Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this red flag warning at Oct 30, 2011, 4:50 AM CDT for 6 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Oct 30, 2011, 12:00 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
- Oct 30, 2011, 4:50 AM CDT (09:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 30, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 30, 2011, 6:00 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, Jasper County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 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 97 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
- 2356 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
592 WWUS83 KSGF 300950 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 450 AM CDT SUN OCT 30 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CDT FOR FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY SHIFTING WINDS... .A FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE WITH GUSTY WINDS. LOWERING HUMIDITY BEHIND THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...ALREADY DRY GROUND FUELS...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS OUTDOOR BURNING CONDITIONS. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066-067-077-078-088-301800- /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0008.111030T1700Z-111030T2300Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR- JASPER- 450 AM CDT SUN OCT 30 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY SHIFTING WINDS FOR FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY SHIFTING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FOR FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM JOPLIN TO LAMAR TO WARSAW. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH GRADUALLY SHIFTING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST LATE IN THE DAY. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON FROM NOON TO 6 PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON READINGS AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 60S. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION NEAR OR AT THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON...GUSTY WINDS...AND UNUSUALLY LOW HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO RAPID FIRE SPREAD THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD AN OUTDOOR BURN ESCAPE FROM 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
742 WWUS83 KSGF 301713 AAA RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1213 PM CDT SUN OCT 30 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 6 PM CDT FOR FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY SHIFTING WINDS... .A FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE WITH GUSTY WINDS SHIFTING FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. LOWERING HUMIDITY BEHIND THE FRONT...ALREADY DRY GROUND FUELS...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS OUTDOOR BURNING CONDITIONS. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066-067-077-078-088-302300- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-111030T2300Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR- JASPER- 1213 PM CDT SUN OCT 30 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY SHIFTING WINDS FOR FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FOR FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM JOPLIN TO LAMAR TO WARSAW. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH GRADUALLY SHIFTING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 6 PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION NEAR OR AT THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON...GUSTY WINDS...AND UNUSUALLY LOW HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO RAPID FIRE SPREAD THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD AN OUTDOOR BURN ESCAPE FROM 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. && $$
381 WWUS83 KSGF 302301 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 601 PM CDT SUN OCT 30 2011 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066-067-077-078-088-310015- /O.EXP.KSGF.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-111030T2300Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR- JASPER- 601 PM CDT SUN OCT 30 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE SLOWLY DECREASING ACROSS THE REGION WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BEGINNING TO INCREASE. THUS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER BEING OBSERVED AND THE WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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.