Alert archive / Virginia / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this red flag warning at Apr 8, 2012, 7:09 PM EDT for 33 counties in Virginia; 6 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Apr 9, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT. 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
- Apr 8, 2012, 7:09 PM EDT (23:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
All 42 counties
Caswell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 2555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
868 WWUS81 KRNK 082309 RFWRNK URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 709 PM EDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA...THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS OF VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE NEW RIVER VALLEY...AND SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA FROM 1 PM EDT TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY FOR STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS... ..FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...THE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE OF VIRGINIA...THE WESTERN NEW RIVER VALLEY REGION...AND THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA FROM 1 PM EDT TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY FOR STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS... A DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. WILL SEND ANOTHER DRY COLD FRONT SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS MONDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE REGION WILL DROP INTO THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PART OF WEST VIRGINIA...RANGING DOWNWARD TO 15 TO 20 PERCENT ACROSS THE PIEDMONT REGIONS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY FUELS TO RESULT IN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS VAZ014-017>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-091300- /O.NEW.KRNK.FW.W.0002.120409T1700Z-120410T0000Z/ MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 709 PM EDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY FOR STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS... * AFFECTED AREA...IN VIRGINIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 MONTGOMERY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 FLOYD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 CRAIG...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 ALLEGHANY VA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 BATH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 ROANOKE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 BOTETOURT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 024 ROCKBRIDGE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 PATRICK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 FRANKLIN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 BEDFORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 AMHERST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 HENRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 PITTSYLVANIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 CAMPBELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 APPOMATTOX... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 BUCKINGHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 058 HALIFAX AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 059 CHARLOTTE. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL AND LIMITED RECENT RAINFALL HAVE RESULTED IN DRY FUELS ACROSS THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND SPEEDS WILL NEAR OR ABOVE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS FOR A RED FLAG WARNING MONDAY AFTERNOON...CREATING DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS CAN RESULT IN ERRATIC FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR. 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. && $$ NCZ003>006-020-VAZ007-009>013-015-016-WVZ042>045-091300- /O.NEW.KRNK.FW.A.0002.120409T1700Z-120410T0000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES- WYTHE-PULASKI-GRAYSON-CARROLL-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 709 PM EDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NORTH CAROLINA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 SURRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 STOKES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 ROCKINGHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 006 CASWELL AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 YADKIN. IN VIRGINIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 007 TAZEWELL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 SMYTH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 BLAND...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 GILES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 WYTHE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 PULASKI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 GRAYSON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 016 CARROLL. IN WEST VIRGINIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 MERCER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SUMMERS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 MONROE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 GREENBRIER. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL AND LIMITED RECENT RAINFALL HAVE RESULTED IN DRY FUELS ACROSS THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND SPEEDS WILL BE NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS FOR A RED FLAG WARNING MONDAY AFTERNOON...POTENTIALLY CREATING DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS CAN RESULT IN ERRATIC FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/RNK/EMER/EMER_FIRE.PHP (ALL LOWER CASE) RAB
4 follow-up statements
004 WWUS81 KRNK 090852 RFWRNK URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 452 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS...CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS... ..FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS...CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS... A DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. WILL SEND ANOTHER DRY COLD FRONT SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM MIDDAY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS MONDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE REGION WILL DROP INTO THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PART OF WEST VIRGINIA... RANGING DOWNWARD TO 15 TO 20 PERCENT ACROSS THE PIEDMONT REGIONS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY FUELS TO RESULT IN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS VAZ007-009>013-015-016-WVZ042>045-091700- /O.UPG.KRNK.FW.A.0002.120409T1700Z-120410T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KRNK.FW.W.0002.120409T1600Z-120410T0000Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-GRAYSON-CARROLL-MERCER- SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 452 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING GUSTY WEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN VIRGINIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 007 TAZEWELL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 SMYTH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 BLAND... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 GILES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 WYTHE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 PULASKI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 GRAYSON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 016 CARROLL. IN WEST VIRGINIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 MERCER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SUMMERS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 MONROE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 GREENBRIER. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...NOON THROUGH 8 PM EDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 60. * IMPACTS...BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL AND LIMITED RECENT RAINFALL HAVE RESULTED IN DRY FUELS ACROSS THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND SPEEDS WILL BE NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS FOR A RED FLAG WARNING MONDAY AFTERNOON... POTENTIALLY CREATING DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS CAN RESULT IN ERRATIC FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR. 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. && $$ VAZ014-017>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-091700- /O.EXT.KRNK.FW.W.0002.120409T1600Z-120410T0000Z/ MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 452 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS... * AFFECTED AREA...IN VIRGINIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 MONTGOMERY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 FLOYD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 CRAIG...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 ALLEGHANY VA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 BATH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 ROANOKE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 BOTETOURT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 024 ROCKBRIDGE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 PATRICK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 FRANKLIN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 BEDFORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 AMHERST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 HENRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 PITTSYLVANIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 CAMPBELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 APPOMATTOX... