Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this red flag warning at Apr 6, 2011, 5:22 AM CDT for 31 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 6, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 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 6, 2011, 5:22 AM CDT (10:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
All 34 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, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell 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, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:23 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 3116 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
080 WWUS83 KSGF 061022 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 522 AM CDT WED APR 6 2011 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>082-088>097-101>105-061830- /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0004.110406T1200Z-110406T2300Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK- 522 AM CDT WED APR 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN MISSOURI...55...56...57...58...66...67...68...69...70 ...71...77...78...79...80...81...82...88...89...90 ...91...92...93...94...95...96...97...101...102...103 ...104...105. IN KANSAS...73...97...101. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES PERSISTED LAST NIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE REGION. MOST AREAS PRIOR TO DAYBREAK ALREADY WERE QUITE DRY WITH HUMIDITY READINGS NEAR OR BELOW 40 PERCENT. THE POOR NIGHT TIME HUMIDITY RECOVERY...DRY FUELS...AND WINDS ALREADY GUSTING TO 20 TO 35 MPH IN SOME AREAS HAS ALREADY SET THE TABLE FOR A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DAY FOR OUTDOOR BURNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI BY AFTERNOON...BUT STRONGER WIND GUSTS WILL PERSIST ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE IN THE DAY. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS THIS MORNING OVER OPEN TERRAIN. HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN CRITICAL THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...FALLING TO NEAR OR BELOW 25 PERCENT IN MOST AREAS. 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. && $$ DSA
3 follow-up statements
923 WWUS83 KSGF 061541 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1041 AM CDT WED APR 6 2011 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>082-088>097-101>105-062300- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110406T2300Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK- 1041 AM CDT WED APR 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN MISSOURI...55...56...57...58...66...67...68...69...70 ...71...77...78...79...80...81...82...88...89...90 ...91...92...93...94...95...96...97...101...102...103 ...104...105 IN KANSAS...73...97...101 GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES WILL PERSIST INTO THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM QUICKLY INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. LOW HUMIDITY VALUES...DRY FUELS...AND WINDS GUSTING TO 20 TO 35 MPH IN SOME AREAS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DAY FOR OUTDOOR BURNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI BY AFTERNOON...BUT STRONGER WIND GUSTS WILL PERSIST ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE IN THE DAY. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS. HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN CRITICAL THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...FALLING TO NEAR OR BELOW 25 PERCENT IN MOST AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOSTER
936 WWUS83 KSGF 062043 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 343 PM CDT WED APR 6 2011 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>082-088>097-101>105-062300- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110406T2300Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK- 343 PM CDT WED APR 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN MISSOURI...55...56...57...58...66...67...68...69...70 ...71...77...78...79...80...81...82...88...89...90 ...91...92...93...94...95...96...97...101...102...103 ...104...105 IN KANSAS...73...97...101 GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S. LOW HUMIDITY VALUES...DRY FUELS...AND WINDS GUSTING TO 15 TO 30 MPH IN SOME AREAS WILL MAINTAIN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 44. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL GENERALLY REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE UNTIL SUNSET WITH SOME AREAS IN THE TEENS. GRADUALLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. 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. && $$ FOSTER
280 WWUS83 KSGF 062255 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 555 PM CDT WED APR 6 2011 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>082-088>097-101>105-070000- /O.EXP.KSGF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110406T2300Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK- 555 PM CDT WED APR 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN MISSOURI...55...56...57...58...66...67...68...69...70 ...71...77...78...79...80...81...82...88...89...90 ...91...92...93...94...95...96...97...101...102...103 ...104...105 IN KANSAS...73...97...101 TEMPERATURES ARE BEGINNING TO COOL AND WINDS ARE WEAKENING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE BEGINNING TO IMPROVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. BY MID EVENING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE TO ABOVE 40 PERCENT AND WINDS WILL HAVE BECOME LIGHT. $$ WISE
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.