Alert archive / Ohio / Red Flag Warnings in 2018
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this red flag warning at May 1, 2018, 10:12 AM EDT for 20 counties in Ohio. It took effect at May 1, 2018, 12:00 PM EDT. 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
- May 1, 2018, 10:12 AM EDT (14:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 1, 2018, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 1, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashland County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Erie County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Stark County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:15 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 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 2976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
395 WWUS81 KCLE 011412 RFWCLE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1012 AM EDT Tue May 1 2018 .Humidity levels across the region will drop to between 18 percent and 25 percent and winds are expected to exceed 15 mph. These conditions are favorable for the drying of fuels and increasing the risk for the spread of fires. OHZ003-006>010-017>020-027>031-036>038-047-020000- /O.UPG.KCLE.FW.A.0001.180501T1600Z-180502T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCLE.FW.W.0001.180501T1600Z-180502T0000Z/ Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Hancock-Seneca-Huron- Medina-Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Marion-Morrow- Holmes-Knox- 1012 AM EDT Tue May 1 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect until 8 PM EDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 003, 006, 007, 008, 009, 010, 017, 018, 019, 020, 027, 028, 029, 030, 031, 036, 037, 038, AND 047. This encompasses the area from Toledo and Findlay east to just west of Cleveland and south to Knox County. * WIND...Southwest 15 to 20 MPH with gusts above 20 MPH. * HUMIDITY...Humidity levels dropping to between 18 and 25 percent today. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop could spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning is issued when critical fire weather conditions are occurring or are imminent. A combination of winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire spread and fire behavior. && $$ OHZ032-020000- /O.NEW.KCLE.FW.W.0001.180501T1600Z-180502T0000Z/ Stark- 1012 AM EDT Tue May 1 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect until 8 PM EDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zone 032...Stark County. * WIND...Southwest winds around 15 MPH. * HUMIDITY...Humidity levels dropping to between 20 and 25 percent this afternoon. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning is issued when critical fire weather conditions are occurring or are imminent. A combination of winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire spread and fire behavior. && $$ oudeman
1 follow-up statement
775 WWUS81 KCLE 020005 RFWCLE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Cleveland OH 805 PM EDT Tue May 1 2018 OHZ003-006>010-017>020-027>032-036>038-047-020115- /O.EXP.KCLE.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-180502T0000Z/ Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Hancock-Seneca-Huron- Medina-Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Marion- Morrow-Holmes-Knox- 805 PM EDT Tue May 1 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING EXPIREd AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 003, 006, 007, 008, 009, 010, 017, 018, 019, 020, 027, 028, 029, 030, 031, 032, 036, 037, 038, AND 047... While dry and breezy conditions were still occurring in local areas across northern Ohio, humidity level will be rising and winds will be dropping this evening. Therefore the red flag warning has been allowed to expire. $$ tk
Nearby
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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.