Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this red flag warning at Mar 6, 2012, 4:43 AM CST for 37 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 6, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 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
- Mar 6, 2012, 4:43 AM CST (10:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2012, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
All 44 counties
Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:47 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 2973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 667 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
800 WWUS83 KEAX 061043 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 443 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...EXTREME FIRE DANGER TODAY... .STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE COMMON TODAY. AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 70S THIS AFTERNOON...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL CREATING CRITICAL WILD FIRE CONDITIONS THROUGH SUNSET. KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-061845- /O.NEW.KEAX.FW.W.0003.120306T1600Z-120307T0100Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER- PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR- BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY- RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 443 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004...005... 006...007...008...011...012...013...014...015...016...017...020... 021...022...023...024...025...025...028...029...030...031...032... 033...037...038...039...040...043...044...045...046...053...054... 057...060...102...103...104 AND 105... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 025...057... 060...102...103...104 AND 105. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004...005...006...007...008...011... 012...013...014...015...016...017...020...021...022...023... 024...025...028...029...030...031...032...033...037...038... 039...040...043...044...045...046...053 AND 054. * WIND...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20 TO MID 30 PERCENT RANGE BY THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNSET. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ DEROCHE
2 follow-up statements
400 WWUS83 KEAX 061612 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1012 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...EXTREME FIRE DANGER TODAY... .STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE COMMON TODAY. AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 70S THIS AFTERNOON...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL CREATING CRITICAL WILD FIRE CONDITIONS THROUGH SUNSET. KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-070000- /O.CON.KEAX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120307T0100Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER- PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR- BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY- RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 1012 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004...005... 006...007... 008...011...012...013...014...015...016...017...020... 021... 022...023...024...025...025...028...029...030...031...032... 033...037...038...039...040...043...044...045...046...053...054... 057...060...102...103...104 AND 105... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 025...057... 060...102...103...104 AND 105. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004...005...006...007...008...011... 012... 013...014...015...016...017...020...021...022...023... 024... 025...028...029...030...031...032...033...037...038... 039... 040...043...044...045...046...053 AND 054. * WIND...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20 TO MID 30 PERCENT RANGE BY THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNSET. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$
364 WWUS83 KEAX 062126 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 326 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...EXTREME FIRE DANGER LINGERS INTO THE EVENING... .STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE COMMON INTO THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES HAVE SOARED INTO THE 70S. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE SLOWLY RISING OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI AS MOISTURE MOVES NORTHWARD...BUT REMAIN AT CRITICAL LEVELS IN PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-070000- /O.CON.KEAX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120307T0100Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER- PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR- BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY- RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 326 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004...005... 006...007... 008...011...012...013...014...015...016...017...020... 021... 022...023...024...025...025...028...029...030...031...032... 033...037...038...039...040...043...044...045...046...053...054... 057...060...102...103...104 AND 105... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 025...057... 060...102...103...104 AND 105. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004...005...006...007...008...011... 012... 013...014...015...016...017...020...021...022...023... 024... 025...028...029...030...031...032...033...037...038... 039... 040...043...044...045...046...053 AND 054. * WIND...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CLIMB TO AROUND 40 PERCENT IN AREAS NEAR THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI STATE LINE. HOWEVER...VALUES FROM KIRKSVILLE TO COLUMBIA WILL REMAIN IN THE MIDDLE 20S TO MIDDLE 30 PERCENT RANGE THROUGH 7PM. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNSET. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ DUX
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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.