Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this red flag warning at Dec 31, 2011, 3:48 AM CST for Linn County, Kansas; 4 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Dec 31, 2011, 12:00 PM 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
- Dec 31, 2011, 3:48 AM CST (09:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 31, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
Counties Linn County, KS, Bates County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Henry County, MO, Pettis County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 2503 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
565 WWUS83 KEAX 310948 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 348 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...EXTREME FIRE DANGER FROM EXTREME EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI... .STRONG WINDS...WITH OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH...COMBINED WITH DRY AND DORMANT NATIVE GRASSES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 25 PERCENT WILL RESULT IN EXTREME FIRE DANGER ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY EARLY THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES INCREASE. KSZ060-MOZ045-046-053-054-311800- /O.NEW.KEAX.FW.W.0010.111231T1800Z-120101T0000Z/ LINN KS-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 348 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 045...046...053...054 AND 060... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 060. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 045...046...053 AND 054. * TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND NOON AND PERSIST THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WIND...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...VALUES WILL DROP TO AROUND 25 PERCENT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ CDB
3 follow-up statements
649 WWUS83 KEAX 311636 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1036 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...EXTREME FIRE DANGER FROM EXTREME EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI... .STRONG WINDS...WITH OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH...COMBINED WITH DRY AND DORMANT NATIVE GRASSES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 25 PERCENT...WILL RESULT IN EXTREME FIRE DANGER ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY EARLY THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES INCREASE. KSZ060-MOZ045-046-053-054-010000- /O.CON.KEAX.FW.W.0010.111231T1800Z-120101T0000Z/ LINN KS-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 1036 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 045... 046...053...054 AND 060... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 060. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 045...046...053 AND 054. * TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND NOON AND PERSIST THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WIND...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ CUTTER
793 WWUS83 KEAX 312151 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 351 PM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...EXTREME FIRE DANGER FROM EXTREME EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI... .STRONG WINDS...WITH OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH...COMBINED WITH DRY AND DORMANT NATIVE GRASSES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 20 PERCENT...HAVE RESULTED IN EXTREME FIRE DANGER ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY EARLY THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES INCREASE. KSZ060-MOZ045-046-053-054-010000- /O.CON.KEAX.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120101T0000Z/ LINN KS-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 351 PM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 045... 046...053...054 AND 060... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 060. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 045...046...053 AND 054. * TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WIND...SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH...WILL PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ CUTTER
290 WWUS83 KEAX 312355 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 555 PM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 KSZ060-MOZ045-046-053-054-010100- /O.EXP.KEAX.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120101T0000Z/ LINN KS-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 555 PM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 045...046...053...054 AND 060... CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED THIS EVENING AS HUMIDITY VALUES CONTINUE TO RISE. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND MAY GUST UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE FIRE DANGER ELEVATED OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. $$ HAWBLITZEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 3:46 AM CST | Wind Advisory | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 23 hr |
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.