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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 8, 201431 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this red flag warning at Apr 8, 2014, 3:40 PM CDT for 31 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 9, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT. 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
Apr 8, 2014, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 9, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 9, 2014, 6:58 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
All 38 counties

Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2014-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2014-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1247 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

318 
WWUS83 KEAX 082040
RFWEAX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
340 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2014

...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI AND
NORTHEASTERN KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY...

.WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TOMORROW MORNING
WITH AFTERNOON GUSTS AS STRONG AS 30 TO 35 MPH. THE DRY SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS WILL ALSO ALLOW HUMIDITY VALUES TO PLUMMET INTO THE 20 TO 25
PERCENT RANGE. WITH GRASSES STILL MOSTLY CURED... CRITICAL FIRE
DANGER IS EXPECTED. 

KSZ025-057-102>105-MOZ001>004-011>013-020-021-028-029-037-090500-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FW.W.0013.140409T1700Z-140410T0000Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-
ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-BUCHANAN-
CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-
340 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR
STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...   
004...011...012...013...020...021...025...028...029...037...057...
102...103...104 AND 105...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 025 ATCHISON 
  KS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 057 MIAMI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 
  DONIPHAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 LEAVENWORTH...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 104 WYANDOTTE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 JOHNSON KS. IN 
  MISSOURI... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 ATCHISON MO...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 002 NODAWAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 WORTH...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 004 GENTRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 HOLT...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 012 ANDREW...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 DE KALB...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 020 BUCHANAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 CLINTON...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 028 PLATTE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 CLAY AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 037 JACKSON.

* WINDS... SOUTHWEST WINDS OF AROUND 20 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS OF
  30 TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING... RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND
  SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES... HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOW TO MID
  70S.

* IMPACTS...RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS POSSIBLE
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITHIN THE RED FLAG AREA. 

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

CDB
4 follow-up statements
063 
WWUS83 KEAX 090342
RFWEAX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1042 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2014

...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI
AND NORTHEASTERN KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY...

.WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TOMORROW MORNING
WITH AFTERNOON GUSTS AS STRONG AS 30 TO 35 MPH. THE DRY
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO ALLOW HUMIDITY VALUES TO PLUMMET
INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE. WITH GRASSES STILL MOSTLY
CURED... CRITICAL FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED.

KSZ025-057-102>105-MOZ001>004-011>013-020-021-028-029-037-091145-
/O.CON.KEAX.FW.W.0013.140409T1700Z-140410T0000Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-
ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-BUCHANAN-
CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-
1042 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
001...002...003...004...011...012...013...020...021...025...028...
029...037...057...102...103...104 AND 105...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 025 ATCHISON 
  KS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 057 MIAMI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 
  DONIPHAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 LEAVENWORTH...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 104 WYANDOTTE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 JOHNSON KS. IN 
  MISSOURI... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 ATCHISON MO...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 002 NODAWAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 WORTH...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 004 GENTRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 HOLT...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 012 ANDREW...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 DE KALB...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 020 BUCHANAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 CLINTON...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 028 PLATTE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 CLAY AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 037 JACKSON.

* WINDS... SOUTHWEST WINDS OF AROUND 20 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS 
  OF 30 TO 35 MPH. 

* TIMING... RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN OVER EASTERN KANSAS 
  AND SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES... HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOW TO 
  MID 70S. 

* IMPACTS...RAPID WILDFIRE SPREAD TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS 
  POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITHIN THE RED FLAG AREA. 

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

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211 
WWUS83 KEAX 090951
RFWEAX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
451 AM CDT WED APR 9 2014

...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI
AND NORTHEASTERN KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY...

.WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST BY MID MORNING WITH
AFTERNOON GUSTS AS STRONG AS 30 TO 35 MPH. THE DRY SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS WILL ALSO ALLOW HUMIDITY VALUES TO PLUMMET INTO THE 20 TO 25
PERCENT RANGE. WITH GRASSES STILL MOSTLY CURED... CRITICAL FIRE
DANGER IS EXPECTED.

MOZ005>008-014>017-022>024-030-031-091800-
/O.EXA.KEAX.FW.W.0013.140409T1700Z-140410T0000Z/
HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-RAY-CARROLL-
451 AM CDT WED APR 9 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...
006...007...008...014...015...016...017...022...023...024...
030 AND 031...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 HARRISON...
   FIRE WEATHER ZONE 006 MERCER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 007 PUTNAM...
   FIRE WEATHER ZONE 008 SCHUYLER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 
  DAVIESS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 GRUNDY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  016 SULLIVAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 ADAIR...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 022 CALDWELL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 LIVINGSTON...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 024 LINN MO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 RAY AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 031 CARROLL.

* WINDS... SOUTHWEST WINDS OF AROUND 20 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS 
  OF 30 TO 35 MPH. 

* TIMING... RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN OVER EASTERN KANSAS 
  AND SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES... HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOW TO MID
  70S.

