Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Memphis, TN

Issued

Mar 2, 2012, 1:28 PM CST (19:28 UTC)

Expired

Mar 2, 2012, 6:00 PM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Memphis, TN

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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379 
WWUS84 KMEG 021928
RFWMEG

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
128 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL...NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND FAR WEST TENNESSEE FOR
DEVELOPING HIGH FIRE DANGER...

.WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR
BEHIND A COLD FRONT/DRYLINE MOVING INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
MIDSOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY
TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 18 TO
25 PERCENT. BY 6 PM... WINDS WILL DECREASE AND COOLER TEMPERATURES
WILL ARRIVE...INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. 

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001-
007-010-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-030000-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FW.W.0004.120302T1928Z-120303T0000Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-
DESOTO-TUNICA-COAHOMA-LAKE-OBION-DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY-
128 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG 
AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE FOR EASTERN
ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND FAR
WEST TENNESSEE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* WIND... 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL.

* HUMIDITY... 18 TO 25 PERCENT.

* 10 HOUR FUEL MOISTURE... 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.

&&

$$

PWB

808 
WWUS84 KMEG 022347
RFWMEG

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
547 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE REDFLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6PM...

.CONDITIONS PROMPTING THE REDFLAG WARNING NO LONGER ARE OCCURRING
ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH AS CONTINUED COOLING HAVE
INCREASED RELATIVE HUMIDITIE'S TO ABOVE 30 PERCENT. THEREFORE THE
REDFLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001-
007-010-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-030100-
/O.EXP.KMEG.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120303T0000Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-
DESOTO-TUNICA-COAHOMA-LAKE-OBION-DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY-
547 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE FOR
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH.

$$

JAB

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