Alert archive / Nevada / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this red flag warning at Jun 14, 2016, 1:55 PM PDT for Clark County, Lincoln County, Nye County, Nevada. It took effect at Jun 15, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2016, 1:55 PM PDT (20:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 15, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2016, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Clark County, NV, Lincoln County, NV, Nye County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2:45 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | 2 Se Yucca Flat (Nts Sr, NV | GUSTS 58 MPH OR GREATER OCCURRED FROM 245 TO 645 PM. THE PEAK WIND OCCURRED AT 245 PM. |
| Jun 15, 4:50 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 42 Ese Manhattan, NV | MESONET STATION WARM SPRINGS SUMMIT CEMP /CMP26/. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 3286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
279 WWUS85 KVEF 142055 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 155 PM PDT TUE JUN 14 2016 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY NEAR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WEDNESDAY LEADING TO INCREASING WINDS ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA. NVZ463-464-151300- /O.UPG.KVEF.FW.A.0001.160615T1800Z-160616T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.FW.W.0001.160615T1800Z-160616T0300Z/ SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- 155 PM PDT TUE JUN 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE OF SOUTHERN NEVADA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MOST OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE WHILE HUMIDITY RISES LATER WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...DROPPING TO 13 TO 15 PERCENT OVER AT LEAST LOW AND MID ELEVATIONS OF THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE. HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAY NOT SEE HUMIDITY VALUES FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
2 follow-up statements
247 WWUS85 KVEF 151100 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 400 AM PDT WED JUN 15 2016 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY NEAR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST TODAY LEADING TO INCREASING WINDS ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA. NVZ463-464-160300- /O.CON.KVEF.FW.W.0001.160615T1800Z-160616T0300Z/ SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- 400 AM PDT WED JUN 15 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE OF SOUTHERN NEVADA... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON THEN PERSIST INTO EARLY THIS EVENING EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE WHILE HUMIDITY RECOVERS MODERATELY LATER THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...DROPPING TO 13 TO 15 PERCENT OVER AT LEAST LOW AND MID ELEVATIONS OF THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE. HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAY NOT SEE HUMIDITY VALUES FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
207 WWUS85 KVEF 160256 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 756 PM PDT WED JUN 15 2016 NVZ463-464-160400- /O.EXP.KVEF.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160616T0300Z/ SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- 756 PM PDT WED JUN 15 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE OF SOUTHERN NEVADA... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM. LOCAL GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL EXCEED 35 MPH THROUGH 9 OR 10 PM HOWEVER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE INCREASED ABOVE WARNING CRITERIA. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:08 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln, Nye | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.