Alert archive / Michigan / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this red flag warning at May 24, 2016, 8:42 AM EDT for 19 counties in Michigan. It took effect at May 24, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 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 24, 2016, 8:42 AM EDT (12:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 24, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 24, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Antrim County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Wexford County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:39 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
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 2627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
564 WWUS83 KAPX 241242 RFWAPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 842 AM EDT TUE MAY 24 2016 MIZ017-018-022>024-028>030-034>036-250000- /O.UPG.KAPX.FW.A.0001.000000T0000Z-160524T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.FW.W.0001.160524T1500Z-160525T0000Z/ CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA- ALCONA-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO- 842 AM EDT TUE MAY 24 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITY...AND INCREASINGLY GUSTY WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 11 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY READINGS OF 20 TO 30 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON 80 TO 85 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ MIZ016-019-021-026-027-032-033-041-042-250000- /O.NEW.KAPX.FW.W.0001.160524T1500Z-160525T0000Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE- GLADWIN-ARENAC- 842 AM EDT TUE MAY 24 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITY...AND INCREASINGLY GUSTY WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * WIND...FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 11 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY READINGS OF 20 TO 30 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON 80 TO 85 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ MSB
2 follow-up statements
303 WWUS83 KAPX 241928 RFWAPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 328 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2016 MIZ016>019-021>024-026>030-032>036-041-042-250000- /O.CON.KAPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160525T0000Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY- ALPENA-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-ALCONA-WEXFORD- MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- 328 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITY...AND INCREASINGLY GUSTY WINDS... * WIND...FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 11 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY READINGS OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...WIDESPREAD READINGS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING NOW. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ MSB
737 WWUS83 KAPX 250002 RFWAPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 802 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2016 MIZ016>019-021>024-026>030-032>036-041-042-250115- /O.EXP.KAPX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160525T0000Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY- ALPENA-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-ALCONA-WEXFORD- MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- 802 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 016...017...018...019...021...022...023...024... 026...027...028...029...030...032...033...034...035...036... 041 AND 042... TEMPERATURES HAVE COOLED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE INCREASED TO ABOVE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER VALUES. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ ADAM
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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.