Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this red flag warning at Jan 30, 2012, 3:43 AM CST for 17 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Jan 30, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. 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
- Jan 30, 2012, 3:43 AM CST (09:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden 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, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:41 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 2071 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
758 WWUS83 KSGF 300943 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 343 AM CST MON JAN 30 2012 ...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE PLAINS TODAY. MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM. WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>081-088>090-093-094-301745- /O.UPG.KSGF.FW.A.0001.120130T1800Z-120131T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0002.120130T1800Z-120131T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE- GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- 343 AM CST MON JAN 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES FOR FAR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR FAR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FAR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A NEOSHO TO SPRINGFIELD TO OSAGE BEACH LINE. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 24 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. * IMPACTS...THE DRY CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW GRASS AND FOREST FUELS TO CATCH FIRE MORE EASILY THAN NORMAL. THE HIGH WINDS WILL ALLOW ANY NATURAL COVER FIRES TO SPREAD VERY QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. 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. && $$ GRIFFIN
2 follow-up statements
539 WWUS83 KSGF 301723 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1123 AM CST MON JAN 30 2012 ...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE PLAINS TODAY. MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM. WARM TEMPERATURES... GUSTY WINDS...AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>081-088>090-093-094-310000- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0002.120130T1800Z-120131T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE- GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- 1123 AM CST MON JAN 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES FOR FAR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FAR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A NEOSHO TO SPRINGFIELD TO OSAGE BEACH LINE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 24 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 60S. * IMPACTS...THE DRY CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW GRASS AND FOREST FUELS TO CATCH FIRE MORE EASILY THAN NORMAL. THE HIGH WINDS WILL ALLOW ANY NATURAL COVER FIRES TO SPREAD VERY QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
747 WWUS83 KSGF 302357 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 557 PM CST MON JAN 30 2012 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>081-088>090-093-094-310100- /O.EXP.KSGF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120131T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE- GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- 557 PM CST MON JAN 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AND THE SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER RISK HAS DIMINISHED AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TONIGHT. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOWEVER. $$
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.