Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this red flag warning at Sep 10, 2012, 3:29 PM CDT for 6 counties in Missouri; Doniphan County, Kansas. It took effect at Sep 11, 2012, 1:00 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
- Sep 10, 2012, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 11, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
Counties Doniphan County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Worth County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1335 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
712 WWUS83 KEAX 102029 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 329 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...FIRE DANGER EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI... .THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...AND BREEZY WINDS TUESDAY WILL ALL CONTRIBUTE TO AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL PREVAIL FROM THE SOUTH AROUND 20 MPH BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...GREATLY ENHANCING THE POTENTIAL FOR ANY FIRE TO SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL. KSZ102-MOZ001>004-011-012-110500- /O.NEW.KEAX.FW.W.0007.120911T1800Z-120912T0000Z/ DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW- 329 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003... 004...011...012 AND 102... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 DONIPHAN. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 ATCHISON MO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 NODAWAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 WORTH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 GENTRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 HOLT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 ANDREW. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...PEAK FIRE DANGER WILL BE BETWEEN NOON AND 7 PM TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 80S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES...PARTICULARLY OVER GRASSY AREAS...WILL HAVE A HIGH PROBABILITY OF SPREADING RAPIDLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. 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. && $$ CUTTER
4 follow-up statements
657 WWUS83 KEAX 110303 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1003 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...FIRE DANGER EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI... .THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH AND GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL GREATLY ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR ANY FIRE TO SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS ON TUESDAY. KSZ102-MOZ001>004-011-012-111200- /O.CON.KEAX.FW.W.0007.120911T1800Z-120912T0000Z/ DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW- 1003 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004...011...012 AND 102... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 DONIPHAN. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 ATCHISON MO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 NODAWAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 WORTH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 GENTRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 HOLT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 ANDREW. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...PEAK FIRE DANGER WILL BE BETWEEN NOON AND 7 PM TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 90. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES...PARTICULARLY OVER GRASSY AREAS...WILL HAVE A HIGH PROBABILITY OF SPREADING RAPIDLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ MJ
154 WWUS83 KEAX 110929 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 429 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI... .THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH AND GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL GREATLY ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR ANY FIRE TO SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS ON TUESDAY. KSZ102-MOZ001>004-011-012-120000- /O.CON.KEAX.FW.W.0007.120911T1800Z-120912T0000Z/ DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW- 429 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004...011...012 AND 102... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 DONIPHAN. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 ATCHISON MO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 NODAWAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 WORTH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 GENTRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 HOLT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 ANDREW. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...PEAK FIRE DANGER WILL BE BETWEEN NOON AND 7 PM TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 90. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES...PARTICULARLY OVER GRASSY AREAS...WILL HAVE A HIGH PROBABILITY OF SPREADING RAPIDLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. 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. && $$ CDB
517 WWUS83 KEAX 112018 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 318 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI... .THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH AND GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL GREATLY ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR ANY FIRE TO SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS ON TODAY. KSZ102-MOZ001>004-011-012-120000- /O.CON.KEAX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120912T0000Z/ DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW- 318 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001... 002...003...004...011...012 AND 102... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 DONIPHAN. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 ATCHISON MO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 NODAWAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 WORTH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 GENTRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 HOLT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 012 ANDREW. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...PEAK FIRE DANGER THROUGH 7 PM TONIGHT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 24 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 90. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES...PARTICULARLY OVER GRASSY AREAS...WILL HAVE A HIGH PROBABILITY OF SPREADING RAPIDLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ CUTTER
608 WWUS83 KEAX 112359 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 659 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012 KSZ102-MOZ001>004-011-012-120100- /O.EXP.KEAX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120912T0000Z/ DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW- 659 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004...011...012 AND 102... SLOWLY DECREASING WINDS AND INCREASING HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BRING AN END TO CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST AS HIGH AS 15 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...SO THE FIRE DANGER WILL STILL REMAIN HIGH FOR A FEW MORE HOURS. $$
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.