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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV

March 17, 20169 counties in Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this red flag warning at Mar 17, 2016, 9:06 AM EDT for 9 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Mar 17, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT. 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: Mar 17, 2016, 9:06 AM EDT (13:06 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 17, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Mar 17, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:07 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 107 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

587 
WWUS81 KRLX 171306
RFWRLX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
906 AM EDT THU MAR 17 2016


OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-172115-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FW.W.0001.160317T1600Z-160318T0000Z/
PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-
LAWRENCE OH-
906 AM EDT THU MAR 17 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS FOR SOUTHEAST
OHIO...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 PERRY...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 067 MORGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 ATHENS...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 076 WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 JACKSON OH...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 084 VINTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 MEIGS...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 086 GALLIA AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 LAWRENCE OH.

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...IN THE LOWER TO MID 20 PERCENT
  RANGE...ALTHOUGH A FEW SPOTS COULD DIP INTO THE UPPER TEENS.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWER TO MID 60S.

* IMPACTS...THE THREAT IS ENHANCED IN GRASSY AND BRUSH FILLED
  AREAS.

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.

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

267 
WWUS81 KRLX 172058
RFWRLX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
458 PM EDT THU MAR 17 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...

OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-180000-
/O.CON.KRLX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160318T0000Z/
PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-
LAWRENCE OH-
458 PM EDT THU MAR 17 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 PERRY...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 067 MORGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 ATHENS...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 076 WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 JACKSON OH...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 084 VINTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 MEIGS...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 086 GALLIA AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 LAWRENCE OH.

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...DIMINISHING
  TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO TO 25 MPH BY 8 PM.

* TIMING...HIGHEST SPEEDS THROUGH 7 PM.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...IN THE LOWER TO MID 20 PERCENT RANGE...WITH
  A FEW SPOTS AS LOW AS THE UPPER TEENS...RECOVERING INTO THE 30S
  BY 8 PM.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S...FALLING INTO THE 50S BY
  8 PM

* IMPACTS...THE THREAT IS ENHANCED IN GRASSY AND BRUSH FILLED 
  AREAS.

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.

&&

$$

TRM

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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.