Alert archive / Kentucky / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this red flag warning at Apr 10, 2017, 4:14 AM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 10, 2017, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 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
- Apr 10, 2017, 4:14 AM EDT (08:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2017, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 3280 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 473 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
251 WWUS81 KRLX 100814 RFWRLX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Charleston WV 414 AM EDT Mon Apr 10 2017 ...INCREASED FIRE DANGER EXPECTED TODAY... KYZ101-102-101615- /O.NEW.KRLX.FW.W.0001.170410T1700Z-170411T0000Z/ Greenup-Carter- 414 AM EDT Mon Apr 10 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR FOR CARTER AND GREENUP COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY... The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a Red Flag Warning for low relative humidity, sustained winds up to 15 mph with 25 to 30 mph gusts, and low fuel moisture. This Red Flag Warning is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 8 PM EDT this evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 101 Greenup and Fire Weather Zone 102 Carter. * Winds...Southwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 to 30 mph. * Timing...This afternoon and evening. * Relative Humidity...As low as 20 percent. * Temperatures...In the upper 70s and lower 80s. * Lightning...None * Impacts...The threat is enhanced in grassy and brush filled areas. Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is strongly discouraged. 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. && $$ Cooper
3 follow-up statements
782 WWUS81 KRLX 101601 RFWRLX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Charleston WV 1201 PM EDT Mon Apr 10 2017 ...INCREASED FIRE DANGER EXPECTED TODAY... KYZ101-102-110000- /O.CON.KRLX.FW.W.0001.170410T1700Z-170411T0000Z/ Greenup-Carter- 1201 PM EDT Mon Apr 10 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR FOR CARTER AND GREENUP COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 101 Greenup and Fire Weather Zone 102 Carter. * Winds...Southwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 to 30 mph. * Timing...This afternoon and evening. * Relative Humidity...As low as 20 percent. * Temperatures...In the upper 70s and lower 80s. * Lightning...None * Impacts...The threat is enhanced in grassy and brush filled areas. Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is strongly discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ JSH
749 WWUS81 KRLX 101614 RFWRLX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Charleston WV 1214 PM EDT Mon Apr 10 2017 ...INCREASED FIRE DANGER EXPECTED TODAY... KYZ103-105-110000- /O.EXA.KRLX.FW.W.0001.170410T1700Z-170411T0000Z/ Boyd-Lawrence KY- 1214 PM EDT Mon Apr 10 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR FOR CARTER AND GREENUP COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY... The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect until 8 PM EDT this evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 101 Greenup and Fire Weather Zone 102 Carter. * Winds...Southwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 to 30 mph. * Timing...This afternoon and evening. * Relative Humidity...As low as 20 percent. * Temperatures...In the upper 70s and lower 80s. * Lightning...None * Impacts...The threat is enhanced in grassy and brush filled areas. Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is strongly discouraged. 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. && $$ KYZ101-102-110000- /O.CON.KRLX.FW.W.0001.170410T1700Z-170411T0000Z/ Greenup-Carter- 1214 PM EDT Mon Apr 10 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR FOR CARTER AND GREENUP COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 101 Greenup and Fire Weather Zone 102 Carter. * Winds...Southwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 to 30 mph. * Timing...This afternoon and evening. * Relative Humidity...As low as 20 percent. * Temperatures...In the upper 70s and lower 80s. * Lightning...None * Impacts...The threat is enhanced in grassy and brush filled areas. Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is strongly discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ JSH
661 WWUS81 KRLX 110010 RFWRLX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Charleston WV 810 PM EDT Mon Apr 10 2017 KYZ101>103-105-110115- /O.EXP.KRLX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170411T0000Z/ Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY- 810 PM EDT Mon Apr 10 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CARTER AND GREENUP COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY... Upon sunset, winds have decreased some. Relative humidities will recover during the next couple of hours across the area. Therefore, the Red Flag Warning has been allowed to expire at 8 PM. $$
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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.