Alert archive / Wisconsin / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this red flag warning at May 22, 2016, 5:46 PM CDT for 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at May 23, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT. 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
- May 22, 2016, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 23, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 23, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
Counties Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Vilas County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 1915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
442 WWUS83 KGRB 222246 RFWGRB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 546 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 900 AM UNTIL 800 PM MONDAY FOR NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN DUE TO WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. .WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH INCREASING SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. WIZ005-010>013-018>021-073-074-230700- /O.UPG.KGRB.FW.A.0001.160523T1700Z-160524T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.FW.W.0001.160523T1400Z-160524T0100Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN- LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- 546 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * THE AFFECTED COUNTIES ARE...VILAS...ONEIDA...FOREST... FLORENCE...NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY...LINCOLN...LANGLADE... MENOMINEE...NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY...SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY. * WINDS FROM THE SOUTH INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING TO 17 TO 25 PERCENT. * HIGH TEMPERATURES HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. * IMPACTS...BURNING RESTRICTIONS ARE LIKELY IN EFFECT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BURNING RESTRICTIONS...VISIT THE WISCONSIN DNR WEBSITE AT DNR.WI.GOV/TOPIC/FORESTFIRE/RESTRICTIONS.HTML AND CLICK ON THE APPROPRIATE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WARM TEMPERATURES AND EXCEPTIONALLY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WILDLAND FIRE CONDITIONS. PERSONS ARE URGED TO BE CAREFUL WITH ANY ACTIVITIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO A WILDLAND FIRE. CAMPFIRES...OUTDOOR GRILLS...SMOKING MATERIALS...CHAIN SAWS...AND ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES ALL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO THROW A SPARK AND IGNITE A DANGEROUS AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
4 follow-up statements
856 WWUS83 KGRB 230455 RFWGRB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1155 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 900 AM UNTIL 800 PM MONDAY FOR NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN DUE TO WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. .WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH INCREASING SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. WIZ005-010>013-018>021-073-074-231300- /O.CON.KGRB.FW.W.0001.160523T1400Z-160524T0100Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN- LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- 1155 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... * THE AFFECTED COUNTIES ARE...VILAS...ONEIDA...FOREST... FLORENCE...NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY...LINCOLN...LANGLADE... MENOMINEE...NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY...SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY. * WINDS FROM THE SOUTH INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING TO 17 TO 25 PERCENT. * HIGH TEMPERATURES HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. * IMPACTS...BURNING RESTRICTIONS ARE LIKELY IN EFFECT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BURNING RESTRICTIONS...VISIT THE WISCONSIN DNR WEBSITE AT DNR.WI.GOV/TOPIC/FORESTFIRE/RESTRICTIONS.HTML AND CLICK ON THE APPROPRIATE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WARM TEMPERATURES AND EXCEPTIONALLY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WILDLAND FIRE CONDITIONS. PERSONS ARE URGED TO BE CAREFUL WITH ANY ACTIVITIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO A WILDLAND FIRE. CAMPFIRES...OUTDOOR GRILLS...SMOKING MATERIALS...CHAIN SAWS...AND ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES ALL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO THROW A SPARK AND IGNITE A DANGEROUS AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
547 WWUS83 KGRB 231120 RFWGRB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 620 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 900 AM UNTIL 800 PM TODAY FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN DUE TO WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. .WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH INCREASING SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. WIZ005-010>013-018>021-073-074-232000- /O.CON.KGRB.FW.W.0001.160523T1400Z-160524T0100Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN- LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- 620 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... * THE AFFECTED COUNTIES ARE...VILAS...ONEIDA...FOREST... FLORENCE...NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY...LINCOLN...LANGLADE... MENOMINEE...NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY...SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY. * WINDS FROM THE SOUTH INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING TO 18 TO 25 PERCENT. * HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM 80 TO 85. * IMPACTS...BURNING RESTRICTIONS ARE LIKELY IN EFFECT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BURNING RESTRICTIONS...VISIT THE WISCONSIN DNR WEBSITE AT DNR.WI.GOV/TOPIC/FORESTFIRE/RESTRICTIONS.HTML AND CLICK ON THE APPROPRIATE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WARM TEMPERATURES AND EXCEPTIONALLY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WILDLAND FIRE CONDITIONS. PERSONS ARE URGED TO BE CAREFUL WITH ANY ACTIVITIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO A WILDLAND FIRE. CAMPFIRES...OUTDOOR GRILLS...SMOKING MATERIALS...CHAIN SAWS...AND ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES ALL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO THROW A SPARK AND IGNITE A DANGEROUS AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
266 WWUS83 KGRB 231819 RFWGRB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 119 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM THIS EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN DUE TO WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. .WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH INCREASING SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. WIZ005-010>013-018>021-073-074-240100- /O.CON.KGRB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160524T0100Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN- LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- 119 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTH-CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... * THE AFFECTED COUNTIES ARE...VILAS...ONEIDA...FOREST... FLORENCE...NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY...LINCOLN...LANGLADE... MENOMINEE...NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY...SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY. * SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH, WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING TO 17 TO 25 PERCENT. * HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S. * IMPACTS...BURNING RESTRICTIONS ARE LIKELY IN EFFECT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BURNING RESTRICTIONS...VISIT THE WISCONSIN DNR WEBSITE AT DNR.WI.GOV/TOPIC/FORESTFIRE/RESTRICTIONS.HTML AND CLICK ON THE APPROPRIATE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WARM TEMPERATURES AND EXCEPTIONALLY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WILDLAND FIRE CONDITIONS. PERSONS ARE URGED TO BE CAREFUL WITH ANY ACTIVITIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO A WILDLAND FIRE. CAMPFIRES...OUTDOOR GRILLS...SMOKING MATERIALS...CHAIN SAWS...AND ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES ALL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO THROW A SPARK AND IGNITE A DANGEROUS AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. && $$ ECKBERG
115 WWUS83 KGRB 232001 RFWGRB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 301 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM THIS EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN DUE TO WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... .THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGH OUT THE EVENING AS TEMPERATURES FALL BACK INTO THE 70S...WINDS DIMINISH TO AROUND 10 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS RISING ABOVE 50 PERCENT. WIZ005-010>013-018>021-073-074-240100- /O.CON.KGRB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160524T0100Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN- LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- 301 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTH-CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... * THE AFFECTED COUNTIES ARE...VILAS...ONEIDA...FOREST... FLORENCE...NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY...LINCOLN...LANGLADE... MENOMINEE...NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY...SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY. * SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET. WINDS BY MID EVENING WILL BE AROUND 10 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS OF 20 TO 30 PERCENT WILL QUICKLY RISE ABOVE 50 PERCENT THIS EVENING. * AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S WILL FALL BACK INTO THE 60S BY LATE EVENING. * IMPACTS...BURNING RESTRICTIONS ARE LIKELY IN EFFECT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BURNING RESTRICTIONS...VISIT THE WISCONSIN DNR WEBSITE AT DNR.WI.GOV/TOPIC/FORESTFIRE/RESTRICTIONS.HTML AND CLICK ON THE APPROPRIATE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WARM TEMPERATURES AND EXCEPTIONALLY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WILDLAND FIRE CONDITIONS. PERSONS ARE URGED TO BE CAREFUL WITH ANY ACTIVITIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO A WILDLAND FIRE. CAMPFIRES...OUTDOOR GRILLS...SMOKING MATERIALS...CHAIN SAWS...AND ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES ALL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO THROW A SPARK AND IGNITE A DANGEROUS AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. && $$ ECKBERG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 10:30 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GRB | Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marinette, Menominee and 3 more | 7 hr |
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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.