Alert archive / Arizona / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this red flag warning at Jul 9, 2016, 2:11 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona; San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Jul 10, 2016, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for 12 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
- Jul 9, 2016, 2:11 PM MST (21:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 10, 2016, 10:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2016, 10:00 PM MST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Mohave County, AZ, San Bernardino County, CA
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 3683 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
344 WWUS85 KVEF 092111 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 211 PM PDT SAT JUL 9 2016 .AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS AND CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS TO THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY. AZZ102-CAZ228-101200- /O.UPG.KVEF.FW.A.0002.160710T1700Z-160711T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.FW.W.0003.160710T1700Z-160711T0500Z/ NORTHWEST DESERTS/NORTHWEST PLATEAU- MOJAVE DESERT INCLUDING MORONGO VALLEY/YUCCA VALLEY- 211 PM PDT SAT JUL 9 2016 /211 PM MST SAT JUL 9 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PDT /10 AM MST/ TO 10 PM PDT /10 PM MST/ SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 102 AND 228... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PDT /10 AM MST/ TO 10 PM PDT /10 PM MST/ SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY...7 TO 13 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. && $$ CAZ226-NVZ461>464-101200- /O.CON.KVEF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160710T1200Z/ OWENS VALLEY/SOUTHERN INYO FOREST-LINCOLN COUNTY/ELY DISPATCH- NYE COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS- 211 PM PDT SAT JUL 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...461...462... 463 AND 464... * AFFECTED AREA...IN CAZ226...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 226. IN NVZ461... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 461. IN NVZ462...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 462. IN NVZ463...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 463. IN NVZ464...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 464. * TIMING...FROM LATE THIS MORNING TO LATE TONIGHT. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. GUSTS COULD EXCEED 50 MPH IN THE SIERRA. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND5 TO 10 PERCENT AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR SOON. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
3 follow-up statements
568 WWUS85 KVEF 101144 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 444 AM PDT SUN JUL 10 2016 .AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS AND CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS TO THE AREA TODAY. CAZ226-NVZ461>464-101245- /O.EXP.KVEF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160710T1200Z/ OWENS VALLEY/SOUTHERN INYO FOREST-LINCOLN COUNTY/ELY DISPATCH- NYE COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS- 444 AM PDT SUN JUL 10 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...461... 462... 463 AND 464... WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE RISEN ABOVE WARNING CRITERIA. THEREFORE, THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ AZZ102-CAZ228-110000- /O.CON.KVEF.FW.W.0003.160710T1700Z-160711T0500Z/ NORTHWEST DESERTS/NORTHWEST PLATEAU- MOJAVE DESERT INCLUDING MORONGO VALLEY/YUCCA VALLEY- 444 AM PDT SUN JUL 10 2016 /444 AM MST SUN JUL 10 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PDT /10 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PDT /10 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 102 AND 228... * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY...7 TO 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR SOON. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ CMS HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
985 WWUS85 KVEF 102045 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 145 PM PDT SUN JUL 10 2016 AZZ102-CAZ228-110500- /O.CON.KVEF.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160711T0500Z/ NORTHWEST DESERTS/NORTHWEST PLATEAU- MOJAVE DESERT INCLUDING MORONGO VALLEY/YUCCA VALLEY- 145 PM PDT SUN JUL 10 2016 /145 PM MST SUN JUL 10 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT /10 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 102 AND 228... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...7 TO 13 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 ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR SOON. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
148 WWUS85 KVEF 110449 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 949 PM PDT SUN JUL 10 2016 AZZ102-CAZ228-110600- /O.EXP.KVEF.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160711T0500Z/ NORTHWEST DESERTS/NORTHWEST PLATEAU- MOJAVE DESERT INCLUDING MORONGO VALLEY/YUCCA VALLEY- 949 PM PDT SUN JUL 10 2016 /949 PM MST SUN JUL 10 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT /10 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 102 AND 228... WINDS HAD DECREASED OVER MOST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING, SO THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ MORGAN 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2:14 PM MST | Wind Advisory | VEF | San Bernardino | 32 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Arizona, 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.