Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this red flag warning at Apr 5, 2011, 4:13 AM CDT for 13 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 5, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. 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
- Apr 5, 2011, 4:13 AM CDT (09:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2011, 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, Benton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:13 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 71 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
548 WWUS83 KSGF 050913 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 413 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2011 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077>079-088>090-093-094-101-051715- /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0003.110405T1800Z-110406T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-BARTON- CEDAR-POLK-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD- 413 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY AND INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS... 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. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN MISSOURI...55...66...67...68...77...78...79...88...89 ...90...93...94...101. IN KANSAS...73...97...101. A VERY DRY AIR MASS COUPLED WITH INCREASINGLY GUSTY WINDS DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. LIGHT WINDS AND COOL TEMPERATURES EARLY IN THE DAY WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS OUTDOOR BURNING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING BELOW 25 PERCENT CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA. WIND EXPOSED AREAS SUCH AS GRASSLANDS AND EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS WILL BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE HIGHEST WINDS. 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. && $$ DSA
2 follow-up statements
481 WWUS83 KSGF 051712 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1212 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2011 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077>079-088>090-093-094-101-060000- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0003.110405T1800Z-110406T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-BARTON- CEDAR-POLK-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD- 1212 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN MISSOURI...55...66...67...68...77...78...79...88...89 ...90...93...94...101 IN KANSAS...73...97...101 A VERY DRY AIR MASS COUPLED WITH INCREASINGLY GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING BELOW 25 PERCENT CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA. WIND EXPOSED AREAS SUCH AS GRASSLANDS AND EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS WILL BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE HIGHEST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOSTER
959 WWUS83 KSGF 052353 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 653 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077>079-088>090-093-094-101-060100- /O.EXP.KSGF.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110406T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-BARTON- CEDAR-POLK-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD- 653 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN MISSOURI...55...66...67...68...77...78...79...88...89 ...90...93...94...101 IN KANSAS...73...97...101 WHILE AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...COOLER TEMPERATURES...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING WINDS...AND INCREASING HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO A GRADUALLY DECREASING FIRE DANGER THIS EVENING. $$ GRIFFIN
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.