Alert archive / Nevada / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this red flag warning at Oct 13, 2016, 2:15 PM PDT for San Bernardino County, California; Clark County, Lincoln County, Nevada. It took effect at Oct 14, 2016, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 31 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
- Oct 13, 2016, 2:15 PM PDT (21:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 14, 2016, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 15, 2016, 7:05 PM PDT
- In force
- 31 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties San Bernardino County, CA, Clark County, NV, Lincoln County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 3405 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
766 WWUS85 KVEF 132115 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 215 PM PDT THU OCT 13 2016 .WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT AND FAR SOUTHERN NEVADA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED. CAZ228-NVZ465-466-140515- /O.UPG.KVEF.FW.A.0006.161014T1800Z-161015T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.FW.W.0010.161014T1900Z-161015T0400Z/ MOJAVE DESERT INCLUDING MORONGO VALLEY/YUCCA VALLEY- CLARK AND SW LINCOLN COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH- LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-NV SIDE- 215 PM PDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR CA ZONE 228 AND NV ZONES 465 AND 466...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM PDT FRIDAY. THIS REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT. * TIMING...FROM NOON FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * MINIMUM HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ MORGAN WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
7 follow-up statements
834 WWUS85 KVEF 140456 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 956 PM PDT THU OCT 13 2016 .WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT AND FAR SOUTHERN NEVADA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED. CAZ228-NVZ465-466-141400- /O.CON.KVEF.FW.W.0010.161014T1900Z-161015T0400Z/ MOJAVE DESERT INCLUDING MORONGO VALLEY/YUCCA VALLEY- CLARK AND SW LINCOLN COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH- LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-NV SIDE- 956 PM PDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * TIMING...FROM NOON FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * MINIMUM HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
709 WWUS85 KVEF 141151 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 451 AM PDT FRI OCT 14 2016 .WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT AND FAR SOUTHERN NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED. CAZ228-NVZ465-466-150400- /O.CON.KVEF.FW.W.0010.161014T1900Z-161015T0400Z/ MOJAVE DESERT INCLUDING MORONGO VALLEY/YUCCA VALLEY- CLARK AND SW LINCOLN COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH- LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-NV SIDE- 451 AM PDT FRI OCT 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * TIMING...FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * MINIMUM HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
311 WWUS85 KVEF 141838 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1138 AM PDT FRI OCT 14 2016 .WINDS ARE INCREASING ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT AND FAR SOUTHERN NEVADA. COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TOMORROW IN SOUTHERN NEVADA...BUT HUMIDITIES WILL RISE IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND LESSEN THE FIRE DANGER THERE. NVZ465-466-150400- /O.EXT.KVEF.FW.W.0010.161014T1900Z-161016T0400Z/ CLARK AND SW LINCOLN COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH- LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-NV SIDE- 1138 AM PDT FRI OCT 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 465 AND 466... * TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HUMIDITIES WILL RISE ABOVE 15 PERCENT OVERNIGHT...BUT CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL RETURN BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * MINIMUM HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT DURING THE DAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ CAZ228-150400- /O.CON.KVEF.FW.W.0010.161014T1900Z-161015T0400Z/ MOJAVE DESERT INCLUDING MORONGO VALLEY/YUCCA VALLEY- 1138 AM PDT FRI OCT 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 228... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * MINIMUM HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ MORGAN WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
940 WWUS85 KVEF 150339 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 839 PM PDT FRI OCT 14 2016 CAZ228-150445- /O.EXP.KVEF.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161015T0400Z/ MOJAVE DESERT INCLUDING MORONGO VALLEY/YUCCA VALLEY- 839 PM PDT FRI OCT 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 228... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE RISING ABOVE 15 PERCENT WHILE GUSTY WINDS ABOVE 35 MPH ONLY LOCALLY OCCURRED. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ NVZ465-466-151300- /O.CON.KVEF.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161016T0400Z/ CLARK AND SW LINCOLN COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH- LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-NV SIDE- 839 PM PDT FRI OCT 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 465 AND 466... * TIMING...WINDS WILL SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT WHILE HUMIDITY VALUES RECOVER ABOVE 15 PERCENT. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHILE HUMIDITY VALUES LOWER BELOW 15 PERCENT. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * MINIMUM HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT DURING THE DAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
784 WWUS85 KVEF 151050 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 350 AM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016 .RED FLAG WARNING FOR NV ZONES 465 AND 466 THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS EXPECTED TO BE A BIT STRONGER THAN YESTERDAY. RH VALUES WILL BRIEFLY DIP BELOW 15 PERCENT IN MOST LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING DURING THE AFTERNOON FOR ROUGHLY 3 TO 4 HOURS. NVZ465-466-151900- /O.CON.KVEF.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161016T0400Z/ CLARK AND SW LINCOLN COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH- LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-NV SIDE- 350 AM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 465 AND 466... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON WHILE HUMIDITY VALUES LOWER BELOW 15 PERCENT. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * MINIMUM HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
401 WWUS85 KVEF 151811 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1111 AM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016 .RED FLAG WARNING FOR NV ZONES 465 AND 466 THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS EXPECTED TO BE A BIT STRONGER THAN YESTERDAY. RH VALUES WILL BRIEFLY DIP BELOW 15 PERCENT IN MOST LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING DURING THE AFTERNOON FOR ROUGHLY 3 TO 4 HOURS. NVZ465-466-160400- /O.CON.KVEF.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161016T0400Z/ CLARK AND SW LINCOLN COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH- LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-NV SIDE- 1111 AM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 465 AND 466... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON WHILE HUMIDITY VALUES LOWER BELOW 15 PERCENT. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * MINIMUM HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ MORGAN WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
234 WWUS85 KVEF 160205 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 705 PM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016 NVZ465-466-160315- /O.CAN.KVEF.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161016T0400Z/ CLARK AND SW LINCOLN COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH- LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-NV SIDE- 705 PM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 465 AND 466... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS HAVE STARTED TO RECOVER WELL ABOVE 15 PERCENT WHILE WIND SPEEDS HAVE WEAKENED FROM THEIR PEAK SPEEDS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2:20 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | Inyo | 34 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Nevada, 2016Red Flag Warnings in California, 2016Every red flag warning in 2016
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.