Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this red flag warning at Nov 16, 2007, 3:10 AM CST for 24 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Nov 16, 2007, 11:00 AM 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
- Nov 16, 2007, 3:10 AM CST (09:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 16, 2007, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2007, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
All 27 counties
Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 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 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 2207 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS83 KSGF 160910 RFWSGF RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 310 AM CST FRI NOV 16 2007 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-088-089-093-094-101-102-161715- /O.UPG.KSGF.FW.A.0003.071116T1500Z-071117T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0004.071116T1700Z-071116T2100Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR-JASPER- DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY- 310 AM CST FRI NOV 16 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS MORNING. WITH LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN THE PLAINS STATES ON FRIDAY...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES WILL RESULT IN INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE REGION. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM OSCEOLA TO CASSVILLE. WHILE THE SOUTHWEST WINDS BRING A QUICK RETURN TO WARM TEMPERATURES...LITTLE IN THE WAY OF A MOISTURE INCREASE IS EXPECTED. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE 60S...AND WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS HOVERING IN THE LOWER 20S...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 20 PERCENT. 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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. DISPATCHERS PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ CLAYCOMB
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS83 KSGF 161924 RFWSGF RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 124 PM CST FRI NOV 16 2007 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-088-089-093-094-101-102-162300- /O.EXT.KSGF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071116T2300Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR-JASPER- DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY- 124 PM CST FRI NOV 16 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AT OR BELOW 20 PERCENT...WARM TEMPERATURES AND DRY SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A CONTINUED EXTREME FIRE DANGER ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM OSCEOLA TO MOUNT VERNON TO CASSVILLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. DISPATCHERS PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ TERRY
000 WWUS83 KSGF 161939 RFWSGF RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 139 PM CST FRI NOV 16 2007 MOZ055>058-068>070-079>081-090-091-095-103-162300- /O.EXA.KSGF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071116T2300Z/ BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-GREENE-WEBSTER-CHRISTIAN-STONE- 139 PM CST FRI NOV 16 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AT OR BELOW 20 PERCENT...WARM TEMPERATURES AND DRY SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM OSAGE BEACH TO MARSHFIELD TO KIMBERLING CITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE DEVELOPING...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. DISPATCHERS PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-088-089-093-094-101-102-162300- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071116T2300Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR-JASPER- DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY- 139 PM CST FRI NOV 16 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AT OR BELOW 20 PERCENT...WARM TEMPERATURES AND DRY SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A CONTINUED EXTREME FIRE DANGER ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM OSAGE BEACH TO MARSHFIELD TO KIMBERLING CITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. DISPATCHERS PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ TERRY
000 WWUS83 KSGF 162257 RFWSGF RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 457 PM CST FRI NOV 16 2007 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>070-077>081-088>091-093>095-101>103- 170000- /O.EXP.KSGF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071116T2300Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD- BARRY-STONE- 457 PM CST FRI NOV 16 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING INT0 THE 40S. THE TEMPERATURE DROP WILL RESULT IN SOME HUMIDITY RECOVERY...BUT A CONTINUED DRY AIR MASS WITH DEW POINTS IN THE 20S WILL HAMPER THE OVERALL OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY. A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY...BUT WINDS NEAR THE BOUNDARY AR EXPECTED TO BE FAIRLY LIGHT. $$ DSA
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.