Alert archive / Arizona / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this red flag warning at Feb 22, 2016, 2:50 AM MST for 4 counties in Arizona. It took effect at Feb 22, 2016, 1:00 PM MST. It was in force for 7 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
- Feb 22, 2016, 2:50 AM MST (09:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 22, 2016, 1:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2016, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
Counties Cochise County, AZ, Graham County, AZ, Greenlee County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 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
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 3854 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
693 WWUS85 KTWC 220950 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 250 AM MST MON FEB 22 2016 AZZ152-221800- /O.NEW.KTWC.FW.W.0001.160222T2000Z-160223T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 152 SOUTHERN GRAHAM COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY- SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY- LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAN CARLOS APACHE NATION IN GRAHAM COUNTY-CORONADO NF-SAFFORD BLM-TDC- 250 AM MST MON FEB 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 152...THIS INCLUDES PORTIONS OF COCHISE...GRAHAM...AND GREENLEE COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 152. THIS INCLUDES EASTERN HALF OF COCHISE ALONG WITH MUCH OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES. * TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 30 MPH. STRONGER THROUGH THE GILA RIVER VALLEY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN RH VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 PCT ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP OR ARE ONGOING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. 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 WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. && $$ RH VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
2 follow-up statements
855 WWUS85 KTWC 221756 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1056 AM MST MON FEB 22 2016 AZZ152-230300- /O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0001.160222T2000Z-160223T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 152 SOUTHERN GRAHAM COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY- SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY- LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAN CARLOS APACHE NATION IN GRAHAM COUNTY-CORONADO NF-SAFFORD BLM-TDC- 1056 AM MST MON FEB 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 152... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 152. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST SPEEDS SHOULD OCCUR IN THE GILA RIVER VALLEY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...7 TO 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP OR ARE ONGOING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. && $$ VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
829 WWUS85 KTWC 230239 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 739 PM MST MON FEB 22 2016 AZZ152-230345- /O.EXP.KTWC.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160223T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 152 SOUTHERN GRAHAM COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY- SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY- LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAN CARLOS APACHE NATION IN GRAHAM COUNTY-CORONADO NF-SAFFORD BLM-TDC- 739 PM MST MON FEB 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 152... WINDS ARE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING AND COOLING TEMPERATURES HAVE RESULTED IN SLIGHTLY HIGHER HUMIDITIES. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED AT 8 PM. $$ KD VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
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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.