Alert archive / Arizona / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this red flag warning at Apr 14, 2016, 3:28 PM PDT for Imperial County, Riverside County, California; 4 counties in Arizona. It took effect at Apr 15, 2016, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2016, 3:28 PM PDT (22:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2016, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2016, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
Counties La Paz County, AZ, Maricopa County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ, Yuma County, AZ, Imperial County, CA, Riverside County, CA
The radar
The Yuma radar (KYUX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 3:05 PM PDT | DUST STORM | 3 Ssw Sun Lakes, AZ | VSBY. 100 FT. IN LOCALIZED BLOWING DUST CHANNEL MP172 ON I-10 BETWEEN RIGGS RD. AND AZ HWY. 587 |
| Apr 15, 4:58 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 44 | 5 N Thousand Palms, CA | MESONET STATION 5 N THOUSAND PALMS /E3393/ |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Yuma Prvg Ground, AZ (K1Y7), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 2660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
788 WWUS85 KPSR 142228 RFWPSR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 328 PM MST THU APR 14 2016 AZZ131-132-151400- /O.UPG.KPSR.FW.A.0002.160415T1900Z-160416T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPSR.FW.W.0002.160415T1900Z-160416T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 131 YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY/LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ- ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 132 SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST DESERTS- 328 PM MST THU APR 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MST FRIDAY FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE LOWER DESERTS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MST FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT AND HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH THIS RED FLAG WARNING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARIZONA...YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY/LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ AND SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST DESERTS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...FRIDAY MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS DISCOURAGED. * IMPACTS...FUELS ARE DRYING AND FIRE DANGER IS HIGH TO VERY HIGH ACROSS THE DISTRICTS. THESE CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ231-151400- /O.NEW.KPSR.FW.W.0002.160415T1900Z-160416T0300Z/ CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 231 LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA- 328 PM PDT THU APR 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN CALIFORNIA...LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...FRIDAY MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FUELS ARE DRYING AND AND FIRE DANGER IS HIGH TO VERY HIGH. THESE CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
3 follow-up statements
616 WWUS85 KPSR 150410 RFWPSR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 910 PM MST THU APR 14 2016 AZZ131-132-CAZ231-151300- /O.CON.KPSR.FW.W.0002.160415T1900Z-160416T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 131 YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY/LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ- ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 132 SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST DESERTS- CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 231 LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA- 910 PM MST THU APR 14 2016 /910 PM PDT THU APR 14 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MST /NOON PDT/ TO 8 PM MST /8 PM PDT/ FRIDAY FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE LOWER DESERTS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA AS WELL AS THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY... * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARIZONA...YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY/LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ AND SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST DESERTS. IN CALIFORNIA...LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...FRIDAY MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING INTO A 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS DISCOURAGED. * IMPACTS...FUELS ARE DRYING AND FIRE DANGER IS HIGH TO VERY HIGH ACROSS THE DISTRICTS. THESE CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
478 WWUS85 KPSR 151039 RFWPSR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 339 AM MST FRI APR 15 2016 AZZ131-CAZ231-151845- /O.NEW.KPSR.FW.W.0003.160416T1900Z-160417T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPSR.FW.W.0002.160415T1900Z-160416T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 131 YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY/LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ- CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 231 LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA- 339 AM MST FRI APR 15 2016 /339 AM PDT FRI APR 15 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MST /NOON PDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM MST /8 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY/LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ AND LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA. ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON MST /NOON PDT/ TO 8 PM MST /8 PM PDT/ SATURDAY FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY/LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ AND LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARIZONA...YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY/LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ. IN CALIFORNIA...LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...FRIDAY MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SATURDAY MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS DISCOURAGED. * IMPACTS...FUELS ARE DRYING AND FIRE DANGER IS HIGH TO VERY HIGH ACROSS THE DISTRICTS. THESE CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ AZZ132-151845- /O.CON.KPSR.FW.W.0002.160415T1900Z-160416T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 132 SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST DESERTS- 339 AM MST FRI APR 15 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE LOWER DESERTS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARIZONA...SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST DESERTS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...FRIDAY MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS DISCOURAGED. * IMPACTS...FUELS ARE DRYING AND FIRE DANGER IS HIGH TO VERY HIGH ACROSS THE DISTRICTS. THESE CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
563 WWUS85 KPSR 151814 RFWPSR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 1114 AM MST FRI APR 15 2016 AZZ131-CAZ231-160300- /O.CON.KPSR.FW.W.0002.160415T1900Z-160416T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPSR.FW.W.0003.160416T1900Z-160417T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 131 YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY/LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ- CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 231 LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA- 1114 AM MST FRI APR 15 2016 /1114 AM PDT FRI APR 15 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST /8 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY... ...RED FLAG WARNING ALSO IN EFFECT SATURDAY NOON MST/ NOON PDT/ TO 8 PM MST/ 8 PM PDT/ FOR CONTINUED STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY... * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARIZONA...YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY/LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ. IN CALIFORNIA...LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THIS EARLY EVENING FRIDAY MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. ALSO...SATURDAY MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING INTO AN 8 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS DISCOURAGED. * IMPACTS...FUELS ARE DRYING AND FIRE DANGER IS VERY HIGH ACROSS THE DISTRICTS. THESE CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ AZZ132-160300- /O.CON.KPSR.FW.W.0002.160415T1900Z-160416T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 132 SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST DESERTS- 1114 AM MST FRI APR 15 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE LOWER DESERTS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARIZONA...SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST DESERTS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS DISCOURAGED. * IMPACTS...FUELS ARE DRYING AND FIRE DANGER IS HIGH TO VERY HIGH ACROSS THE DISTRICTS. THESE CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 5:22 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | PSR | 53 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Arizona, 2016Red Flag Warnings in California, 2016Every red flag warning in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.