Alert archive / Virginia / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this red flag warning at Mar 24, 2016, 4:10 AM EDT for 21 counties in Virginia. It took effect at Mar 24, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 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 24, 2016, 4:10 AM EDT (08:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 24, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
All 21 counties
Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 7 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
- 2869 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
717 WWUS81 KRNK 240810 RFWRNK URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 410 AM EDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED NEAR THE VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE TODAY... .VERY DRY FUELS WILL COMBINE WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 25 TO 30 PERCENT AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM LATE THIS MORNING... AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION AFTER SUNSET AND BRING INCREASED RELATIVE HUMIDITY ALONG WITH RAIN SHOWERS. VAZ018>020-022>024-033>035-043>047-058-059-241700- /O.UPG.KRNK.FW.A.0001.160324T1400Z-160325T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.FW.W.0001.160324T1400Z-160325T0000Z/ CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 410 AM EDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VIRGINIA COUNTIES NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN VIRGINIA...THE COUNTIES OF CRAIG...ALLEGHANY...BATH...ROANOKE...BOTETOURT...ROCKBRIDGE... FRANKLIN...BEDFORD...AMHERST...HENRY...PITTSYLVANIA... CAMPBELL...APPOMATTOX...BUCKINGHAM...HALIFAX...AND CHARLOTTE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE PEAK HEATING HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONTROL PROBLEMS FOR EXISTING FIRES IN ADDITION TO INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR SPOTTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR EXPECTED TO OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/RNK/EMER/EMER_FIRE.PHP (ALL LOWER CASE)
2 follow-up statements
859 WWUS81 KRNK 241352 RFWRNK URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 952 AM EDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED NEAR THE VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE TODAY... .VERY DRY FUELS WILL COMBINE WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 25 TO 30 PERCENT AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION AFTER SUNSET AND BRING INCREASED RELATIVE HUMIDITY ALONG WITH RAIN SHOWERS. VAZ018>020-022>024-033>035-043>047-058-059-250000- /O.CON.KRNK.FW.W.0001.160324T1400Z-160325T0000Z/ CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 952 AM EDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VIRGINIA COUNTIES NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE.... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN VIRGINIA...THE COUNTIES OF CRAIG... ALLEGHANY...BATH...ROANOKE...BOTETOURT...ROCKBRIDGE... FRANKLIN...BEDFORD...AMHERST...HENRY...PITTSYLVANIA... CAMPBELL...APPOMATTOX...BUCKINGHAM...HALIFAX...AND CHARLOTTE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE PEAK HEATING HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONTROL PROBLEMS FOR EXISTING FIRES IN ADDITION TO INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR SPOTTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR EXPECTED TO OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/RNK/EMER/EMER_FIRE.PHP (ALL LOWER CASE)
080 WWUS81 KRNK 250014 RFWRNK URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 814 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016 VAZ018>020-022>024-033>035-043>047-058-059-250115- /O.EXP.KRNK.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160325T0000Z/ CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 814 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT AND AREAS NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. WINDS ARE SLOWLY DIMINISHING AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE INCREASING ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. IN ADDITION...CLOUDS AND MOISTURE ARE ON THE INCREASE AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT. THUS...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/RNK/EMER/EMER_FIRE.PHP (ALL LOWER CASE) RAB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 10:12 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt and 15 more | 6 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.