Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this red flag warning at Dec 31, 2011, 3:45 AM CST for 27 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Dec 31, 2011, 11:00 AM CST. 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
- Dec 31, 2011, 3:45 AM CST (09:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 31, 2011, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
All 30 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, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:44 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 2805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
267 WWUS83 KSGF 310945 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 345 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI... .STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE PUSHES EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS. VERY WARM TEMPERATURES FOR LATE DECEMBER WILL ALSO OCCUR AS HIGHS WARM WELL INTO THE 60S. A VERY DRY AIRMASS IS ALSO IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS OUTDOOR BURNING CONDITIONS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD SHOULD A FIRE GET OUT OF CONTROL. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING. A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND BRISK AND GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY WITH WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUING. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>080-088>090-093>095-101>103- 311900- /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0010.111231T1700Z-120101T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- 345 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND AREAS ALONG...WEST AND NORTH OF A KIMBERLING CITY...TO SPRINGFIELD...TO BUFFALO....TO IBERIA MISSOURI LINE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO RAPID FIRE SPREAD SHOULD AN OUTDOOR BURN ESCAPE CONTROL. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
382 WWUS83 KSGF 311433 CCA RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 831 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI... .STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE PUSHES EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS. VERY WARM TEMPERATURES FOR LATE DECEMBER WILL ALSO OCCUR AS HIGHS WARM WELL INTO THE 60S. A VERY DRY AIRMASS IS ALSO IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS OUTDOOR BURNING CONDITIONS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD SHOULD A FIRE GET OUT OF CONTROL. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING. A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND BRISK AND GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY WITH WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUING. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>080-088>090-093>095-101>103- 010000- /O.COR.KSGF.FW.W.0010.111231T1700Z-120101T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- 831 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND AREAS ALONG...WEST AND NORTH OF A KIMBERLING CITY...TO SPRINGFIELD...TO BUFFALO....TO IBERIA MISSOURI LINE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MIDDLE TO UPPER 60S. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO RAPID FIRE SPREAD SHOULD AN OUTDOOR BURN ESCAPE CONTROL. 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. && $$
217 WWUS83 KSGF 311744 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1144 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI... .STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE PUSHES EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS. VERY WARM TEMPERATURES FOR LATE DECEMBER WILL ALSO OCCUR AS HIGHS WARM WELL INTO THE 60S. A VERY DRY AIRMASS IS ALSO IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS OUTDOOR BURNING CONDITIONS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND RAPID FIRE SPREAD SHOULD A FIRE GET OUT OF CONTROL. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING. A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND BRISK AND VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY WITH WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUING. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>080-088>090-093>095-101>103- 010000- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120101T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- 1144 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND AREAS ALONG...WEST AND NORTH OF A KIMBERLING CITY...TO SPRINGFIELD... TO BUFFALO....TO IBERIA MISSOURI LINE. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MID TO UPPER 60S. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO RAPID FIRE SPREAD SHOULD AN OUTDOOR BURN ESCAPE CONTROL. 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. && $$
716 WWUS83 KSGF 311954 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 154 PM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI... .STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE PUSHES EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS. VERY WARM TEMPERATURES FOR LATE DECEMBER WILL ALSO OCCUR AS HIGHS WARM WELL INTO THE 60S. A VERY DRY AIRMASS IS ALSO IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS OUTDOOR BURNING CONDITIONS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND RAPID FIRE SPREAD SHOULD A FIRE GET OUT OF CONTROL. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING. A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND BRISK AND VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY WITH WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUING. MOZ058-070-071-081-082-091-092-010000- /O.EXA.KSGF.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120101T0000Z/ MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-WEBSTER-WRIGHT- 154 PM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN OZARKS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE MARIES...PULASKI...PHELPS...LACLEDE...TEXAS...WEBSTER...AND WRIGHT COUNTIES. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MID TO UPPER 60S. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO RAPID FIRE SPREAD SHOULD AN OUTDOOR BURN ESCAPE CONTROL. 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. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>080-088>090-093>095-101>103- 010000- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120101T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- 154 PM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A KIMBERLING CITY...TO HOUSTON...TO ROLLA LINE. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO RAPID FIRE SPREAD SHOULD AN OUTDOOR BURN ESCAPE CONTROL. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 11:41 AM CST | Wind Advisory | SGF | Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton, Vernon | 15 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.