Alert archive / Tennessee / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this red flag warning at Oct 30, 2012, 3:30 AM CDT for 10 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Oct 30, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 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
- Oct 30, 2012, 3:30 AM CDT (08:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 30, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 30, 2012, 6:09 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
Counties Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Madison County, TN, Obion County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 2286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
174 WWUS84 KMEG 300830 RFWMEG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 330 AM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE NEAR THE TENNESSEE RIVER... TNZ002>004-020>022-052>055-302030- /O.NEW.KMEG.FW.W.0007.121030T1800Z-121031T0000Z/ OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL-BENTON TN-MADISON-CHESTER- HENDERSON-DECATUR- 330 AM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE FOR PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE NEAR THE TENNESSEE RIVER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...WILL FALL BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT. * 10 HOUR FUEL MOISTURE...VALUES BETWEEN 7 AND 10 PERCENT WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BURNING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ KRM
2 follow-up statements
759 WWUS84 KMEG 301736 RFWMEG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1236 PM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE NEAR THE TENNESSEE RIVER... TNZ002>004-020>022-052>055-310000- /O.CON.KMEG.FW.W.0007.121030T1800Z-121031T0000Z/ OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL-BENTON TN-MADISON-CHESTER- HENDERSON-DECATUR- 1236 PM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE FOR PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE NEAR THE TENNESSEE RIVER... * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...WILL FALL BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT. * 10 HOUR FUEL MOISTURE...VALUES BETWEEN 7 AND 10 PERCENT WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BURNING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ SJM
244 WWUS84 KMEG 302309 RFWMEG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 609 PM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012 TNZ002>004-020>022-052>055-310015- /O.CAN.KMEG.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL-BENTON TN-MADISON-CHESTER- HENDERSON-DECATUR- 609 PM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER FOR PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER FOR PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE. RED FLAG CRITERIA ARE NO LONGER BEING MET. WITH SUNSET...HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE ON THE INCREASE AND WINDS ARE ON THE DECREASE. $$ JCL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 3:34 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 18 hr |
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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.