Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Mar 1, 2012, 12:19 PM CST (18:19 UTC)

Expired

Mar 1, 2012, 6:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS83 KSGF 011819
RFWSGF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1219 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON...

.LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS HAS INCREASED SOUTH OVER THE REGION
WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH OVER WESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST
KANSAS. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY IS LEADING TO
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR OUTDOOR BURNING. FIRE WILL EASILY ESCAPE
CONTROL AND SPREAD RAPIDLY IN THESE CONDITIONS.

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>081-088>096-101>105-020000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0005.120301T1819Z-120302T0000Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-
HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-
GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-MCDONALD-
BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-
1219 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR 
STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND
  CENTRAL MISSOURI. 

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 6 PM.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 TO 22 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY WARM IN THE
  UPPER 60S TO MID 70S.

* IMPACTS...THE WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY IS LEADING TO DANGEROUS
  CONDITIONS FOR OUTDOOR BURNING. FIRE WILL EASILY ESCAPE CONTROL
  AND SPREAD RAPIDLY IN THESE CONDITIONS.

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.

&&

$$

745 
WWUS83 KSGF 012355
RFWSGF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
555 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012


KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>081-088>096-101>105-020100-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120302T0000Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-
HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-
GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-MCDONALD-
BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-
555 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR
STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS THE SUN SETS AND
HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE...ESPECIALLY LATE IN THE
EVENING AS A WARM FRONT BEGINS TO LIFT NORTH. WHILE AN ELEVATED TO
LOCALLY SIGNIFICANT RISK OF FIRE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
MID EVENING...THE RISK WILL BE ON A DIMINISHING TREND...THUS THE
RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM.

$$

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