 AND 102... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 PERRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 067 MORGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 ATHENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 JACKSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 VINTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 GREENUP AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 CARTER. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 25 TO 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...PEAKING AT 95 TO 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE THREAT IS ENHANCED IN GRASSY AND BRUSH FILLED AREAS. 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. DO NOT DISCARD CIGARETTE BUTTS WHEN DRIVING...OR AROUND OTHER GRASSY AREAS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
624 WWUS81 KRLX 281943 RFWRLX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 343 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2012 KYZ101-102-OHZ066-067-075-076-083-084-290000- /O.CON.KRLX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120629T0000Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-VINTON- 343 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY FUELS...COMBINED WITH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...067...075...076...083...084... 101 AND 102... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 PERRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 067 MORGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 ATHENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 JACKSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 VINTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 GREENUP AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 CARTER. * WINDS...WEST AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 8 PM EDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...25 TO 30 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. * IMPACTS...THE THREAT IS ENHANCED IN GRASSY AND BRUSH FILLED AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. DO NOT DISCARD CIGARETTE BUTTS WHEN DRIVING...OR AROUND OTHER GRASSY AREAS. ALSO...USE CAUTION WHEN OPERATING MACHINERY NEAR GRASSY AREAS. AVOID ANY AND ALL UNNECESSARY BURNING. && $$
734 WWUS81 KRLX 282352 RFWRLX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 752 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2012 KYZ101-102-OHZ066-067-075-076-083-084-290100- /O.EXP.KRLX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120629T0000Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-VINTON- 752 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...067...075...076...083...084...101 AND 102... THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR ENHANCED FIRE DANGER WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE GRADUALLY RECOVERING THIS EVENING...AND THE WINDS HAVE BECOME LESS GUSTY...THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...FINE FUELS SUCH AS GRASSES STILL REMAIN DRY...AND UNNECESSARY BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED...AS WELL AS CARE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE TAKEN WHEN OPERATING MACHINERY NEAR GRASSY AREAS. DO NOT DISCARD CIGARETTE BUTTS WHEN DRIVING...OR AROUND OTHER GRASSY AREAS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 3:04 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more | 29 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Ohio, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Kentucky, 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.