Alert archive / Arkansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this red flag warning at Feb 26, 2012, 10:49 AM CST for 12 counties in Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri. 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 26, 2012, 10:49 AM CST (16:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
Counties Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:50 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 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 2083 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
039 WWUS84 KMEG 261649 RFWMEG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1049 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS EAST AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL... .DRY AIR ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE AS SOUTHERLY WINDS BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY. THIS COMBINED WITH DRY VEGETATION WILL PROVIDE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS THAT CAN LEAD TO RAPID FIRE SPREAD. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-270000- /O.NEW.KMEG.FW.W.0002.120226T1649Z-120227T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- 1049 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE FOR THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND NORTHEAST AND EAST ARKANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL. * HUMIDITY...RANGING BETWEEN 20 PERCENT AND 30 PERCENT. * 10 HOUR FUEL MOISTURE...RANGING BETWEEN 5 AND 8 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. && $$ JLH
1 follow-up statement
776 WWUS84 KMEG 270016 RFWMEG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 616 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...HIGH FIRE DANGER HAS ENDED... .WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED THIS EVENING AND SO THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-270130- /O.EXP.KMEG.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120227T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- 616 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE FOR THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND NORTHEAST AND EAST ARKANSAS... $$
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.