Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Mar 24, 2008, 4:23 AM CDT (09:23 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 24, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT

Expired

Mar 24, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Jasper County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WWUS83 KSGF 240923
RFWSGF

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
423 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM TODAY FOR GUSTY
SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN KANSAS WILL ENHANCE SOUTHWEST WINDS
OVER OKLAHOMA...KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI TODAY. WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN RESPONSE TO THE LOW
MOVING EAST. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
INTO THE LOW TO MID 20 PERCENT RANGE. WITH THESE GUSTY WINDS AND
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...ONE HOUR AND TEN HOUR FUEL MOISTURES ARE
EXPECTED TO REACH DRY TO CRITICAL LEVELS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE EXTREME WILD FIRE BEHAVIOR THIS AFTERNOON.

DESPITE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL LAST WEEK...PRAIRIE GRASS HAS ALREADY
DRIED OUT AND IS RIPE FOR WILDFIRE DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS OF THE
OSAGE PLAINS. LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER AGENCIES THAT HAVE
AN INTEREST IN FIRE WEATHER SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR CONDITIONS FROM
MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON..

MOZ067-078-089-094-102-241030-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FW.A.0001.080324T1600Z-080325T0000Z/
ST. CLAIR-CEDAR-DADE-LAWRENCE-BARRY-
423 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2008

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH. 

CONDITIONS TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO CREATE AN ENHANCED FIRE DANGER.
CRITICAL THRESHOLDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE MET WITH AFTERNOON
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING TO THE UPPER 20 PERCENT RANGE. PERSONS
PLANNING BURN ACTIVITIES NEED REALIZE IF THEY DO CHOSE TO
BURN...THEY NEED TO CLOSELY MONITOR FIRES TO ENSURE FIRES ARE KEPT
UNDER CONTROL.

$$

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-101-241730-
/O.UPG.KSGF.FW.A.0001.080324T1600Z-080325T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0002.080324T1800Z-080325T0000Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD-
423 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH WIND
SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. MEANWHILE...A DRY
AIRMASS WILL EXIST AS AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALL TO VALUES
IN THE LOW 20 PERCENT RANGE. DESPITE THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM
LAST WEEK...DEAD GRASS AND SMALL TO MEDIUM BRANCHES FROM DOWNED
TREES ARE SUFFICIENTLY DRY FOR FIRE IGNITION.

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

000 
WWUS83 KSGF 241602
RFWSGF

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1102 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM TODAY FOR GUSTY
SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN KANSAS WILL ENHANCE SOUTHWEST WINDS
OVER OKLAHOMA...KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI TODAY. WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN RESPONSE TO THE LOW
MOVING EAST. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
INTO THE LOW TO MID 20 PERCENT RANGE. WITH THESE GUSTY WINDS AND
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...ONE HOUR AND TEN HOUR FUEL MOISTURES
ARE EXPECTED TO REACH DRY TO CRITICAL LEVELS. THESE CONDITIONS
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE EXTREME WILD FIRE BEHAVIOR THIS AFTERNOON.

DESPITE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL LAST WEEK...PRAIRIE GRASS HAS ALREADY
DRIED OUT AND IS RIPE FOR WILDFIRE DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS OF THE
OSAGE PLAINS. LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER AGENCIES THAT HAVE
AN INTEREST IN FIRE WEATHER SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR CONDITIONS
FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON..

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-101-250000-
/O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0002.080324T1800Z-080325T0000Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD-
1102 AM CDT MON MAR 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH WIND
SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. MEANWHILE...A DRY
AIRMASS WILL EXIST AS AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALL TO
VALUES IN THE LOW 20 PERCENT RANGE. DESPITE THE EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL FROM LAST WEEK...DEAD GRASS AND SMALL TO MEDIUM BRANCHES
FROM DOWNED TREES ARE SUFFICIENTLY DRY FOR FIRE IGNITION.

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.

$$

HATCH

000 
WWUS83 KSGF 242353
RFWSGF

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
653 PM CDT MON MAR 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM...

.HUMIDITIES TO INCREASE THIS EVENING ENDING RED FLAG CONDITIONS.

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-101-250100-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080325T0000Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD-
653 PM CDT MON MAR 24 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 30 MPH OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO
WESTERN MISSOURI DROVE TEMPERATURES TO AROUND 60 THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE
DEW POINTS IN THE MIDDLE 20S RESULTED IN HUMIDITIES IN THE MIDDLE
TO UPPER 20S. 

AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL...HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE TO OVER
30 PERCENT THIS EVENING. ON GOING FIRES WILL STILL BE EFFECTED BY WINDS
GUSTING TO OVER 30 MPH HOWEVER.

$$

RUNNELS

Red Flag Warnings in Missouri, 2008Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2008Every red flag warning in 2008

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.