Alert archive / Kentucky / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this red flag warning at Mar 6, 2012, 2:27 AM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Mar 6, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 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, 2:27 AM CST (08:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2012, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
All 60 counties
Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Perry County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 2006 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
839 WWUS83 KPAH 060827 RFWPAH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 227 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY.... .VERY DRY AIR ALREADY IN PLACE OVER THE AREA AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS START TO PICK UP THIS MORNING. THIS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY VEGETATION WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PARAMETERS REACHING WARNING CRITERIA. ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 098-100-106>112-114-070000- /O.NEW.KPAH.FW.W.0003.120306T1700Z-120307T0000Z/ JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-SHANNON- WAYNE MO-OREGON-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI- NEW MADRID- 227 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...THE MARK TWAIN AND SHAWNEE NATIONAL FORESTS IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES RECREATION AREA AND FORT CAMPBELL IN WEST KENTUCKY. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...11 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 6PM THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...65 TO 70. * 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 DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
3 follow-up statements
351 WWUS83 KPAH 061936 RFWPAH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 136 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 098-100-106>112-114-070000- /O.CON.KPAH.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120307T0000Z/ JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-SHANNON- WAYNE MO-OREGON-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI- NEW MADRID- 136 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...THE MARK TWAIN AND SHAWNEE NATIONAL FORESTS IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES RECREATION AREA AND FORT CAMPBELL IN WEST KENTUCKY. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 6PM THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM 15 TO 25 PERCENT EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND MINIMUM 20 TO 30 PERCENT OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WHICH INCLUDES THE MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST AREA. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
127 WWUS83 KPAH 062346 RFWPAH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 546 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 098-100-106>112-114-070200- /O.EXT.KPAH.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120307T0200Z/ JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-SHANNON- WAYNE MO-OREGON-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI- NEW MADRID- 546 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... * AFFECTED AREA...THE MARK TWAIN AND SHAWNEE NATIONAL FORESTS IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES RECREATION AREA AND FORT CAMPBELL IN WEST KENTUCKY. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM 15 TO 25 PERCENT EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND MINIMUM 25 TO 35 PERCENT OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WHICH INCLUDES THE MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST AREA. * TEMPERATURES...60 TO 65. * 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 DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ DRS
760 WWUS83 KPAH 070205 RFWPAH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 805 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 098-100-106>112-114-070315- /O.EXP.KPAH.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120307T0200Z/ JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-SHANNON- WAYNE MO-OREGON-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI- NEW MADRID- 805 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ALTHOUGH HUMIDITIES HAVE BEEN VERY SLOW TO INCREASE OVER WEST KENTUCKY...WINDS THERE HAVE WEAKENED ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE WARNING TO EXPIRE. ELSEWHERE...HUMIDITIES HAVE IMPROVED...AND WINDS HAVE WEAKENED ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE WARNING TO EXPIRE. $$ DRS
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.