Alert archive / North Carolina / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this red flag warning at Mar 13, 2014, 3:36 AM EDT for 31 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Mar 13, 2014, 11:00 AM EDT. 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
- Mar 13, 2014, 3:36 AM EDT (07:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 13, 2014, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
All 31 counties
Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1440 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
054 WWUS82 KRAH 130736 RFWRAH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 336 AM EDT THU MAR 13 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY... .DRY FUELS SUCH AS GRASS...LEAVES...PINE NEEDLES AND TWIGS COMBINED WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH FIRES CAN RAPIDLY GROW OR SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-132200- /O.UPG.KRAH.FW.A.0002.140313T1500Z-140313T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KRAH.FW.W.0002.140313T1500Z-140313T2200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 336 AM EDT THU MAR 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NC... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES CAN RAPIDLY GROW AND SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED TODAY. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RALEIGH (ALL LOWER CASE)
2 follow-up statements
374 WWUS82 KRAH 131924 RFWRAH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 324 PM EDT THU MAR 13 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY... .DRY FUELS SUCH AS GRASS...LEAVES...PINE NEEDLES AND TWIGS COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH FIRES CAN RAPIDLY GROW OR SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-140200- /O.NEW.KRAH.FW.A.0003.140314T1500Z-140314T2200Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140313T2200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 324 PM EDT THU MAR 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NC... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED NEAR 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP ON FRIDAY. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...AND AROUND 20 PERCENT ON FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES CAN RAPIDLY GROW AND SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED TODAY. 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/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RALEIGH (ALL LOWER CASE)
973 WWUS82 KRAH 132206 AAA RFWRAH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 606 PM EDT THU MAR 13 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY... .DRY FUELS SUCH AS GRASS...LEAVES...PINE NEEDLES AND TWIGS COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH FIRES CAN RAPIDLY GROW OR SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-141000- /O.EXP.KRAH.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140313T2200Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.FW.A.0003.140314T1500Z-140314T2200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 606 PM EDT THU MAR 13 2014 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY HAS EXPIRED... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR... * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED NEAR 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...UNCONTROLLABLE GROWTH AND SPREAD OF FIRE. 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 28 min |
| Mar 13, 3:24 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 12 hr |
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.