Alert archive / Nevada / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this red flag warning at Jul 17, 2016, 3:11 AM PDT for Clark County, Lincoln County, Nye County, Nevada; Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at Jul 17, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT. 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 17, 2016, 3:11 AM PDT (10:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 17, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2016, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Mohave County, AZ, Clark County, NV, Lincoln County, NV, Nye County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 5416 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
996 WWUS85 KVEF 171011 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 311 AM PDT SUN JUL 17 2016 .HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH BREEZY WINDS TO BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST NEVADA TODAY. AZZ101-NVZ461-463>466-180300- /O.NEW.KVEF.FW.W.0005.160717T1800Z-160718T0300Z/ LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-AZ SIDE-LINCOLN COUNTY/ELY DISPATCH- SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- CLARK AND SW LINCOLN COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH- LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-NV SIDE- 311 AM PDT SUN JUL 17 2016 /311 AM MST SUN JUL 17 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES101...461...463...464... 465 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/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARIZONA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101. IN NEVADA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 461...463...464...465 AND 466. * TIMING....WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING...PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON AND DECREASE THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ AZZ102-180300- /O.NEW.KVEF.FW.W.0005.160717T1800Z-160718T0300Z/ NORTHWEST DESERTS/NORTHWEST PLATEAU- 311 AM MST SUN JUL 17 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARIZONA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102. MAINLY THE ARIZONA STRIP IN MOHAVE COUNTY. * TIMING....WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING...PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON AND DECREASE THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH DRY LIGHTNING OVER NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND MAY EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ WOLCOTT
1 follow-up statement
261 WWUS85 KVEF 180246 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 746 PM PDT SUN JUL 17 2016 AZZ101-NVZ461-463>466-180400- /O.EXP.KVEF.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160718T0300Z/ LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-AZ SIDE-LINCOLN COUNTY/ELY DISPATCH- SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- CLARK AND SW LINCOLN COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH- LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-NV SIDE- 746 PM PDT SUN JUL 17 2016 /746 PM MST SUN JUL 17 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 AND NEVADA FIRE WEATHER ZONES 461...463...464...465 AND 466... WIND GUSTS WERE GRADUALLY DECREASING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST NEVADA AND WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING. $$ AZZ102-180400- /O.EXP.KVEF.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160718T0300Z/ NORTHWEST DESERTS/NORTHWEST PLATEAU- 746 PM MST SUN JUL 17 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102... WIND GUSTS WERE GRADUALLY DECREASING ACROSS NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING. $$ 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 17, 3:11 AM PDT | Lake Wind Advisory | VEF | 17 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Nevada, 2016Red Flag Warnings in Arizona, 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.