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 BUCKINGHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 058 HALIFAX AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 059 CHARLOTTE. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL AND LIMITED RECENT RAINFALL HAVE RESULTED IN DRY FUELS ACROSS THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND SPEEDS WILL NEAR OR ABOVE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS FOR A RED FLAG WARNING MONDAY AFTERNOON... CREATING DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS CAN RESULT IN ERRATIC FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ NCZ019-091700- /O.EXB.KRNK.FW.A.0002.120409T1600Z-120410T0000Z/ WILKES- 452 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NORTH CAROLINA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 WILKES. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING... * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 60S. * LIGHTNING... * IMPACTS...BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL AND LIMITED RECENT RAINFALL HAVE RESULTED IN DRY FUELS ACROSS THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND SPEEDS WILL BE NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS FOR A RED FLAG WARNING MONDAY AFTERNOON... POTENTIALLY CREATING DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS CAN RESULT IN ERRATIC FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NCZ003>006-020-091700- /O.EXT.KRNK.FW.A.0002.120409T1600Z-120410T0000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN- 452 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NORTH CAROLINA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 SURRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 STOKES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 ROCKINGHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 006 CASWELL AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 YADKIN. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL AND LIMITED RECENT RAINFALL HAVE RESULTED IN DRY FUELS ACROSS THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND SPEEDS WILL BE NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS FOR A RED FLAG WARNING MONDAY AFTERNOON... POTENTIALLY CREATING DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS CAN RESULT IN ERRATIC FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/RNK/EMER/EMER_FIRE.PHP (ALL LOWER CASE)
230 WWUS81 KRNK 091451 RFWRNK URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1051 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT TODAY FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS...CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FINE FUELS. ..FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...AND SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT ON TUESDAY FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS...CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FINE FUELS. A DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. WILL SEND ANOTHER DRY COLD FRONT SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM MIDDAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE REGION WILL DROP INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...RANGING DOWNWARD TO 15 TO 20 PERCENT ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY FUELS TO RESULT IN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA... AND ACROSS ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY EVENING. NCZ003>006-019-020-100000- /O.UPG.KRNK.FW.A.0002.120409T1600Z-120410T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.FW.A.0003.120410T1600Z-120411T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KRNK.FW.W.0002.120409T1600Z-120410T0000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN- 1051 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FINE FUELS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AND DRY FINE FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FINE FUELS WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY EVENING FOR SIMILAR CONDITIONS. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NORTH CAROLINA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 SURRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 STOKES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 ROCKINGHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 006 CASWELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 WILKES AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 YADKIN. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...NOON THROUGH 8 PM EDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 60S. * IMPACTS...LIMITED RECENT RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN DRY FUELS ACROSS THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND SPEEDS WILL BE NEAR OR ABOVE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS FOR A RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON...AND POTENTIALLY AGAIN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON...POTENTIALLY CREATING DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS CAN RESULT IN ERRATIC FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-100000- /O.NEW.KRNK.FW.A.0003.120410T1600Z-120411T0000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.FW.W.0002.120409T1600Z-120410T0000Z/ PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 1051 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AND DRY FINE FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FINE FUELS WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY EVENING FOR SIMILAR CONDITIONS. * AFFECTED AREA...IN VIRGINIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 PATRICK... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 FRANKLIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 BEDFORD... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 AMHERST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 HENRY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 PITTSYLVANIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 CAMPBELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 APPOMATTOX...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 BUCKINGHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 058 HALIFAX AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 059 CHARLOTTE. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...LIMITED RECENT RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN DRY FUELS ACROSS THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND SPEEDS WILL BE NEAR OR ABOVE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS FOR A RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON...CREATING DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS CAN RESULT IN ERRATIC FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ VAZ007-009>020-022>024-WVZ042>045-100000- /O.CON.KRNK.FW.W.0002.120409T1600Z-120410T0000Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON- CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 1051 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS... * AFFECTED AREA...IN VIRGINIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 007 TAZEWELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 SMYTH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 BLAND... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 GILES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 WYTHE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 PULASKI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 MONTGOMERY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 GRAYSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 016 CARROLL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 FLOYD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 CRAIG...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 ALLEGHANY VA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 BATH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 ROANOKE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 BOTETOURT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 024 ROCKBRIDGE. IN WEST VIRGINIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 MERCER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SUMMERS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 MONROE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 GREENBRIER. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...LIMITED RECENT RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN DRY FUELS ACROSS THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND SPEEDS WILL BE NEAR OR ABOVE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS FOR A RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON...CREATING DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS CAN RESULT IN ERRATIC FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR. 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)
