Alert archive / Nevada / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 24, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this red flag warning at Jun 27, 2012, 9:20 PM PDT for Lincoln County, Nye County, Nevada. It took effect at Jun 28, 2012, 10:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 11 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 27, 2012, 9:20 PM PDT (04:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 28, 2012, 10:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2012, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Lincoln County, NV, Nye County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 248 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:26 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
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 6311 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
623 WWUS85 KVEF 280420 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 920 PM PDT WED JUN 27 2012 NVZ461-462-281330- /O.NEW.KVEF.FW.W.0024.120628T1700Z-120629T0400Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY/ELY DISPATCH-NYE COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH- 920 PM PDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 461 AND 462... 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 10 AM TO 9 PM PDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEVADA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 461 LINCOLN COUNTY/ELY DISPATCH AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 462 NYE COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE MORNING...PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING HOURS...DECREASE BY LATE EVENING. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...4 TO 9 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
3 follow-up statements
625 WWUS85 KVEF 281150 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 450 AM PDT THU JUN 28 2012 NVZ461-462-282230- /O.CON.KVEF.FW.W.0024.120628T1700Z-120629T0400Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY/ELY DISPATCH-NYE COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH- 450 AM PDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 461 AND 462... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEVADA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 461 LINCOLN COUNTY/ELY DISPATCH AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 462 NYE COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE MORNING...PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING HOURS...DECREASE BY LATE EVENING. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...4 TO 9 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS THAT ARE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
796 WWUS85 KVEF 282101 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 201 PM PDT THU JUN 28 2012 NVZ461-462-290400- /O.CON.KVEF.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120629T0400Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY/ELY DISPATCH-NYE COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH- 201 PM PDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 461 AND 462... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEVADA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 461 LINCOLN COUNTY/ELY DISPATCH AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 462 NYE COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH. * TIMING...WIDESPREAD STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...DECREASE BY LATE EVENING. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...4 TO 9 PERCENT ZONE 462...9 TO 14 PERCENT ZONE 461. * 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. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
715 WWUS85 KVEF 290352 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 852 PM PDT THU JUN 28 2012 NVZ461-462-290500- /O.EXP.KVEF.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120629T0400Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY/ELY DISPATCH-NYE COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH- 852 PM PDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 461 AND 462... WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS ACROSS LINCOLN COUNTY AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
Nearby
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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.