Alert archive / Arizona / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this red flag warning at Jul 15, 2016, 2:08 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona; Clark County, Nevada. It took effect at Jul 16, 2016, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 9 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 15, 2016, 2:08 PM MST (21:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 16, 2016, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2016, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Mohave County, AZ, Clark County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 4483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
494 WWUS85 KVEF 152108 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 208 PM PDT FRI JUL 15 2016 .HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER THE WEEKEND ENHANCING FIRE DANGER AND INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. AZZ101-102-NVZ466-160700- /O.NEW.KVEF.FW.W.0004.160716T1800Z-160717T0300Z/ LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-AZ SIDE- NORTHWEST DESERTS/NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER- NV SIDE- 208 PM PDT FRI JUL 15 2016 /208 PM MST FRI JUL 15 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ SATURDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 101...102 AND 466... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN AZZ101...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101. IN AZZ102... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102. IN NVZ466...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 466. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE SATURDAY MORNING WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...5 TO 8 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 EXPECTED TO OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
3 follow-up statements
867 WWUS85 KVEF 160645 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1145 PM PDT FRI JUL 15 2016 .HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER THE WEEKEND ENHANCING FIRE DANGER AND INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. AZZ101-102-NVZ466-161815- /O.CON.KVEF.FW.W.0004.160716T1800Z-160717T0300Z/ LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-AZ SIDE- NORTHWEST DESERTS/NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER- NV SIDE- 1145 PM PDT FRI JUL 15 2016 /1145 PM MST FRI JUL 15 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ SATURDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 101...102 AND 466... * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARIZONA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 101 AND 102. IN NEVADA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 466. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE SATURDAY MORNING WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...5 TO 8 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND MAY EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
746 WWUS85 KVEF 161746 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1046 AM PDT SAT JUL 16 2016 .HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS TODAY ENHANCING FIRE DANGER AND INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. AZZ101-102-NVZ466-170300- /O.CON.KVEF.FW.W.0004.160716T1800Z-160717T0300Z/ LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-AZ SIDE- NORTHWEST DESERTS/NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER- NV SIDE- 1046 AM PDT SAT JUL 16 2016 /1046 AM MST SAT JUL 16 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 101...102 AND 466... * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARIZONA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 101 AND 102. IN NEVADA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 466. * TIMING...STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...5 TO 8 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND MAY EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ MORGAN HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
003 WWUS85 KVEF 170253 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 753 PM PDT SAT JUL 16 2016 AZZ101-102-NVZ466-170400- /O.EXP.KVEF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160717T0300Z/ LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-AZ SIDE- NORTHWEST DESERTS/NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER- NV SIDE- 753 PM PDT SAT JUL 16 2016 /753 PM MST SAT JUL 16 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH FOR ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONES 101 AND 102 AND NEVADA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 466... WIND SPEEDS HAVE BEEN GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET WITH GUSTS GENERALLY 15 TO 20 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RECOVER TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND BETWEEN 25 AND 35 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
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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.