Alert archive / Arkansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Feb 9, 2016, 9:27 AM CST for 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 9, 2016, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 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
- Feb 9, 2016, 9:27 AM CST (15:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 9, 2016, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 9, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:28 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 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
- 1021 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 103 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
202 WWUS84 KTSA 091527 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 927 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2016 ARZ019-020-029-092330- /O.UPG.KTSA.FW.A.0002.160209T1700Z-160210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0003.160209T1700Z-160210T0000Z/ CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- 927 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARKANSAS...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES. * WIND...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON HUMIDITY OF 22 TO 27 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 40S TO NEAR 50. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS...FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER HUMIDITIES...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. && $$
1 follow-up statement
067 WWUS84 KTSA 091904 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 104 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2016 ARZ001-002-010-011-100000- /O.EXA.KTSA.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160210T0000Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON- 104 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARKANSAS...BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON AR...AND MADISON COUNTIES. * WIND...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON HUMIDITY OF 22 TO 27 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS...FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER HUMIDITIES...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. && $$ ARZ019-020-029-100000- /O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160210T0000Z/ CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- 104 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARKANSAS...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES. * WIND...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON HUMIDITY OF 22 TO 27 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 40S TO NEAR 50. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS...FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER HUMIDITIES...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 4:02 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TSA | 5 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.