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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this red flag warning at Feb 29, 2012, 4:33 AM CST for Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 4 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Feb 29, 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
- Feb 29, 2012, 4:33 AM CST (10:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 29, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 29, 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, Jasper County, MO, Newton County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 482 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 563 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
267 WWUS83 KSGF 291033 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 433 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI... .SUSTAINED WEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-291845- /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0004.120229T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON- 433 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AS WELL AS VERNON... BARTON...JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES IN MISSOURI. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 21 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 60S. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND A DRY ATMOSPHERE WILL CREATE CONDITIONS SUITABLE TO RAPID FIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
164 WWUS83 KSGF 291646 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1046 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI... .SUSTAINED WEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-010000- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0004.120229T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON- 1046 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AS WELL AS VERNON... BARTON...JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES IN MISSOURI. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 60S. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND A DRY ATMOSPHERE WILL CREATE CONDITIONS SUITABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ WFO SGF
736 WWUS83 KSGF 292143 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 343 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON THEN FIRE WEATHER WATCH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI... .SUSTAINED WEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL ONCE AGAIN DROP INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY WIND WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH EXPECTED. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-010545- /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.A.0003.120301T1800Z-120302T0000Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON- 343 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AS WELL AS VERNON... BARTON...JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES IN MISSOURI. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THEN SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...WARNING THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. WATCH FROM NOON TO 6 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW 60S THIS AFTERNOON...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 70S THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND A DRY ATMOSPHERE WILL CREATE CONDITIONS SUITABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ MOZ101-010545- /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.A.0003.120301T1800Z-120302T0000Z/ MCDONALD- 343 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 71 ACROSS FAR WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 70S. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND A DRY ATMOSPHERE WILL CREATE CONDITIONS SUITABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
771 WWUS83 KSGF 010007 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 607 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI... .MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL ONCE AGAIN DROP INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY WIND WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH EXPECTED. THIS COMBINATION WILL LEAD TO AN ELEVATED TO SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER RISK ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-010815- /O.EXP.KSGF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.FW.A.0003.120301T1800Z-120302T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON- 607 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS... FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSOURI... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSOURI... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AS WELL AS VERNON... BARTON...JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES IN MISSOURI. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WATCH FROM NOON TO 6 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 70S. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND A DRY ATMOSPHERE WILL CREATE CONDITIONS SUITABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ MOZ101-010815- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.A.0003.120301T1800Z-120302T0000Z/ MCDONALD- 607 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 71 ACROSS FAR WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 28 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 70S. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND A DRY ATMOSPHERE WILL CREATE CONDITIONS SUITABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 10:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 54 min |
| Feb 28, 10:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Crawford | 27 min |
| Feb 28, 10:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 31 min |
| Feb 28, 11:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 42 min |
| Feb 29, 3:43 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 12 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Dade | 38 min |
| Feb 28, 11:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade, Vernon | 27 min |
| Feb 28, 11:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dade, Greene, Polk | 31 min |
| Feb 28, 11:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Cedar, Dallas, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair | 46 min |
| Feb 28, 11:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede, Polk, Webster | 51 min |
| Feb 28, 11:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 12:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 12:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald | 56 min |
| Feb 29, 12:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 24 min |
| Feb 29, 12:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski | 44 min |
| Feb 29, 12:33 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Camden, Maries, Miller | 27 min |
| Feb 29, 12:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone | 40 min |
| Feb 29, 12:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster, Wright | 47 min |
| Feb 29, 12:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Texas, Wright | 67 min |
| Feb 29, 12:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 47 min |
| Feb 29, 1:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 58 min |
| Feb 29, 1:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps | 39 min |
| Feb 29, 1:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas, Wright | 65 min |
| Feb 29, 1:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon, Texas | 57 min |
| Feb 29, 1:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark | 54 min |
| Feb 29, 1:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 1:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas | 39 min |
| Feb 29, 2:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Howell | 39 min |
| Feb 29, 2:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Oregon, Shannon | 43 min |
| Feb 29, 2:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Ozark | 64 min |
| Feb 29, 3:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 17 min |
| Feb 29, 3:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 28 min |
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.