Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Oct 6, 2011, 3:36 AM CDT (08:36 UTC)

In effect from

Oct 6, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT

Expired

Oct 6, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

7 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, 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 Springfield radar (KSGF), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

839 
WWUS83 KSGF 060836
RFWSGF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
336 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2011

...SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...

.DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS REGION WILL RESULT
IN BRISK AND GUSTY SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS TODAY. MEANWHILE...A DRY LOW
LEVEL AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. WITH FINER
FUELS ALREADY ABNORMALLY DRY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND
EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL WILL
EXIST THIS AFTERNOON.

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077>079-088-089-093-094-101-070000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0006.111006T1700Z-111007T0000Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-BARTON-
CEDAR-POLK-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-
336 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A WARSAW TO BOLIVAR TO 
ANDERSON LINE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A WARSAW TO BOLIVAR
  TO ANDERSON LINE.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
  ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 7 PM TONIGHT.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 20 AND
  25 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS
  DROPPING BELOW 20 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL GENERALLY
  BE IN THE MIDDLE 80S.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF BRISK AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW
  RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND ABNORMALLY DRY FINE FUELS WILL RESULT
  IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. PRAIRIE GRASS
  REGIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS
  WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO EXTREME FIRE GROWTH.

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.

&&

$$

320 
WWUS83 KSGF 061958
RFWSGF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
258 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011

...SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...

.DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS REGION WILL RESULT
IN BRISK AND GUSTY SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
MEANWHILE...A DRY LOW LEVEL AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS
THE REGION. WITH FINER FUELS ALREADY ABNORMALLY DRY ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE
GROWTH POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077>079-088-089-093-094-101-070000-
/O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-111007T0000Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-BARTON-
CEDAR-POLK-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-
258 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A WARSAW TO BOLIVAR TO ANDERSON
LINE...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A WARSAW TO 
  BOLIVAR TO ANDERSON LINE. 

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TIMING...FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 7 PM TONIGHT.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...AROUND 80.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF BRISK AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW 
  RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND ABNORMALLY DRY FINE FUELS WILL 
  RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. 
  PRAIRIE GRASS REGIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EXTREME 
  SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO EXTREME 
  FIRE GROWTH. 

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.

&&

$$

763 
WWUS83 KSGF 062355
RFWSGF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
655 PM CDT THU OCT 6 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>079-088-089-093-094-101-070100-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-111007T0000Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-BARTON-
CEDAR-POLK-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-
655 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A WARSAW TO BOLIVAR TO ANDERSON
LINE...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

WITH THE SUN SETTING...TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO COOL AND WINDS
WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH. AS A RESULT...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATER THIS EVENING.

$$

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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.