Alert archive / North Carolina / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this red flag warning at Feb 25, 2012, 6:06 AM EST for 9 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 13 hr. 3 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
- Feb 25, 2012, 6:06 AM EST (11:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2012, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 7:30 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Fleetwood, NC | TREE DOWN ON WATERTANK ROAD NEAR FLEETWOOD. |
| Feb 25, 8:56 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Ashland, NC | TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 88 WEST NEAR CRESTON. |
| Feb 25, 12:18 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 6 S Mouth Of Wilson, NC | TREE REPORTED DOWN ON GARVEY BRIDGE ROAD NEAR CRUMPLER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 1820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 104 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
465 WWUS81 KRNK 251106 RFWRNK URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 606 AM EST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...DRIER WEATHER AND GUSTY WINDS TODAY... .WINDS WILL BE GUSTY FROM THE WEST AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO 15 OR 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. NCZ001>006-018>020-251915- /O.UPG.KRNK.FW.A.0001.120225T1400Z-120226T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.FW.W.0001.120225T1106Z-120226T0000Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN- 606 AM EST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NORTH CAROLINA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 ASHE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 ALLEGHANY NC...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 SURRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 STOKES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 ROCKINGHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 006 CASWELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 WATAUGA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 WILKES AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 YADKIN. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 30S MOUNTAINS TO NEAR 50 PIEDMONT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY RESULT IN A RAPID SPREAD OF ANY FIRES. 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/RNK/EMER/EMER_FIRE.PHP (ALL LOWER CASE)
2 follow-up statements
370 WWUS81 KRNK 251741 RFWRNK URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1241 PM EST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...DRIER WEATHER AND GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .WINDS WILL BE GUSTY FROM THE WEST AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO 15 OR 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. NCZ001>006-018>020-260000- /O.CON.KRNK.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120226T0000Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN- 1241 PM EST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NORTH CAROLINA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 ASHE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 ALLEGHANY NC...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 SURRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 STOKES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 ROCKINGHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 006 CASWELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 WATAUGA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 WILKES AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 YADKIN. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 30S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO NEAR 50 PIEDMONT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY RESULT IN A RAPID SPREAD OF ANY FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/RNK/EMER/EMER_FIRE.PHP (ALL LOWER CASE)
141 WWUS81 KRNK 252351 RFWRNK URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 651 PM EST SAT FEB 25 2012 NCZ001>006-018>020-260100- /O.EXP.KRNK.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120226T0000Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN- 651 PM EST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA... HUMIDITY HAS INCREASED ABOVE 30 PERCENT WITH WINDS SUBSIDING BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/RNK/EMER/EMER_FIRE.PHP (ALL LOWER CASE)
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 12:00 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Feb 25, 7:26 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 11 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in North Carolina, 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.