Alert archive / Illinois / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this red flag warning at Apr 9, 2012, 3:54 AM CDT for 35 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Apr 9, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 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
- Apr 9, 2012, 3:54 AM CDT (08:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
All 35 counties
Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Knox County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
518 WWUS83 KILX 090854 RFWILX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 354 AM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ...AN ENHANCED FIRE THREAT THIS AFTERNOON... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-091700- /O.UPG.KILX.FW.A.0001.120409T1700Z-120410T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.FW.W.0002.120409T1700Z-120410T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- 354 AM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 027...028...029...030... 031...036...037...038...040...041...042...043...044...045... 046...047...048...049...050...051...052...053...054...055... 056...057 AND 061. * 20 FOOT WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...25 PERCENT OR LESS. * 10 HOUR FUELS...AROUND 6 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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-091700- /O.NEW.KILX.FW.W.0002.120409T1700Z-120410T0000Z/ CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- 354 AM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 062...063...066...067... 068...071...072 AND 073. * 20 FOOT WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...25 PERCENT OR LESS. * 10 HOUR FUELS...AT 7 PERCENT OR LESS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ AUTEN
3 follow-up statements
112 WWUS83 KILX 091600 RFWILX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1100 AM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ...AN ENHANCED FIRE THREAT THIS AFTERNOON... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-100000- /O.CON.KILX.FW.W.0002.120409T1700Z-120410T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- 1100 AM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 027...028...029...030... 031...036...037...038...040...041...042...043...044...045... 046...047...048...049...050...051...052...053...054...055... 056...057 AND 061. * 20 FOOT WINDS...NORTHWEST OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO 15 TO 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * 10 HOUR FUELS...5 TO 7 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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ KH/AUTEN
343 WWUS83 KILX 091952 RFWILX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 252 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ...AN ENHANCED FIRE THREAT CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON...WITH CONDITIONS CLOSE TO RED FLAG CRITERIA AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-100000- /O.CON.KILX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120410T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- 252 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 027...028...029...030... 031...036...037...038...040...041...042...043...044...045... 046...047...048...049...050...051...052...053...054...055... 056...057 AND 061. * 20 FOOT WINDS...NORTHWEST OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RANGING FROM 15 TO 20 PERCENT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * 10 HOUR FUELS...5 TO 6 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL APPROACH RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA...BUT AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE A BIT COOLER THAN THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH SHOULD KEEP OUR AREA JUST BELOW RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA. && $$ SMITH
361 WWUS83 KILX 100016 RFWILX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 716 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-100130- /O.EXP.KILX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120410T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- 716 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE WITH SUNSET. IN ADDITION...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RISE AS TEMPERATURES COOL. AS A RESULT... THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ BAK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 3:10 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 13 hr |
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.