Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this red flag warning at Nov 17, 2011, 3:17 PM CST for Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 23 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Nov 18, 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
- Nov 17, 2011, 3:17 PM CST (21:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 18, 2011, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
All 26 counties
Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar 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, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1261 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
664 WWUS83 KSGF 172117 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 317 PM CST THU NOV 17 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FRIDAY FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... .SOUTH WINDS WILL WILL INCREASE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE WIND COUPLED WITH A DRY AIR MASS AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS OUTDOOR BURNING CONDITIONS WITH POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD SHOULD A FIRE GET OUT OF CONTROL. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>069-077>080-088>090-093-094-180530- /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0009.111118T1700Z-111119T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN- BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- 317 PM CST THU NOV 17 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY FOR STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... 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 TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FOR BOURBON...CRAWFORD...AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. IN MISSOURI...FOR COUNTIES ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 AND WEST OF MISSOURI HIGHWAY 65. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 60S. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION...GUSTY WINDS...AND UNUSUALLY 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. && $$ DSA
5 follow-up statements
173 WWUS83 KSGF 180316 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 916 PM CST THU NOV 17 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FRIDAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... .SOUTH WINDS WILL WILL INCREASE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE WIND COUPLED WITH A DRY AIR MASS AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS OUTDOOR BURNING CONDITIONS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD SHOULD A FIRE GET OUT OF CONTROL. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>069-077>080-088>090-093-094-181200- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0009.111118T1700Z-111119T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN- BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- 916 PM CST THU NOV 17 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY FOR STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FOR BOURBON...CRAWFORD...AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. IN MISSOURI...FOR COUNTIES ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 AND WEST OF MISSOURI HIGHWAY 65. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 60S. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION...GUSTY WINDS...AND UNUSUALLY LOW HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO RAPID FIRE SPREAD SHOULD AN OUTDOOR BURN ESCAPE CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
979 WWUS83 KSGF 180940 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 340 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FRIDAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI... .SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING AND DURING THE AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS NEAR THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES. THE WIND COUPLED WITH A DRY AIR MASS AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS OUTDOOR BURNING CONDITIONS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD SHOULD A FIRE GET OUT OF CONTROL. MOZ056>058-181745- /O.EXA.KSGF.FW.W.0009.111118T1700Z-111119T0000Z/ MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES- 340 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FOR BOURBON...CRAWFORD...AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. IN MISSOURI...FOR COUNTIES ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 AND WEST OF MISSOURI HIGHWAY 65. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 50S. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION...GUSTY WINDS...AND UNUSUALLY 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. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>069-077>080-088>090-093-094-181745- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0009.111118T1700Z-111119T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN- BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- 340 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FOR BOURBON...CRAWFORD...AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. IN MISSOURI...FOR COUNTIES ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 AND WEST OF MISSOURI HIGHWAY 65. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 50S. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION...GUSTY WINDS...AND UNUSUALLY LOW HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO RAPID FIRE SPREAD SHOULD AN OUTDOOR BURN ESCAPE CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
906 WWUS83 KSGF 181723 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1123 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI... .STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS NEAR THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES. THE WIND COUPLED WITH A DRY AIR MASS AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS OUTDOOR BURNING CONDITIONS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD SHOULD A FIRE GET OUT OF CONTROL. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>069-077>080-088>090-093-094-190000- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111119T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER-DADE- GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- 1123 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FOR BOURBON...CRAWFORD...AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. IN MISSOURI...FOR COUNTIES ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 AND WEST OF MISSOURI HIGHWAY 65. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 50S. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION...GUSTY WINDS...AND UNUSUALLY 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. && $$
785 WWUS83 KSGF 181829 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1229 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI... .STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS NEAR THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES. THE WIND COUPLED WITH A DRY AIR MASS AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS OUTDOOR BURNING CONDITIONS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD SHOULD A FIRE GET OUT OF CONTROL. MOZ070-071-081-082-091-092-190000- /O.EXA.KSGF.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111119T0000Z/ PULASKI-PHELPS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-WEBSTER-WRIGHT- 1229 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS TO THE EAST INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A NEOSHO TO SPRINGFIELD TO HOUSTON LINE IN MISSOURI. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 50S. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION...GUSTY WINDS...AND UNUSUALLY LOW HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO RAPID FIRE SPREAD SHOULD AN OUTDOOR BURN ESCAPE CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>069-077>080-088>090-093-094-190000- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111119T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER-DADE- GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- 1229 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS TO THE EAST INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A NEOSHO TO SPRINGFIELD TO HOUSTON LINE IN MISSOURI. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 50S. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION...GUSTY WINDS...AND UNUSUALLY 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. && $$
238 WWUS83 KSGF 182353 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 553 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2011 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>082-088>094-190100- /O.EXP.KSGF.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111119T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- 553 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING AS FORECAST WEATHER CONDITIONS NO LONGER REQUIRE IT. $$
Nearby
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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.