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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this red flag warning at Jun 6, 2021, 10:04 AM EDT for 7 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 10 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
- Jun 6, 2021, 10:04 AM EDT (14:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Clare County, MI, Lake County, MI, Mason County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Osceola County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:09 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 1650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
897 WWUS83 KGRR 061404 RFWGRR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 1004 AM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021 MIZ037>040-043>045-062215- /O.UPG.KGRR.FW.A.0002.000000T0000Z-210607T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.FW.W.0002.210606T1404Z-210607T0000Z/ Mason-Lake-Osceola-Clare-Oceana-Newaygo-Mecosta- 1004 AM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids 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 The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Winds...Southwest around 15 mph, gusting to 25 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 30 percent. * Temperatures...Rising to near 90 inland from Lake Michigan. * Impacts...The potential exists for fires to grow out of control quickly today due to the hot, dry and breezy conditions. Burn restrictions are likely in effect. For more information on burn restrictions, visit the michigan DNR website at www.michigan.gov/burnpermit or call 866-922-2876. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will shortly. The combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. Be careful with any activities that could potentially lead to a wildfire. Camping...outdoor grills...smoking materials...chain saws...and all terrain vehicles all have the potential to throw a spark and ignite a dangerous and destructive fire. && $$
2 follow-up statements
656 WWUS83 KGRR 061954 RFWGRR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 354 PM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021 MIZ037>040-043>045-070000- /O.CON.KGRR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210607T0000Z/ Mason-Lake-Osceola-Clare-Oceana-Newaygo-Mecosta- 354 PM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * Winds...Southwest around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 30 percent. * Temperatures...85 to 90. * Impacts...The potential exists for fires to grow out of control quickly through early evening due to the hot, dry and breezy conditions. Burn restrictions are likely in effect. For more information on burn restrictions, visit the michigan DNR website at www.michigan.gov/burnpermit or call 866-922-2876. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will shortly. The combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. Be careful with any activities that could potentially lead to a wildfire. Camping...outdoor grills...smoking materials...chain saws...and all terrain vehicles all have the potential to throw a spark and ignite a dangerous and destructive fire. && $$
200 WWUS83 KGRR 070007 RFWGRR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 807 PM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021 MIZ037>040-043>045-070115- /O.EXP.KGRR.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210607T0000Z/ Mason-Lake-Osceola-Clare-Oceana-Newaygo-Mecosta- 807 PM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... Humidity will be increasing and some rain is possible over the next few days. The warning has expired. $$
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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.