Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this red flag warning at Jul 25, 2012, 5:04 AM CDT for 37 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jul 25, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2012, 5:04 AM CDT (10:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 25, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 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 10:04 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 5:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | Bonner Springs, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 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
- 1154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
274 WWUS83 KEAX 251004 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 504 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON IN CONJUNCTION WITH A VERY HOT AND DRY AIR MASS ALREADY IN PLACE. AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO BETWEEN 100 AND 105...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT... WITH WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 25 MPH AT TIMES. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE VERY DRY AIR IN PLACE BELOW 10000 FEET...LOCALIZED POCKETS OF DRY LIGHTNING MAY OCCUR. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS EVENING WITH INCREASING RAIN CHANCES AND AN APPROACHING COOL FRONT. KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-260000- /O.NEW.KEAX.FW.W.0004.120725T1700Z-120726T0000Z/ 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- 504 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND 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 FOR ALL OF NORTHERN MISSOURI...AS WELL AS MUCH OF MID MISSOURI AND ADJACENT FAR EASTERN KANSAS. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...THIS WARNING AFFECTS ALL AREAS FROM BLUE MOUND KANSAS TO CLINTON TO SEDALIA TO BOONVILLE MISSOURI...NORTHWARD TO THE IOWA AND NEBRASKA BORDERS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED AFTER 10 AM...CONTINUING UNTIL 7 PM. * TIMING...PEAK FIRE DANGER WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 7 PM THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...100 TO 105. * LIGHTNING...LOCALIZED AREAS OF DRY LIGHTNING MAY OCCUR BETWEEN 5 AND 7 PM ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES..PARTICULARLY OVER GRASSY AREAS...WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 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. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. DO NOT LEAVE GRILLS UNATTENDED. DO NOT DRIVE OR PARK VEHICLES IN GRASSY AREAS. && $$ BOOKBINDER
2 follow-up statements
297 WWUS83 KEAX 251909 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 209 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON IN CONJUNCTION WITH A VERY HOT AND DRY AIR MASS IN PLACE. AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO CLIMB INTO THE 100 AND 105 DEGREE RANGE...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO AS LOW AS 20 AND 25 PERCENT...WITH WIND GUSTS UPWARDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE VERY DRY AIR IN PLACE BELOW 10000 FEET...LOCALIZED POCKETS OF DRY LIGHTNING MAY OCCUR. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS EVENING WITH INCREASING RAIN CHANCES AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-260000- /O.CON.KEAX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120726T0000Z/ 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- 209 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND 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...THIS WARNING AFFECTS ALL AREAS FROM BLUE MOUND KANSAS TO CLINTON TO SEDALIA TO BOONVILLE MISSOURI...NORTHWARD TO THE IOWA AND NEBRASKA BORDERS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...PEAK FIRE DANGER EXISTS THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 30 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...100 TO 106. * LIGHTNING...LOCALIZED AREAS OF DRY LIGHTNING MAY OCCUR BETWEEN 6 AND 8 PM ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES..PARTICULARLY OVER GRASSY AREAS...WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 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. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. DO NOT LEAVE GRILLS UNATTENDED. DO NOT DRIVE OR PARK VEHICLES IN GRASSY AREAS. && $$ ACH
380 WWUS83 KEAX 252358 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 658 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-260100- /O.EXP.KEAX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120726T0000Z/ 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- 658 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING 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... SLOWLY FALLING TEMPERATURES AND DECREASING WINDS WILL BRING AN END TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED STORMS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND PROVIDE LOCALIZED RELIEF. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. EVEN THOUGH CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED...THE FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE EVENING SO EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD STILL BE EXERCISED...PARTICULARLY ACROSS AREAS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE RAINFALL. $$ HAWBLITZEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Holt | 35 min |
| Jul 25, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Wyandotte | 34 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Missouri, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.