Alert archive / Nevada / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this red flag warning at May 13, 2012, 2:29 PM PDT for Esmeralda County, Nye County, Nevada; Inyo County, Tulare County, California. It took effect at May 14, 2012, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr. 1 report 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
- May 13, 2012, 2:29 PM PDT (21:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 14, 2012, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 14, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Inyo County, CA, Tulare County, CA, Esmeralda County, NV, Nye County, NV
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 205 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 12:42 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Oak Creek Raws, CA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 6202 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
426 WWUS85 KVEF 132129 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 229 PM PDT SUN MAY 13 2012 .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MONDAY WILL BRING GUSTY SOUTH WINDS TO THE OWENS VALLEY AND ESMERALDA COUNTY. AS THE LOW MOVES INTO NORTHERN NEVADA TUESDAY...WINDS WILL LIKELY BECOME FAIRLY STRONG ACROSS NORTHWEST ARIZONA. CAZ226-NVZ460-141400- /O.NEW.KVEF.FW.W.0010.120514T1900Z-120515T0300Z/ OWENS VALLEY/SOUTHERN INYO FOREST- ESMERALDA AND NYE COUNTY DESERTS/CNC DISPATCH- 229 PM PDT SUN MAY 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 AND 460... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN CALIFORNIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 226 OWENS VALLEY/SOUTHERN INYO FOREST. IN NEVADA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 460 ESMERALDA AND NYE COUNTY DESERTS/CNC DISPATCH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING AND WILL BE STRONG THROUGHOUT MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING BY 8 PM. * WIND...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT MUCH OF THE DAY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS THAT ARE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ AZZ102-141400- /O.NEW.KVEF.FW.A.0006.120515T1900Z-120516T0300Z/ NORTHWEST DESERTS/NORTHWEST PLATEAU- 229 PM MST SUN MAY 13 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARIZONA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 NORTHWEST DESERTS/NORTHWEST PLATEAU. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND WILL LIKELY BE STRONG AND GUSTY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING BY 8 PM. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...SINGLE DIGITS MOST OF THE DAY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS THAT ARE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
3 follow-up statements
910 WWUS85 KVEF 141255 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 555 AM PDT MON MAY 14 2012 .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY WILL BRING GUSTY SOUTH WINDS TO THE OWENS VALLEY AND ESMERALDA COUNTY. AS THE LOW MOVES INTO NORTHERN NEVADA TUESDAY...WINDS WILL LIKELY BECOME FAIRLY STRONG ACROSS NORTHWEST ARIZONA. CAZ226-NVZ460-142300- /O.CON.KVEF.FW.W.0010.120514T1900Z-120515T0300Z/ OWENS VALLEY/SOUTHERN INYO FOREST- ESMERALDA AND NYE COUNTY DESERTS/CNC DISPATCH- 555 AM PDT MON MAY 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 AND 460... * AFFECTED AREA...IN CALIFORNIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 226 OWENS VALLEY/SOUTHERN INYO FOREST. IN NEVADA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 460 ESMERALDA AND NYE COUNTY DESERTS/CNC DISPATCH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING BY 8 PM. * WIND...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT MUCH OF THE DAY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS THAT ARE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ AZZ102-142300- /O.CON.KVEF.FW.A.0006.120515T1900Z-120516T0300Z/ NORTHWEST DESERTS/NORTHWEST PLATEAU- 555 AM MST MON MAY 14 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102... * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARIZONA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 NORTHWEST DESERTS/NORTHWEST PLATEAU. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND WILL LIKELY BE STRONG AND GUSTY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING BY 8 PM. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...SINGLE DIGITS MOST OF THE DAY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS THAT ARE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
501 WWUS85 KVEF 142126 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 226 PM PDT MON MAY 14 2012 .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS TO THE OWENS VALLEY AND ESMERALDA COUNTY. AS THE LOW MOVES INTO NORTHERN NEVADA TUESDAY...WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG ACROSS MUCH OF LINCOLN AND MOHAVE COUNTIES. AZZ102-150300- /O.UPG.KVEF.FW.A.0006.120515T1900Z-120516T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.FW.W.0011.120515T1900Z-120516T0300Z/ NORTHWEST DESERTS/NORTHWEST PLATEAU- 226 PM MST MON MAY 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MST TUESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MST TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARIZONA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 NORTHWEST DESERTS/NORTHWEST PLATEAU. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING BY 8 PM. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...SINGLE DIGITS MOST OF THE DAY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS THAT ARE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ NVZ461-150300- /O.NEW.KVEF.FW.W.0011.120515T1900Z-120516T0300Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY/ELY DISPATCH- 226 PM PDT MON MAY 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 461... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEVADA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 461 LINCOLN COUNTY/ELY DISPATCH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING BY 8 PM. * WIND...SOUTH 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...SINGLE DIGITS MUCH OF THE DAY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS THAT ARE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ CAZ226-NVZ460-150300- /O.CON.KVEF.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120515T0300Z/ OWENS VALLEY/SOUTHERN INYO FOREST- ESMERALDA AND NYE COUNTY DESERTS/CNC DISPATCH- 226 PM PDT MON MAY 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 AND 460... * AFFECTED AREA...IN CALIFORNIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 226 OWENS VALLEY/SOUTHERN INYO FOREST. IN NEVADA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 460 ESMERALDA AND NYE COUNTY DESERTS/CNC DISPATCH. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING BY 8 PM. * WIND...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS THAT ARE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
607 WWUS85 KVEF 150237 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 737 PM PDT MON MAY 14 2012 .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO NORTHERN NEVADA TUESDAY WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF LINCOLN AND MOHAVE COUNTIES. CAZ226-NVZ460-150345- /O.EXP.KVEF.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120515T0300Z/ OWENS VALLEY/SOUTHERN INYO FOREST- ESMERALDA AND NYE COUNTY DESERTS/CNC DISPATCH- 737 PM PDT MON MAY 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 AND 460... WINDS HAD BEGUN TO SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN LOW THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER HAD ENDED. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ AZZ102-NVZ461-151100- /O.CON.KVEF.FW.W.0011.120515T1900Z-120516T0300Z/ NORTHWEST DESERTS/NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LINCOLN COUNTY/ELY DISPATCH- 737 PM PDT MON MAY 14 2012 /737 PM MST MON MAY 14 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON PDT /NOON MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ TUESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 102 AND 461... * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARIZONA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 NORTHWEST DESERTS/NORTHWEST PLATEAU. IN NEVADA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 461 LINCOLN COUNTY/ELY DISPATCH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING BY 8 PM. * WIND...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...SINGLE DIGITS MUCH OF THE DAY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS THAT ARE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ MORGAN HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.