Alert archive / Mississippi / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this red flag warning at Mar 4, 2012, 3:07 AM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Mar 4, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 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
- Mar 4, 2012, 3:07 AM CST (09:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 56 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, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 3189 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
823 WWUS84 KMEG 040907 RFWMEG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 307 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...HIGH FIRE DANGER EXPECTED ACROSS THE MID SOUTH TODAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PASS TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE MID SOUTH INCREASING WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT AND DRY VEGETATION TO RESULT IN A HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>091-042115- /O.UPG.KMEG.FW.A.0002.120304T1600Z-120305T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMEG.FW.W.0005.120304T1600Z-120305T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-TATE- PRENTISS-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS- ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-LAKE- OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-BENTON TN-LAUDERDALE- TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY- FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY- 307 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE FOR ALL OF EAST ARKANSAS...WEST TENNESSEE...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY...17 TO 25 PERCENT. * 10 HOUR FUEL MOISTURE...BETWEEN 5 AND 10 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
289 WWUS84 KMEG 050019 RFWMEG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 619 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...REDFLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... .REDFLAG CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER BEING OBSERVED ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH AS TEMPERATURES HAVE COOLED ALLOWING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO INCREASE. THEREFORE THE REDFLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>091-050130- /O.EXP.KMEG.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120305T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-TATE- PRENTISS-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS- ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-LAKE- OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-BENTON TN-LAUDERDALE- TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY- FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY- 619 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE FOR THE MIDSOUTH. $$ JAB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 8:49 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 60 min |
| Mar 3, 9:53 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 5 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Mississippi, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Tennessee, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Arkansas, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
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.