Alert archive / Arkansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this red flag warning at Mar 6, 2012, 3:35 AM CST for 12 counties in Arkansas; 8 counties in Mississippi; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri. It took effect at Mar 6, 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 6, 2012, 3:35 AM CST (09:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 22 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, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:33 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 2625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
812 WWUS84 KMEG 060935 RFWMEG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 335 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH... .THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS...AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010>012-020-021-062145- /O.UPG.KMEG.FW.A.0003.120306T1600Z-120307T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMEG.FW.W.0006.120306T1600Z-120307T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA- 335 AM CST TUE MAR 6 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 EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI...AND NORTHWEST 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 WIND...SOUTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH * HUMIDITY...19 TO 25 PERCENT * 10 HOUR FUEL MOISTURE...5 TO 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
538 WWUS84 KMEG 062119 RFWMEG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 319 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH... .THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS...AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010>012-020-021-070000- /O.CON.KMEG.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120307T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA- 319 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE FOR EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI...AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... * 20 FOOT WIND...SOUTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH * HUMIDITY...19 TO 25 PERCENT * 10 HOUR FUEL MOISTURE...5 TO 8 PERCENT * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
777 WWUS84 KMEG 070010 RFWMEG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 610 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH HAS EXPIRED... .RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS BEGUN TO RISE AS TEMPERATURES COOL THIS EVENING ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH. IN ADDITION...WINDS HAVE ALSO BEGUN TO DIMINISH. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010>012-020-021-070115- /O.EXP.KMEG.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120307T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA- 610 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. $$ JAB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 9:14 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:35 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett and 1 more | 14 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.