Alert archive / Arkansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this red flag warning at Feb 24, 2012, 4:38 AM CST for 34 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 24, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. 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
- Feb 24, 2012, 4:38 AM CST (10:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
All 34 counties
Arkansas County, AR, Baxter County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Clark County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Conway County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Marion County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:42 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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 3371 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
098 WWUS84 KLZK 241038 RFWLZK URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 438 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ARZ003>005-012-013-021>023-030>032-037>044-052>055-062-066-250000- /O.UPG.KLZK.FW.A.0002.120224T1800Z-120225T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLZK.FW.W.0002.120224T1800Z-120225T0000Z/ BAXTER-BOONE-CLARK-CONWAY-DALLAS-FAULKNER-GARLAND-GRANT- HOT SPRING-JOHNSON-LOGAN-MARION-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY- PIKE-POLK-POPE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-VAN BUREN-YELL- 438 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 TO 25 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. * 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. && $$ ARZ006-007-014>016-024-025-033-034-045>047-056-057-063>065- 067>069-250000- /O.NEW.KLZK.FW.W.0002.120224T1800Z-120225T0000Z/ ARKANSAS-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-DESHA-DREW-FULTON- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-LINCOLN-LONOKE-MONROE- PRAIRIE-SHARP-STONE-WHITE-WOODRUFF- 438 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WIND: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 TO 25 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
1 follow-up statement
257 WWUS84 KLZK 241317 RFWLZK URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 717 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-250000- /O.EXT.KLZK.FW.W.0002.120224T1700Z-120225T0000Z/ ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND- CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE- MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE- PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE- WOODRUFF-YELL- 717 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES... * WIND: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 TO 25 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. * 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. && $$ 62
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 6:16 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LZK | Baxter, Clark, Conway, Dallas, Faulkner, Garland and 8 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 23, 10:02 PM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | LZK | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Conway and 19 more | 20 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.