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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this red flag warning at Jan 30, 2014, 3:52 AM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Jan 30, 2014, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 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 30, 2014, 3:52 AM CST (09:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 27 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, Dyer County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:55 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 (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 2257 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
764 WWUS84 KMEG 300952 RFWMEG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 352 AM CST THU JAN 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH TODAY... .ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EAST TODAY. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE HIGH. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL LIKELY ALLOW FOR RED FLAG CONDITIONS TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...EXTREME WEST TENNESSEE...AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. MSZ002>006-009-013>017-021>024-TNZ003-004-020>022-050>055-089>091- 301100- /O.CAN.KMEG.FW.A.0001.140130T1800Z-140131T0000Z/ MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS-LAFAYETTE- UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE- WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL-BENTON TN-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON- CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY- 352 AM CST THU JAN 30 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS... LOW HUMIDITY...AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE FOR NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE NEAR THE TENNESSEE RIVER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. WINDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA ACROSS AREA OF WEST TENNESSEE NEAR THE TENNESSEE RIVER...AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TODAY. HOWEVER...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER TODAY ACROSS THE AREA. $$ ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-302200- /O.UPG.KMEG.FW.A.0001.140130T1800Z-140131T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMEG.FW.W.0002.140130T1800Z-140131T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAKE-OBION- DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY- 352 AM CST THU JAN 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE FOR EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...EXTREME WEST TENNESSEE...AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 20 TO 30 PERCENT. * 10 HOUR FUEL MOISTURE...BETWEEN 5 TO 8 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ KRM
1 follow-up statement
453 WWUS84 KMEG 302156 RFWMEG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 356 PM CST THU JAN 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH THIS AFTERNOON... .ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EAST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE HIGH. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL LIKELY ALLOW FOR RED FLAG CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...EXTREME WEST TENNESSEE...AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-310000- /O.CON.KMEG.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140131T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAKE-OBION- DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY- 356 PM CST THU JAN 30 2014 ...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 MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...EXTREME WEST TENNESSEE...AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... * HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 20 TO 30 PERCENT. * 10 HOUR FUEL MOISTURE...BETWEEN 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ JAB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 3:36 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MEG | Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate and 1 more | 14 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Arkansas, 2014Red Flag Warnings in Mississippi, 2014Red Flag Warnings in Tennessee, 2014Every red flag warning in 2014
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.