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Red Flag Warning 19, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this red flag warning at Sep 11, 2016, 8:47 AM PDT for Washoe County, Nevada; Lassen County, Modoc County, California. It took effect at Sep 11, 2016, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Sep 11, 2016, 8:47 AM PDT (15:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 11, 2016, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2016, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
Counties Lassen County, CA, Modoc County, CA, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:50 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
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 3018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
181 WWUS85 KREV 111547 RFWREV URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 847 AM PDT SUN SEP 11 2016 CAZ270-278-NVZ450-453-458-120300- /O.NEW.KREV.FW.W.0019.160911T1900Z-160912T0300Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY- WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- 847 AM PDT SUN SEP 11 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY...FAR NORTHWEST NEVADA...AND THE WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 270 SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA, FIRE ZONE 278 EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY, FIRE ZONE 450 WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT, FIRE ZONE 453 WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE AND FIRE ZONE 458 NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY CAN CAUSE FIRE TO RAPIDLY GROW IN SIZE AND INTENSITY BEFORE FIRST RESPONDERS CAN CONTAIN THEM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THAT CAN CAUSE A SPARK NEAR DRY VEGETATION, SUCH AS YARD WORK, TARGET SHOOTING, OR CAMPFIRES. FOLLOW LOCAL FIRE RESTRICTIONS. CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES AND LIVINGWITHFIRE.INFO FOR PREPAREDNESS TIPS. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
1 follow-up statement
876 WWUS85 KREV 120313 RFWREV URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 813 PM PDT SUN SEP 11 2016 CAZ270-278-NVZ450-453-458-120415- /O.EXP.KREV.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160912T0300Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY- WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- 813 PM PDT SUN SEP 11 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY...FAR NORTHWEST NEVADA...AND THE WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT... WINDS WERE GRADUALLY DECREASING AND HUMIDITY SLOWLY RISING THIS EVENING AND NO LONGER MEET CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS. WIND PRONE AREAS MAY STILL SEE GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH THIS EVENING. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 8:58 AM PDT | Lake Wind Advisory | REV | Churchill, Lyon, Pershing, Washoe | 11 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.