Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this red flag warning at Oct 28, 2011, 3:41 PM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas; 29 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Oct 29, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. 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
- Oct 28, 2011, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 29, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
All 36 counties
Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Worth County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 1661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
817 WWUS83 KEAX 282041 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 341 PM CDT FRI OCT 28 2011 ...HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI AS WELL AS ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>005-011>015-020>023-028>032-037>040- 043>046-053-054-291000- /O.NEW.KEAX.FW.W.0007.111029T1700Z-111030T0000Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW- DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON- PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 341 PM CDT FRI OCT 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSOURI AS WELL AS ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...THIS RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES ALL BUT NORTHEAST MISSOURI...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM PRINCETON TO BROOKFIELD TO MOBERLY. * TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN NOON AND 7 PM ON SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...VALUES ARE SUPPOSED TO FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...WILL REACH THE UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVITY HUMIDITIES...COUPLED WITH THE INCREASING DROUGHT...WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PERSONS SHOULD AVOID ANY OUTDOOR BURNING AS FIRES COULD QUICKLY BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE. 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. && $$ BOOKBINDER
3 follow-up statements
222 WWUS83 KEAX 290825 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 325 AM CDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON... .INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI AS WELL AS ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>005-011>015-020>023-028>032-037>040- 043>046-053-054-291900- /O.CON.KEAX.FW.W.0007.111029T1700Z-111030T0000Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW- DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON- PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 325 AM CDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSOURI AS WELL AS ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...THIS RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES ALL OF EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF MISSOURI GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM PRINCETON TO BROOKFIELD TO MOBERLY. * TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN NOON AND 7 PM ON SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 18 AND 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...WILL REACH THE UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVITY HUMIDITIES...COUPLED WITH THE INCREASING DROUGHT...WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PERSONS SHOULD AVOID ANY OUTDOOR BURNING AS FIRES COULD QUICKLY BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE. 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. && $$ HAWBLITZEL
717 WWUS83 KEAX 292032 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 332 PM CDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON... .INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI AS WELL AS ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>005-011>015-020>023-028>032-037>040- 043>046-053-054-300000- /O.CON.KEAX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-111030T0000Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW- DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON- PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 332 PM CDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSOURI AS WELL AS ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...THIS RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES ALL OF EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF MISSOURI GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM PRINCETON TO BROOKFIELD TO MOBERLY. * TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 7 PM. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ALONG THE STATE LINE FROM KANSAS CITY SOUTHWARD. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...VERY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 16 AND 20 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 70 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVITY HUMIDITIES...COUPLED WITH THE INCREASING DROUGHT...WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PERSONS SHOULD AVOID ANY OUTDOOR BURNING AS FIRES COULD QUICKLY BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE. 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. && $$ BOOKBINDER
142 WWUS83 KEAX 292340 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 640 PM CDT SAT OCT 29 2011 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>005-011>015-020>023-028>032-037>040- 043>046-053-054-300045- /O.EXP.KEAX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-111030T0000Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW- DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON- PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 640 PM CDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSOURI AS WELL AS ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS... DIMINISHING WINDS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS EVENING HAS REDUCED THE FIRE DANGER THREAT. HOWEVER...THE THREAT WILL INCREASE ON SUNDAY AS WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 3:37 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | EAX | Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Macon, Pettis, Randolph and 1 more | 28 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Missouri, 2011Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2011Every red flag warning in 2011
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.