Alert archive / Ohio / Red Flag Warnings in 2018
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this red flag warning at May 1, 2018, 9:53 AM EDT for 9 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, 9:53 AM EDT (13:53 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 Charleston, WV
Counties Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.
825 WWUS81 KRLX 011353 RFWRLX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Charleston WV 953 AM EDT Tue May 1 2018 OHZ066-067-075-076-083>086-012200- /O.UPG.KRLX.FW.A.0002.180501T1600Z-180502T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KRLX.FW.W.0003.180501T1600Z-180502T0000Z/ Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia- 953 AM EDT Tue May 1 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect until 8 PM EDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 066 Perry, Fire Weather Zone 067 Morgan, Fire Weather Zone 075 Athens, Fire Weather Zone 076 Washington, Fire Weather Zone 083 Jackson OH, Fire Weather Zone 084 Vinton, Fire Weather Zone 085 Meigs and Fire Weather Zone 086 Gallia. * Winds...Southwest 8 to 12 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. * Timing...This afternoon and early evening. * Relative Humidity...As low as 20 percent. * Temperatures...In the upper 70s to around 80 degrees. * 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. && $$ OHZ087-012200- /O.NEW.KRLX.FW.W.0003.180501T1600Z-180502T0000Z/ Lawrence OH- 953 AM EDT Tue May 1 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect until 8 PM EDT this evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 087 Lawrence OH. * Winds...Southwest 8 to 12 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. * Timing...This afternoon and early evening. * Relative Humidity...As low as 20 percent. * Temperatures...In the upper 70s to around 80 degrees. * Impacts...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
2 follow-up statements
648 WWUS81 KRLX 011811 RFWRLX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Charleston WV 211 PM EDT Tue May 1 2018 OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-020000- /O.CON.KRLX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-180502T0000Z/ Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia- Lawrence OH- 211 PM EDT Tue May 1 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 066 Perry, Fire Weather Zone 067 Morgan, Fire Weather Zone 075 Athens, Fire Weather Zone 076 Washington, Fire Weather Zone 083 Jackson OH, Fire Weather Zone 084 Vinton, Fire Weather Zone 085 Meigs, Fire Weather Zone 086 Gallia and Fire Weather Zone 087 Lawrence OH. * Winds...Southwest 8 to 12 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. * Timing...This afternoon and early evening. * Relative Humidity...As low as 20 percent. * Temperatures...In the upper 70s to around 80 degrees. * 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. && $$
570 WWUS81 KRLX 020006 RFWRLX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Charleston WV 806 PM EDT Tue May 1 2018 OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-020115- /O.EXP.KRLX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-180502T0000Z/ Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia- Lawrence OH- 806 PM EDT Tue May 1 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO... Winds were subsiding, and relative humidities were recovering as temperatures fall. Therefore, the red flag warning has been allowed to expire. Always use caution when burning outside, and heed state and local fire laws. $$ TRM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2:50 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Morgan, Perry and 2 more | 7 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.