Alert archive / Arizona / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this red flag warning at Mar 28, 2016, 2:56 PM MST for 4 counties in Arizona. It took effect at Mar 29, 2016, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 6 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 28, 2016, 2:56 PM MST (21:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2016, 12:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2016, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 6 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 21:57 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 12:00Z, 9.9 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
- 2144 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
399 WWUS85 KTWC 282156 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 256 PM MST MON MAR 28 2016 AZZ152-291200- /O.UPG.KTWC.FW.A.0005.160329T1900Z-160330T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KTWC.FW.W.0007.160329T1900Z-160330T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160329T0100Z/ 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- 256 PM MST MON MAR 28 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 152... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 152... * AFFECTED AREA...THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 152 TODAY...AND THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF ZONE 152 ON TUESDAY. * TIMING...12 PM THROUGH 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL EASE AROUND AND SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET BUT REMAIN SOMEWHAT GUSTY THROUGH THE NIGHT. SLIGHTLY STRONGER WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DAYTIME MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL DROP INTO THE 13 TO 18 PCT RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...BARELY WITHIN THE RANGE OF CRITERIA. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP OR ARE ONGOING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WITH A HEAVY DEAD GRASS LOAD. * 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 VERY DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH. && $$ AZZ150-151-290100- /O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160329T0100Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 150 WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION-TDC-ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 151 EASTERN PIMA COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTY- SANTA CRUZ COUNTY-WESTERN COCHISE COUNTY- CORONADO NF-TDC- 256 PM MST MON MAR 28 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES 150 AND 151... * AFFECTED AREA...AREAS SOUTH OF PINAL COUNTY IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 150 AND 151 INCLUDING PORTIONS OF THE TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWESTERLY AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. WINDS EASING AFTER 6 PM THIS EVENING BUT REMAINING SOMEWHAT GUSTY THROUGH THE NIGHT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DAYTIME MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE 13 TO 18 PCT RANGE THROUGH 5 PM BEFORE RISING AGAIN THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP OR ARE ONGOING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. && $$ VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
3 follow-up statements
306 WWUS85 KTWC 290102 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 602 PM MST MON MAR 28 2016 AZZ152-290915- /O.EXP.KTWC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160329T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0007.160329T1900Z-160330T0100Z/ 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- 602 PM MST MON MAR 28 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 152......RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 152... * TIMING...12 PM THROUGH 6 PM TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DAYTIME MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL DROP INTO THE 13 TO 18 PCT RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...BARELY WITHIN THE RANGE OF CRITERIA. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP OR ARE ONGOING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WITH A HEAVY DEAD GRASS LOAD. * 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 VERY DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH. && 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. && $$ AZZ150-151-290215- /O.EXP.KTWC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160329T0100Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 150 WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION-TDC-ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 151 EASTERN PIMA COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTY- SANTA CRUZ COUNTY-WESTERN COCHISE COUNTY- CORONADO NF-TDC- 602 PM MST MON MAR 28 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES 150 AND 151... WIND SPEEDS ACROSS THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RECOVER AS TEMPERATURES LOWER. THUS...THE RED FLAG WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME AT 6 PM MST. $$ VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
827 WWUS85 KTWC 290947 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 247 AM MST TUE MAR 29 2016 AZZ152-300100- /O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0007.160329T1900Z-160330T0100Z/ 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- 247 AM MST TUE MAR 29 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 152 INCLUDING EASTERN COCHISE...SOUTHEAST GRAHAM AND SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTIES... * AFFECTED AREA...SOUTHEAST PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 152 INCLUDING EASTERN COCHISE...SOUTHEAST GRAHAM AND SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL PICK UP ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASE IN THE EARLY EVENING. CRITICAL MINIMUM HUMIDITIES BELOW 20 PERCENT WILL BE PRESENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DAYTIME MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL DROP INTO THE 13 TO 19 PCT RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...BARELY WITHIN THE RANGE OF CRITERIA. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP OR ONGOING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WITH A HEAVY DEAD GRASS LOAD. * 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. && $$ VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
571 WWUS85 KTWC 300107 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 607 PM MST TUE MAR 29 2016 AZZ152-300215- /O.EXP.KTWC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160330T0100Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 152 SOUTHERN GRAHAM COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY- SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY- LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAN CARLOS APACHE NATION IN GRAHAM COUNTY-CORONADO NF-SAFFORD BLM-TDC- 607 PM MST TUE MAR 29 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 152 INCLUDING EASTERN COCHISE...SOUTHEAST GRAHAM AND SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTIES... WIND SPEEDS ACROSS THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL INCREASE...WITH MOST VALUES IN THE 25 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE OR HIGHER AT THIS TIME. THUS...THE RED FLAG WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST. $$ VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2:32 AM MST | Wind Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz | 40 hr |
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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.