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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Little Rock, AR

January 24, 20149 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this red flag warning at Jan 24, 2014, 7:28 AM CST for 9 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Jan 24, 2014, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 11 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: Jan 24, 2014, 7:28 AM CST (13:28 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 24, 2014, 10:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 24, 2014, 9:00 PM CST
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR

Counties Baxter County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Marion County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Jan 23, 5:54 PM CST, 13 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 5:54 PM CST, 13 hours 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 23, 1:10 PM CST, 18 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
110 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-241100-
ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-
CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-
INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-
MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-
PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-
WOODRUFF-YELL-
110 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER ARKANSAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...
BUT SHOULD DIMINISH BEFORE SUNSET. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON AREA BODIES OF WATER. THE GUSTY WINDS...
WHEN COMBINED WITH COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RATHER CHILLY
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES LARGELY IN THE
SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS.

THE WILD FIRE DANGER THREAT WILL REMAIN ELEVATED DUE TO LOWER
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS. THE ARKANSAS
FORESTRY COMMISSION HAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENTIRE STATE HAS A
MODERATE WILDFIRE DANGER...WITH A HIGH WILDFIRE DANGER IN CENTRAL
ARKANSAS. BURN BANS HAVE ALSO BEEN POSTED IN SEVERAL COUNTIES. EVEN
IF YOU ARE NOT IN THESE COUNTIES...OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE WILD FIRE DANGER THREAT WILL REMAIN ELEVATED ON FRIDAY DUE TO
LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS. THE
ARKANSAS FORESTRY COMMISSION HAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENTIRE STATE
HAS A MODERATE WILDFIRE DANGER...WITH A HIGH WILDFIRE DANGER IN
CENTRAL ARKANSAS. BURN BANS HAVE BEEN POSTED IN SEVERAL COUNTIES.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

SOME WARMING WILL BE SEEN OVER THE WEEKEND...BUT DRY WEATHER
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. DRY COLD FRONTS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
THROUGH ARKANSAS EVERY TWO TO THREE DAYS INTO NEXT WEEK...AND
TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER BY MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

59/57

The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 24, 4:09 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	LZK	Baxter, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson and 3 more	3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.