* IMPACTS...RAPID WILDFIRE SPREADING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS 
  POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITHIN THE RED FLAG AREA. 

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

KSZ025-057-102>105-MOZ001>004-011>013-020-021-028-029-037-091800-
/O.CON.KEAX.FW.W.0013.140409T1700Z-140410T0000Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-
ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-BUCHANAN-
CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-
451 AM CDT WED APR 9 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004...011...012...013...020...
021...025...028...029...037...057...102...103...104 AND 105...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 025 ATCHISON 
  KS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 057 MIAMI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 
  DONIPHAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 LEAVENWORTH...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 104 WYANDOTTE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 JOHNSON KS. IN 
  MISSOURI... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 ATCHISON MO...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 002 NODAWAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 WORTH...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 004 GENTRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 HOLT...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 012 ANDREW...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 DE KALB...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 020 BUCHANAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 CLINTON...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 028 PLATTE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 CLAY AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 037 JACKSON.

* WINDS... SOUTHWEST WINDS OF AROUND 20 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS 
  OF 30 TO 35 MPH. 

* TIMING... RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN OVER EASTERN KANSAS 
  AND SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES... HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOW TO UPPER 70S.

* IMPACTS...RAPID WILDFIRE SPREADING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS 
  POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITHIN THE RED FLAG AREA. 

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$
368 
WWUS83 KEAX 091426
RFWEAX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
926 AM CDT WED APR 9 2014

...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI
AND NORTHEASTERN KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY...

.WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST BY MID MORNING
WITH AFTERNOON GUSTS AS STRONG AS 30 TO 35 MPH. THE DRY
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO ALLOW HUMIDITY VALUES TO PLUMMET
INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE. WITH GRASSES STILL MOSTLY
CURED... CRITICAL FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED.

KSZ060-MOZ025-032-038-039-043-044-100000-
/O.EXA.KEAX.FW.W.0013.140409T1700Z-140410T0000Z/
LINN KS-MACON-CHARITON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS-JOHNSON MO-
926 AM CDT WED APR 9 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR 
STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 
025...032...038...039...043...044 AND 060...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 060 LINN KS. IN 
  MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 025 MACON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 032 
  CHARITON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 038 LAFAYETTE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  039 SALINE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 CASS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  044 JOHNSON MO.

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

* TIMING... RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN OVER EASTERN KANSAS 
  AND SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES... HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOW TO UPPER
  70S.

* IMPACTS...RAPID WILDFIRE SPREADING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS 
  POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITHIN THE RED FLAG AREA. 

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

KSZ025-057-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>024-028>031-037-100000-
/O.CON.KEAX.FW.W.0013.140409T1700Z-140410T0000Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-
ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-
HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-
CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-
JACKSON-
926 AM CDT WED APR 9 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002... 
003...004...005...006...007...008...011...012...013...014...015...
016...017...020...021...022...023...024...025...028...029...030...
031...037...057...102...103...104 AND 105...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 025 ATCHISON 
  KS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 057 MIAMI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 
  DONIPHAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 LEAVENWORTH...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 104 WYANDOTTE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 JOHNSON KS. IN 
  MISSOURI... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 ATCHISON MO...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 002 NODAWAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 WORTH...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 004 GENTRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 HARRISON...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 006 MERCER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 007 PUTNAM...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 008 SCHUYLER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 011 HOLT...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 012 ANDREW...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 DE KALB...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 014 DAVIESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 GRUNDY...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 016 SULLIVAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 ADAIR...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 020 BUCHANAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 CLINTON...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022 CALDWELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 
  LIVINGSTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 024 LINN MO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  028 PLATTE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 CLAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  030 RAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 CARROLL AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  037 JACKSON.

* WINDS... SOUTHWEST WINDS OF AROUND 20 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS 
  OF 30 TO 35 MPH. 

* TIMING... RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN OVER EASTERN KANSAS 
  AND SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES... HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOW TO 
  UPPER 70S.

* IMPACTS...RAPID WILDFIRE SPREADING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS 
  POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITHIN THE RED FLAG AREA. 

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

CDB
513 
WWUS83 KEAX 092358
RFWEAX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
658 PM CDT WED APR 9 2014


KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>032-037>039-
043-044-100100-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140410T0000Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-
RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS-JOHNSON MO-
658 PM CDT WED APR 9 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY 
VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004...005...006...
007...008...011...012...013...014...015...016...017...020...021...
022...023...024...025...025...028...029...030...031...032...037...
038...039...043...044...057...060...102...103...104 AND 105...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING.

WINDS AND TEMPERATURES ARE BEGIN TO RETREAT FRO THEIR HIGHEST VALUES
OF THE DAY...THUS ALLOWING HUMIDITY VALUES TO BEGIN RECOVERING. WHILE
RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE COMING TO AN END FOR TONIGHT...CONDITIONS
WILL REMAIN NEAR CRITICAL THRESHOLDS THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS.

$$


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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.