Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this red flag warning at Aug 22, 2012, 3:12 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 5 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Aug 22, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 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
- Aug 22, 2012, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 22, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Jasper County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1953 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
535 WWUS83 KSGF 222012 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 312 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNINGS FOR PARTS OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE WINDS OVER THE REGION TODAY AND THURSDAY. THE WINDS COUPLED WITH LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY AND DRY VEGETATION FROM THE ONGOING DROUGHT WILL RESULT IN AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO THE EASY IGNITION AND RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-101-230415- /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0010.120822T2100Z-120823T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0011.120823T1600Z-120824T0100Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD- 312 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...AND DROUGHT AFFECTED VEGETATION ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 BOURBON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 097 CRAWFORD AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 CHEROKEE. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 VERNON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 BARTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 JASPER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 093 NEWTON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 MCDONALD. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. ANOTHER WARNING IS IN AFFECT THURSDAY FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. VALUES AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S TODAY AND THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION WILL EASILY CATCH FIRE FROM SPARKS FROM EQUIPMENT...CIGARETTES...AND OUTDOOR COOKING AND CAMPING FIRES. THE RESULTING FIRES WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY WITH THE GUSTY WINDS...EASILY ESCAPING CONTROL AND MAKING CONTAINMENT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AS FIRE GROW LARGER. 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. && $$ MOZ055-056-067>069-078>080-089-090-094-102-230415- /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0011.120823T1600Z-120824T0100Z/ BENTON-MORGAN-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-DADE- GREENE-LAWRENCE-BARRY- 312 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY VEGETATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 BENTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 MORGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 067 ST. CLAIR... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 068 HICKORY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 069 CAMDEN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 CEDAR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 POLK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 DALLAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 DADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 GREENE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 094 LAWRENCE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 BARRY. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTH 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THURSDAY FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION WILL EASILY CATCH FIRE FROM SPARKS FROM EQUIPMENT...CIGARETTES...AND OUTDOOR COOKING AND CAMPING FIRES. THE RESULTING FIRES WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY WITH THE GUSTY WINDS...EASILY ESCAPING CONTROL AND MAKING CONTAINMENT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AS FIRE GROW LARGER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
1 follow-up statement
189 WWUS83 KSGF 230105 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 805 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNINGS FOR PARTS OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE WINDS OVER THE REGION ON THURSDAY. THE WINDS COUPLED WITH LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY AND DRY VEGETATION FROM THE ONGOING DROUGHT WILL RESULT IN AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO THE EASY IGNITION AND RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-101-230915- /O.EXP.KSGF.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120823T0100Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0011.120823T1600Z-120824T0100Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD- 805 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR TODAY... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 BOURBON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 097 CRAWFORD AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 CHEROKEE. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 VERNON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 BARTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 JASPER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 093 NEWTON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 MCDONALD. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...WARNING IS IN AFFECT THURSDAY FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 80S. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION WILL EASILY CATCH FIRE FROM SPARKS FROM EQUIPMENT...CIGARETTES...AND OUTDOOR COOKING AND CAMPING FIRES. THE RESULTING FIRES WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY WITH THE GUSTY WINDS...EASILY ESCAPING CONTROL AND MAKING CONTAINMENT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AS FIRE GROW LARGER. 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. && $$ MOZ055-056-067>069-078>080-089-090-094-102-230915- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0011.120823T1600Z-120824T0100Z/ BENTON-MORGAN-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-DADE- GREENE-LAWRENCE-BARRY- 805 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY... * AFFECTED AREA...IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 BENTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 MORGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 067 ST. CLAIR... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 068 HICKORY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 069 CAMDEN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 CEDAR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 POLK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 DALLAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 DADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 GREENE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 094 LAWRENCE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 BARRY. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTH 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THURSDAY FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 80S. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION WILL EASILY CATCH FIRE FROM SPARKS FROM EQUIPMENT...CIGARETTES...AND OUTDOOR COOKING AND CAMPING FIRES. THE RESULTING FIRES WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY WITH THE GUSTY WINDS...EASILY ESCAPING CONTROL AND MAKING CONTAINMENT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AS FIRE GROW LARGER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 3:12 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 29 hr |
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.