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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this red flag warning at Mar 8, 2017, 10:21 AM CST for 21 counties in Iowa; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri; 13 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 8 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
- Mar 8, 2017, 10:21 AM CST (16:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 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 16:22 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, 4.4 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
- 2415 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
830 WWUS83 KDVN 081621 RFWDVN URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL 1021 AM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 ...Strong winds and low humidity driving dangerous fire conditions again today... .Winds gusting up to 45 mph combined with low humidity levels and plentiful dry vegetation will create another day of dangerous risk of uncontrolled grass fires today. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-090000- /O.NEW.KDVN.FW.W.0002.170308T1621Z-170309T0000Z/ 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- 1021 AM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS... The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a Red Flag Warning FOR dangerous fire conditions...which is in effect until 6 PM CST this evening. * Timing...Now through 6 PM CST this evening. * Winds...west 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 21 percent. * Temperatures...Near 50 north to around 60 in the far south. * Grassland Fire Danger Index(GFDI)...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. Burning of storm damage should also 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 can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ 12
2 follow-up statements
935 WWUS83 KDVN 082141 RFWDVN URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL 341 PM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 ...Dangerous fire conditions linger into early evening... .West winds gusting up to 45 mph combined with very low humidity levels and plentiful dry vegetation, will continue to produce a dangerous risk of uncontrolled grass fires through sunset. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-090000- /O.CON.KDVN.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170309T0000Z/ Buchanan-Delaware-Dubuque-Benton-Linn-Jones-Jackson-Iowa-Johnson- Cedar-Clinton-Muscatine-Scott-Keokuk-Washington-Louisa-Jefferson- Henry IA-Des Moines-Van Buren-Lee-Jo Daviess-Stephenson-Carroll- Whiteside-Rock Island-Henry IL-Bureau-Putnam-Mercer-Henderson- Warren-Hancock-McDonough-Scotland-Clark- 341 PM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS... * Timing...Now through 6 PM CST this evening. * Winds...West 20 to 32 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 18 percent. * Temperatures...Upper 40s to middle 50s. * Grassland Fire Danger Index(GFDI)...Extreme. * Impacts...Any fires will spread rapidly and be very difficult to control in these dangerous conditions. Outdoor burning is highly discouraged and should be avoided. Burning of storm damage and debris should also be avoided. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, .or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ 12
822 WWUS83 KDVN 090012 RFWDVN URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL 612 PM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-090115- /O.EXP.KDVN.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170309T0000Z/ 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- 612 PM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS... The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has allowed the Red Flag Warning to expire. Decreasing winds and rising relative humidity levels have diminished the high fire danger across the region. $$ Sheets
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 3:18 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 7 more | 14 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Iowa, 2017Red Flag Warnings in Illinois, 2017Red Flag Warnings in Missouri, 2017Every red flag warning in 2017
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.