Alert archive / Michigan / Red Flag Warnings in 2018
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this red flag warning at May 18, 2018, 5:44 AM EDT for 8 counties in Michigan. It took effect at May 18, 2018, 9:00 AM EDT. 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
- May 18, 2018, 5:44 AM EDT (09:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 18, 2018, 9:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 18, 2018, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Antrim County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Wexford County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:47 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 3125 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
498 WWUS83 KAPX 180944 RFWAPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gaylord MI 544 AM EDT Fri May 18 2018 MIZ020-021-025>027-031>033-181745- /O.NEW.KAPX.FW.W.0002.180518T1300Z-180519T0100Z/ Leelanau-Antrim-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Kalkaska-Manistee-Wexford- Missaukee- 544 AM EDT Fri May 18 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 020, 021, 025, 026, 027, 031, 032, AND 033... The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a RED FLAG WARNING, which is in effect from 9 AM this morning to 9 PM EDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 020, 021, 025, 026, 027, 031, 032, and 033. * WIND...Southeast 11 to 15 mph with gusts 18 to 22 mph. * HUMIDITY...Minimum values 20 to 25 percent. * THUNDERSTORMS...None * 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 will occur shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ JPB
3 follow-up statements
419 WWUS83 KAPX 181421 RFWAPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gaylord MI 1021 AM EDT Fri May 18 2018 MIZ020-021-025>027-031>033-182230- /O.CON.KAPX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180519T0100Z/ Leelanau-Antrim-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Kalkaska-Manistee-Wexford- Missaukee- 1021 AM EDT Fri May 18 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 020, 021, 025, 026, 027, 031, 032, AND 033... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 020, 021, 025, 026, 027, 031, 032, and 033. * WIND...Southeast 11 to 15 mph with gusts 18 to 22 mph. * HUMIDITY...Minimum values 20 to 25 percent. * THUNDERSTORMS...None * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions will occur shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
004 WWUS83 KAPX 181837 RFWAPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gaylord MI 237 PM EDT Fri May 18 2018 MIZ020-021-025>027-031>033-190100- /O.CON.KAPX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180519T0100Z/ Leelanau-Antrim-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Kalkaska-Manistee-Wexford- Missaukee- 237 PM EDT Fri May 18 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 020, 021, 025, 026, 027, 031, 032, AND 033... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 020, 021, 025, 026, 027, 031, 032, and 033. * WIND...Southeast 11 to 15 mph with gusts 18 to 22 mph. * HUMIDITY...Minimum values 20 to 25 percent. * THUNDERSTORMS...None * 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 will occur shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
420 WWUS83 KAPX 190104 RFWAPX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gaylord MI 904 PM EDT Fri May 18 2018 MIZ020-021-025>027-031>033-190215- /O.EXP.KAPX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180519T0100Z/ Leelanau-Antrim-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Kalkaska-Manistee-Wexford- Missaukee- 904 PM EDT Fri May 18 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WARM TEMPERATURES, GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 020, 021, 025, 026, 027, 031, 032, AND 033... Across the region, winds are diminishing, temperatures are lowering, and humidity levels are climbing. All of the above trends will continue tonight. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 10:17 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 11 hr |
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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.