Alert archive / Mississippi / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this red flag warning at Oct 9, 2016, 4:22 AM CDT for 20 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Oct 9, 2016, 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 9, 2016, 4:22 AM CDT (09:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 9, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2016, 6:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
Counties Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 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
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 2772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
335 WWUS84 KMEG 090922 RFWMEG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 422 AM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI TODAY... .THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND CONTINUED LOW FUEL MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON. MSZ002>006-008-009-011>017-020>024-100000- /O.UPG.KMEG.FW.A.0002.161009T1500Z-161010T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMEG.FW.W.0002.161009T1500Z-161010T0000Z/ MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TATE-PRENTISS-QUITMAN- PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE- YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE- 422 AM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI DUE TO GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WIND...20 FOOT WINDS AROUND 15 MPH...GUSTING TO 20 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 PERCENT. * 10 HOUR FUEL MOISTURE...5 TO 8 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. BURN BANS ARE IN PLACE FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 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. && $$ MSZ010-100000- /O.NEW.KMEG.FW.W.0002.161009T1500Z-161010T0000Z/ COAHOMA- 422 AM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR COAHOMA COUNTY DUE TO GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WIND...20 FOOT WINDS AROUND 15 MPH...GUSTING TO 20 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 PERCENT. * 10 HOUR FUEL MOISTURE...5 TO 8 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. BURN BANS ARE IN PLACE FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ JOHNSON
1 follow-up statement
428 WWUS84 KMEG 092335 RFWMEG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 635 PM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI... . RED FLAG EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED FOR THE DAY ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER HOWEVER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY. MSZ002>006-008>017-020>024-100045- /O.CAN.KMEG.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161010T0000Z/ MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TATE-PRENTISS-COAHOMA- QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA- TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE- 635 PM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE FOR NORTH MISSISSIPPI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ JAB
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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.