Alert archive / Nevada / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this red flag warning at Jul 1, 2017, 2:22 AM PDT for Esmeralda County, Nye County, Nevada. It took effect at Jul 1, 2017, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 8 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 1, 2017, 2:22 AM PDT (09:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 1, 2017, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2017, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Esmeralda County, NV, Nye County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
602 WWUS85 KVEF 010922 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 222 AM PDT Sat Jul 1 2017 .A weak upper level impulse will pass through the region today creating breezy, southerly winds across Esmeralda and Nye counties. NVZ460-462-012200- /O.NEW.KVEF.FW.W.0016.170701T1900Z-170702T0300Z/ Esmeralda and Nye County Deserts/CNC Dispatch- Nye County Deserts/Las Vegas Dispatch- 222 AM PDT Sat Jul 1 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR NEVADA FIRE WEATHER ZONES 460 AND 462... The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 8 PM PDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...In Nevada...Fire weather zones 460 and 462. * TIMING...this afternoon and evening. * WIND...Southerly between 20-25 mph gusting 30-35 mph. * HUMIDITY...Minimum humidity values between 5 to 10 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. && $$ weather.gov/lasvegas
2 follow-up statements
295 WWUS85 KVEF 012109 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 209 PM PDT Sat Jul 1 2017 .A weak upper level impulse will pass through the region today creating breezy, southerly winds across Esmeralda and Nye counties. NVZ460-462-020300- /O.CON.KVEF.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170702T0300Z/ Esmeralda and Nye County Deserts/CNC Dispatch- Nye County Deserts/Las Vegas Dispatch- 209 PM PDT Sat Jul 1 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR NEVADA FIRE WEATHER ZONES 460 AND 462... * AFFECTED AREA...In Nevada...Fire weather zones 460 and 462. * TIMING...this afternoon and evening. * WIND...Southerly between 20-25 mph gusting 35-40 mph. * HUMIDITY...Minimum humidity values between 5 to 10 percent. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ weather.gov/lasvegas
003 WWUS85 KVEF 020258 RFWVEF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 758 PM PDT Sat Jul 1 2017 NVZ460-462-020400- /O.EXP.KVEF.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170702T0300Z/ Esmeralda and Nye County Deserts/CNC Dispatch- Nye County Deserts/Las Vegas Dispatch- 758 PM PDT Sat Jul 1 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR NEVADA FIRE WEATHER ZONES 460 AND 462... South wind gusts have generally decreased to between 20 and 30 mph this evening and speeds will continue to diminish this evening and abate after midnight. Relative humidity values will only recover to between 20 and 25 percent. $$ 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.