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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this red flag warning at Oct 18, 2015, 2:15 PM CDT for 21 counties in Iowa; 13 counties in Illinois; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri. It took effect at Oct 19, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT. 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
- Oct 18, 2015, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 19, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 36 counties
Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Clark County, MO, Scotland County, MO
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 2061 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
038 WWUS83 KDVN 181915 RFWDVN URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 215 PM CDT SUN OCT 18 2015 ...DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON MONDAY... .STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS ON MONDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS...WITH GUSTS TO AT LEAST 40 MPH...WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH BY SUNSET. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-190315- /O.NEW.KDVN.FW.W.0002.151019T1500Z-151020T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- 215 PM CDT SUN OCT 18 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY FOR EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...10 AM TO 7 PM MONDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AT LEAST 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. * FUEL...CROPS AND AGRICULTURAL FUELS ARE OVER 90 PERCENT CURED. THE MAJORITY OF WILD GRASSES ARE 60 TO 70 PERCENT CURED AND COMBUSTIBLE. HARVESTING OF CROPS WILL PRODUCE THE LARGER THREAT BUT GRASSY AREAS NEAR FARMLAND CAN EASILY START FROM EMBERS CARRIED BY THE WIND. * GFDI...HIGH TO VERY HIGH. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BE VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL IN THESE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 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 MAY LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ HAASE/KUHL
5 follow-up statements
495 WWUS83 KDVN 190158 RFWDVN URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 858 PM CDT SUN OCT 18 2015 ...DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON MONDAY... .STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS ON MONDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS...WITH GUSTS TO AT LEAST 40 MPH...WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH BY SUNSET. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-191000- /O.CON.KDVN.FW.W.0002.151019T1500Z-151020T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- 858 PM CDT SUN OCT 18 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY FOR EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS... * TIMING...10 AM TO 7 PM MONDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AT LEAST 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. * FUEL...CROPS AND AGRICULTURAL FUELS ARE OVER 90 PERCENT CURED. THE MAJORITY OF WILD GRASSES ARE 60 TO 70 PERCENT CURED AND COMBUSTIBLE. HARVESTING OF CROPS WILL PRODUCE THE LARGER THREAT BUT GRASSY AREAS NEAR FARMLAND CAN EASILY START FROM EMBERS CARRIED BY THE WIND. * GFDI...HIGH TO VERY HIGH. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BE VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL IN THESE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 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 MAY LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
087 WWUS83 KDVN 190848 RFWDVN URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 348 AM CDT MON OCT 19 2015 ...DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH SEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS...WITH GUSTS TO AT LEAST 40 MPH...WILL OCCUR DURING MIDDAY AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY SUNSET. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-191700- /O.CON.KDVN.FW.W.0002.151019T1500Z-151020T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- 348 AM CDT MON OCT 19 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS... * TIMING...10 AM TO 7 PM TODAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AT LEAST 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S. * FUEL...CROPS AND AGRICULTURAL FUELS ARE OVER 90 PERCENT CURED. THE MAJORITY OF WILD GRASSES ARE 60 TO 70 PERCENT CURED AND COMBUSTIBLE. HARVESTING OF CROPS WILL PRODUCE THE LARGER THREAT BUT GRASSY AREAS NEAR FARMLAND CAN EASILY START FROM EMBERS CARRIED BY THE WIND. * GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX/GFDI/...HIGH. CROPLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BE VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL IN THESE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 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...DRY FUELS AND WARM TEMPERATURES MAY LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ 12
171 WWUS83 KDVN 191654 RFWDVN URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1154 AM CDT MON OCT 19 2015 ...DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH SEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS...WITH GUSTS TO AT LEAST 40 MPH...WILL OCCUR DURING MIDDAY AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY SUNSET. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-200000- /O.CON.KDVN.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151020T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- 1154 AM CDT MON OCT 19 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS... * TIMING...10 AM TO 7 PM TODAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AT LEAST 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S. * FUEL...CROPS AND AGRICULTURAL FUELS ARE OVER 90 PERCENT CURED. THE MAJORITY OF WILD GRASSES ARE 60 TO 70 PERCENT CURED AND COMBUSTIBLE. HARVESTING OF CROPS WILL PRODUCE THE LARGER THREAT BUT GRASSY AREAS NEAR FARMLAND CAN EASILY START FROM EMBERS CARRIED BY THE WIND. * GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX/GFDI/...HIGH. CROPLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BE VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL IN THESE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 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...DRY FUELS AND WARM TEMPERATURES MAY LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
579 WWUS83 KDVN 192007 RFWDVN URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 307 PM CDT MON OCT 19 2015 ...DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS THROUGH SUNSET... .SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY WITH SUNSET. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-200000- /O.CON.KDVN.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151020T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- 307 PM CDT MON OCT 19 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH 7 PM TODAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WINDS WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY WITH SUNSET. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 73 TO 77. * FUEL...CROPS AND AGRICULTURAL FUELS ARE OVER 90 PERCENT CURED. THE MAJORITY OF WILD GRASSES ARE 60 TO 70 PERCENT CURED AND COMBUSTIBLE. HARVESTING OF CROPS WILL PRODUCE THE LARGER THREAT BUT GRASSY AREAS NEAR FARMLAND CAN EASILY START FROM EMBERS CARRIED BY THE WIND. * GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX/GFDI/...HIGH. CROPLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BE VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL IN THESE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 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...DRY FUELS AND WARM TEMPERATURES MAY LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
791 WWUS83 KDVN 200005 RFWDVN URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 705 PM CDT MON OCT 19 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED... .WINDS HAVE DECREASED...ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES...RESULTING IN LESS DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-200115- /O.EXP.KDVN.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151020T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- 705 PM CDT MON OCT 19 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE DECREASED AS OF SUNSET...ALLOWING THE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO SUBSIDE. $$ ERVIN
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.