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Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Springfield, MO

August 4, 2012Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 4 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this red flag warning at Aug 4, 2012, 7:10 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 4 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Aug 4, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 4, 2012, 7:10 AM CDT (12:10 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 4, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 4, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Jasper County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:09 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 4, 5:16 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	2 S Faulkner, KS
Aug 4, 5:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 W Crestline, KS	EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS POWER POLLS DOWN APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE WEST OF CRESTLINE ON US-160.
Aug 4, 6:01 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Crestline, KS	15 TO 25 POWER POLES WERE DOWNED FROM 2 MILES WEST OF CRESTLINE TO CRESTLINE.
Aug 4, 6:04 PM CDT	HAIL 0.5	8 Sw Joplin, MO	DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT DOWNSTREAM CASINO BY PUBLIC
Aug 4, 6:12 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sse Joplin, MO	LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS SEVERAL POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN AROUND THE CITY WITH POWER OUTAGES.
Aug 4, 6:12 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Joplin, MO	LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS NUMEROUS POWER LINES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES AROUND THE CITY.
Aug 4, 6:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Jasper, MO	POWER POLES DOWN IN THE CITY OF JASPER. POLES ACROSS HIGHWAY 71 CAUSING TRAFFIC TO BACK UP.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 69 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 917 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -319 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1875 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

129 
WWUS83 KSGF 041210
RFWSGF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
710 AM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PARTS OF FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TODAY...

.GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT OVER THE PLAINS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL
COMBINE WITH RECORD OR NEAR RECORD SETTING HEAT...LOW
HUMIDITY...AND DROUGHT RELATED DRY VEGETATION TO PRODUCE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS OUTDOOR FIRE CONDITIONS.

KSZ097-101-MOZ077-088-093-101-042015-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0009.120804T1500Z-120805T0100Z/
CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD-
710 AM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITY...AND
DRY VEGETATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8
PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 097 CRAWFORD AND 
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 CHEROKEE. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 077 BARTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 JASPER...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 093 NEWTON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 MCDONALD.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF
  25 TO 30 MPH.

* TIMING...MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT DURING THE MID AND LATE
  AFTERNOON. 

* TEMPERATURES...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH UP TO AROUND 105
  DEGREES. 

* LIGHTNING...RECENT FIRE ACTIVITY INDICATES THAT LIGHTNING HAS
  CAUSED FIRES TO IGNITE IN DRY GRASS AND BRUSH DUE TO THE UNUSUAL
  DROUGHT CONDITIONS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER
  TODAY AND TONIGHT NEAR AND AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. 

* IMPACTS...THE HOT TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITY...AND ONGOING
  DROUGHT COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE ANY OUTDOOR FIRES
  TO EASILY ESCAPE CONTROL AND GROW RAPIDLY. THE HOT TEMPERATURES
  WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT FIRE CONTROL PERSONNEL DUE TO THE POTENTIAL
  FOR DEHYDRATION AND HEAT RELATED ILLNESS AND FATIGUE. 

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.

&&

$$

2 follow-up statements

123 
WWUS83 KSGF 041947
RFWSGF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
247 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PARTS OF FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON...

.GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT OVER THE PLAINS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH RECORD OR
NEAR RECORD SETTING HEAT...LOW HUMIDITY... AND DROUGHT RELATED DRY
VEGETATION TO PRODUCE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS OUTDOOR FIRE
CONDITIONS.

KSZ097-101-MOZ077-088-093-101-050100-
/O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120805T0100Z/
CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD-
247 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 097 CRAWFORD AND 
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 CHEROKEE. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 077 BARTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 JASPER...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 093 NEWTON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 MCDONALD.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 
  25 TO 30 MPH. 

* TIMING...MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

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

* TEMPERATURES...96 TO 105.

* LIGHTNING...RECENT FIRE ACTIVITY INDICATES THAT LIGHTNING HAS 
  CAUSED FIRES TO IGNITE IN DRY GRASS AND BRUSH DUE TO THE 
  UNUSUAL DROUGHT CONDITIONS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT NEAR AND AHEAD OF THE 
  APPROACHING COLD FRONT. 

* IMPACTS...THE HOT TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITY...AND ONGOING 
  DROUGHT COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE ANY OUTDOOR FIRES 
  TO EASILY ESCAPE CONTROL AND GROW RAPIDLY. THE HOT 
  TEMPERATURES WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT FIRE CONTROL PERSONNEL DUE 
  TO THE POTENTIAL FOR DEHYDRATION AND HEAT RELATED ILLNESS AND 
  FATIGUE. 

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.

&&

$$

468 
WWUS83 KSGF 050059
RFWSGF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
759 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012


KSZ097-101-MOZ077-088-093-101-050200-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120805T0100Z/
CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD-
759 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

TEMPERATURES HAVE COOLED AND HUMIDITIES HAVE INCREASED THIS EVENING.
ALSO SCATTERED RAIN HAS SPREAD INTO THE AREA.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 4, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Cherokee	49 min
Aug 4, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee	50 min
Aug 4, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Laclede	32 min
Aug 4, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Newton	45 min
Aug 4, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	32 min
Aug 4, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Webster, Wright	17 min
Aug 4, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Maries	36 min
Aug 4, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Christian	37 min
Aug 4, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barton	31 min
Aug 4, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence	43 min
Aug 4, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Greene, Lawrence	46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.