Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Kansas City, MO

Issued

Feb 18, 2014, 11:44 AM CST (17:44 UTC)

In effect from

Feb 18, 2014, 12:00 PM CST

Expired

Feb 18, 2014, 6:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Henry County, MO, Johnson County, MO

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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962 
WWUS83 KEAX 181744
RFWEAX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1144 AM CST TUE FEB 18 2014

.STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD
ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. SNOW PACK FARTHER NORTH...INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR
NORTHWEST MISSOURI...HAS KEPT FUEL MOISTURE VALUES VERY HIGH...BUT
THE SOUTHERN TWO TIER OF COUNTIES IN OUR REGION DID NOT RECEIVE AS
MUCH SNOW AND HAVE THEREFORE DRIED OUT MORE QUICKLY. THIS WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN RED FLAG CRITERIA BEING HIT FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON.
OTHERWISE...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL QUICKLY RISE THIS EVENING AS
TEMPERATURES COOL AND WINDS QUICKLY DECREASE IN SPEED. WEDNESDAY WILL
BE SUFFICIENTLY COOLER AND LESS WINDY TO MITIGATE THE NEED FOR
ANOTHER RED FLAG WARNING THIS WEEK.

KSZ057-060-MOZ043-044-053-054-190000-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FW.W.0003.140218T1800Z-140219T0000Z/
MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-JOHNSON MO-BATES-HENRY-
1144 AM CST TUE FEB 18 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR
STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND DRY SURFACE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE 
WEATHER ZONES 043...044...053...054...057 AND 060...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND DRY
SURFACE CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 057 MIAMI AND 
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 060 LINN KS. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  043 CASS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 JOHNSON MO...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 053 BATES AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 054 HENRY.

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

* TIMING...NOON THROUGH 6 PM...WITH PEAK CONDITIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 5 PM.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 60S TO LOW 70S.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES...PARTICULARLY OVER GRASSY AREAS...WILL 
  HAVE HIGH PROBABILITY OF SPREADING RAPIDLY FROM SOUTHWEST TO 
  NORTHEAST. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 

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.

&&

$$

CUTTER

068 
WWUS83 KEAX 182351
RFWEAX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
551 PM CST TUE FEB 18 2014


KSZ057-060-MOZ043-044-053-054-190100-
/O.EXP.KEAX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140219T0000Z/
MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-JOHNSON MO-BATES-HENRY-
551 PM CST TUE FEB 18 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...053...054...057 AND 060...

TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS EVENING...ALLOWING RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES TO INCREASE. WINDS WILL ALSO DECREASE THIS EVENING
AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. 

$$

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