Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this red flag warning at Dec 13, 2012, 4:05 AM CST for 17 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Dec 13, 2012, 10:00 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
- Dec 13, 2012, 4:05 AM CST (10:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 13, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2012, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton 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, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 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 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 2336 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
852 WWUS83 KSGF 131005 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 405 AM CST THU DEC 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING TODAY... .A VERY DRY AIR MASS COMBINED WITH GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. THE MOST CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE OSAGE PLAINS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI WHERE A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS OVER 20 MPH WILL BE COMMON TODAY WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION WITH SOME LOCATIONS POSSIBLY FALLING INTO THE TEENS. MOISTURE LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FRIDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SHOWERS TO THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077-078-088-089-093-094-101-132100- /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0012.121213T1600Z-121213T2300Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-BARTON- CEDAR-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD- 405 AM CST THU DEC 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM ANDERSON...TO MOUNT VERNON...TO WARSAW. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 50S TO NEAR 60 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. 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. && $$ FOSTER
2 follow-up statements
593 WWUS83 KSGF 131617 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1017 AM CST THU DEC 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING TODAY... .A VERY DRY AIR MASS COMBINED WITH GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. THE MOST CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WEST OF A WARSAW TO LEBANON TO CASSVILLE LINE WHERE A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON THROUGH MUCH OF THIS AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION WITH SOME LOCATIONS POSSIBLY FALLING INTO THE TEENS. MOISTURE LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FRIDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SHOWERS TO THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. MOZ079>081-090-091-102-132300- /O.EXA.KSGF.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-121213T2300Z/ POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-GREENE-WEBSTER-BARRY- 1017 AM CST THU DEC 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI WEST OF A WARSAW TO LEBANON TO CASSVILLE LINE. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 50S TO NEAR 60 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. 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>068-077-078-088-089-093-094-101-132300- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-121213T2300Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-BARTON- CEDAR-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD- 1017 AM CST THU DEC 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI... * AFFECTED AREA...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI WEST OF A WARSAW TO LEBANON TO CASSVILLE LINE. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 50S TO NEAR 60 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. 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. && $$
167 WWUS83 KSGF 132255 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 455 PM CST THU DEC 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077>081-088>091-093-094-101-102- 140000- /O.EXP.KSGF.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-121213T2300Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-BARTON- CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY- 455 PM CST THU DEC 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... GUSTY SOUTH WINDS HAVE STARTED TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AS THE SUN SETS. COOLING TEMPERATURES THIS EVENING WILL ALSO RESULT IN A GRADUAL RECOVERY IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. WHILE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXCEEDING RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA...CONDITIONS WILL STILL BE ELEVATED DUE TO THE DRY VEGETATION AND OCCASIONAL SOUTHERLY BREEZES. $$ GRIFFIN
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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.