Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this red flag warning at Jan 30, 2014, 4:01 AM CST for 21 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Jan 30, 2014, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 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
- Jan 30, 2014, 4:01 AM CST (10:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2014, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
All 28 counties
Clinton County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Madison County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 277 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1993 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
063 WWUS83 KLSX 301001 RFWLSX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 401 AM CST THU JAN 30 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... ILZ069-070-074-079-101-102-MOZ065-072>075-083>085-099-302300- /O.UPG.KLSX.FW.A.0001.140130T1800Z-140130T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KLSX.FW.W.0002.140130T1800Z-140130T2300Z/ CLINTON IL-CRAWFORD MO-DENT MO-IRON MO-JEFFERSON MO-MADISON MO- MARION IL-MONROE IL-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS MO-ST. CLAIR IL- ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-WASHINGTON IL-WASHINGTON MO- 401 AM CST THU JAN 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ILLINOIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 069...070... 074...079...101 AND 102. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 065... 072...073...074...075...083...084...085 AND 099. * 20FT WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * 10HR FUELS...LESS THAN 6 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS ARE CONDUCIVE FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF UNCONTROLLED WILDFIRES. 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 DRY FUELS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ILZ100-MOZ041-047>051-059>064-302300- /O.NEW.KLSX.FW.W.0002.140130T1800Z-140130T2300Z/ BOONE MO-CALLAWAY MO-COLE MO-FRANKLIN MO-GASCONADE MO-MADISON IL- MONITEAU MO-MONTGOMERY MO-OSAGE MO-ST. CHARLES MO- ST. LOUIS CITY MO-ST. LOUIS MO-WARREN MO- 401 AM CST THU JAN 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ILLINOIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 100. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 041...047...048...049...050... 051... 059...060...061...062...063 AND 064. * 20FT WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * 10HR FUELS...LESS THAN 6 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS ARE CONDUCIVE FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF UNCONTROLLED WILDFIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ BYRD
1 follow-up statement
262 WWUS83 KLSX 302253 RFWLSX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 453 PM CST THU JAN 30 2014 ILZ069-070-074-079-100>102-MOZ041-047>051-059>065-072>075-083>085- 099-310000- /O.EXP.KLSX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140130T2300Z/ BOONE MO-CALLAWAY MO-CLINTON IL-COLE MO-CRAWFORD MO-DENT MO- FRANKLIN MO-GASCONADE MO-IRON MO-JEFFERSON MO-MADISON IL- MADISON MO-MARION IL-MONITEAU MO-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY MO-OSAGE MO- RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS MO-ST. CHARLES MO-ST. CLAIR IL- ST. FRANCOIS MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO-ST. LOUIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO- WARREN MO-WASHINGTON IL-WASHINGTON MO- 453 PM CST THU JAN 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THIS EVENING WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES INCREASING AS SLOWLY TEMPERATURES FALL. $$ TILLY
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 4:00 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 23 more | 60 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Missouri, 2014Red Flag Warnings in Illinois, 2014Every red flag warning in 2014
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.