Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at May 27, 2014, 4:58 AM PDT for Modoc County, California. It took effect at May 27, 2014, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 7 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
- May 27, 2014, 4:58 AM PDT (11:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 27, 2014, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 27, 2014, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
County Modoc County, CA
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:58 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
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 2262 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
829 WWUS86 KMFR 271158 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 458 AM PDT TUE MAY 27 2014 . AHEAD OF A LOW MOVING INTO THE AREA STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES AND DRY CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY. CAZ285-280000- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0002.140527T2100Z-140528T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0002.140527T2100Z-140528T0300Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 458 AM PDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF LOW RH AND STRONG WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF LOW RH AND STRONG WINDS. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: MOST OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285 * WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...12-16 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF DRY CONDITIONS...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES MAY CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
3 follow-up statements
501 WWUS86 KMFR 271544 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 844 AM PDT TUE MAY 27 2014 .STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING AHEAD OF A LOW. THESE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES. CAZ285-280300- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0002.140527T2100Z-140528T0300Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 844 AM PDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285... * AFFECTED AREA: THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285. THIS INCLUDES ALTURAS, ADIN, LIKELY, AND THE WARNER MOUNTAINS. * WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...12-16 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF DRY CONDITIONS...GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ DW VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
527 WWUS86 KMFR 280241 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 741 PM PDT TUE MAY 27 2014 CAZ285-280400- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140528T0400Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 741 PM PDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285... THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285. THIS INCLUDES ALTURAS... ADIN... LIKELY... AND THE WARNER MOUNTAINS. * WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...12-16 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF DRY CONDITIONS...GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FB VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
373 WWUS86 KMFR 280416 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 916 PM PDT TUE MAY 27 2014 CAZ285-280530- /O.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140528T0400Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 916 PM PDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WEST WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW 15 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE CLIMBED ABOVE 15 PERCENT. EXPECT GRADUAL RISE IN HUMIDITY OVERNIGHT WITH WINDS COMING BELOW 10 MPH AT MOST LOCATIONS IN FIRE ZONE 285 BY MIDNIGHT. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 $$ FB VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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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.