348 WWUS81 KRNK 091527 RFWRNK URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1127 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT TODAY FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS...CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... AND DRY FINE FUELS. ..FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...AND FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT ON TUESDAY FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS... CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FINE FUELS. A DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. WILL SEND ANOTHER DRY COLD FRONT SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM MIDDAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE REGION WILL DROP INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...RANGING DOWNWARD TO 15 TO 20 PERCENT ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY FUELS TO RESULT IN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY EVENING. VAZ012>020-022>024-100000- /O.EXA.KRNK.FW.A.0003.120410T1600Z-120411T0000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.FW.W.0002.120409T1600Z-120410T0000Z/ WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA- BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- 1127 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FINE FUELS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... AND DRY FINE FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE NEW RIVER VALLEY AND ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS OF VIRGINIA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN VIRGINIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 WYTHE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 PULASKI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 MONTGOMERY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 GRAYSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 016 CARROLL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 FLOYD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 CRAIG...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 ALLEGHANY VA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 BATH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 ROANOKE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 BOTETOURT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 024 ROCKBRIDGE. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...NOON THROUGH 8 PM EDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 60S. * IMPACTS...LIMITED RECENT RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN DRY FUELS ACROSS THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND SPEEDS WILL BE NEAR OR ABOVE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS FOR A RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON...AND POTENTIALLY AGAIN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON...POTENTIALLY CREATING DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS CAN RESULT IN ERRATIC FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-100000- /O.CON.KRNK.FW.W.0002.120409T1600Z-120410T0000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.FW.A.0003.120410T1600Z-120411T0000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 1127 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FINE FUELS... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NORTH CAROLINA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 SURRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 STOKES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 ROCKINGHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 006 CASWELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 WILKES AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 YADKIN. IN VIRGINIA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 PATRICK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 FRANKLIN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 BEDFORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 AMHERST... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 HENRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 PITTSYLVANIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 CAMPBELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 APPOMATTOX...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 BUCKINGHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 058 HALIFAX AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 059 CHARLOTTE. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...LIMITED RECENT RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN DRY FUELS ACROSS THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND SPEEDS WILL BE NEAR OR ABOVE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS FOR A RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON...CREATING DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS CAN RESULT IN ERRATIC FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ VAZ007-009>011-WVZ042>045-100000- /O.CON.KRNK.FW.W.0002.120409T1600Z-120410T0000Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 1127 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS... * AFFECTED AREA...IN VIRGINIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 007 TAZEWELL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 009 SMYTH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 BLAND AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 GILES. IN WEST VIRGINIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 MERCER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SUMMERS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 MONROE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 GREENBRIER. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...LIMITED RECENT RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN DRY FUELS ACROSS THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND SPEEDS WILL BE NEAR OR ABOVE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS FOR A RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON...CREATING DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS CAN RESULT IN ERRATIC FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ NCZ001-002-018-100000- /O.EXA.KRNK.FW.A.0003.120410T1600Z-120411T0000Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA- 1127 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... AND DRY FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NORTH CAROLINA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 ASHE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 ALLEGHANY NC AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 WATAUGA. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...NOON THROUGH 8 PM EDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 60S. * LIGHTNING... * IMPACTS...LIMITED RECENT RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN DRY FUELS ACROSS THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND SPEEDS WILL BE NEAR OR ABOVE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS FOR A RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON...AND POTENTIALLY AGAIN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON...POTENTIALLY CREATING DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS CAN RESULT IN ERRATIC FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/RNK/EMER/EMER_FIRE.PHP (ALL LOWER CASE)
454 WWUS81 KRNK 100002 RFWRNK URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 802 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ..FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...AND FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT ON TUESDAY FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS...CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FINE FUELS. NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ012>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- 100815- /O.EXP.KRNK.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120410T0000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.FW.A.0003.120410T1600Z-120411T0000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-WYTHE-PULASKI- MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY- PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 802 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA ... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF THE AREA... * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...NOON THROUGH 8 PM EDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 50S. * IMPACTS...LIMITED RECENT RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN DRY FUELS ACROSS THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND SPEEDS WILL BE NEAR OR ABOVE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS FOR A RED FLAG WARNING POTENTIALLY ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON...CREATING DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS CAN RESULT IN ERRATIC FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ VAZ007-009>011-WVZ042>045-100115- /O.EXP.KRNK.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120410T0000Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 802 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER TO 55 TO 80 PERCENT TONIGHT.. $$ NCZ001-002-018-100815- /O.CON.KRNK.FW.A.0003.120410T1600Z-120411T0000Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA- 802 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA... * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...NOON THROUGH 8 PM EDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 27 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 50S. * LIGHTNING... * IMPACTS...LIMITED RECENT RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN DRY FUELS ACROSS THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND SPEEDS WILL BE NEAR OR ABOVE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS FOR A RED FLAG WARNING POTENTIALLY AGAIN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON...CREATING DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS CAN RESULT IN ERRATIC FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 7:09 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Giles, Grayson, Pulaski, Smyth and 2 more | 16 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Virginia, 2012Red Flag Warnings in North Carolina, 2012Red Flag Warnings in West Virginia, 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.