Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this red flag warning at Mar 26, 2014, 2:50 AM CDT for 7 counties in Illinois; 17 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Mar 26, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Mar 26, 2014, 2:50 AM CDT (07:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 26, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
All 24 counties
Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Pike County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Marion County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Warren County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:55 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 1671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
460 WWUS83 KLSX 260750 RFWLSX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 250 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ILZ095-MOZ018-019-026-027-034-035-041-042-047-048-050-270000- /O.NEW.KLSX.FW.W.0004.140326T1600Z-140327T0000Z/ ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN MO-BOONE MO-CALLAWAY MO-COLE MO-KNOX MO-LEWIS MO- MARION MO-MONITEAU MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-SHELBY MO- 250 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ILLINOIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 095. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 018...019...026...027...034... 035... 041...042...047...048 AND 050. * 20FT WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * 10HR FUELS...6 TO 8 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. && $$ ILZ058-059-096>099-MOZ036-049-051-052-059-060-270000- /O.NEW.KLSX.FW.W.0004.140326T1900Z-140327T0000Z/ BROWN IL-CALHOUN IL-GASCONADE MO-GREENE IL-JERSEY IL-LINCOLN MO- MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY MO-OSAGE MO-PIKE IL-PIKE MO-WARREN MO- 250 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PARTS OF WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST... CENTRAL...AND EAST-CENTRAL MISSOURI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ILLINOIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 058...059... 096...097...098 AND 099. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 036... 049...051...052...059 AND 060. * 20FT WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * 10HR FUELS...7 TO 8 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS ARE CONDUCIVE FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF UNCONTROLLED WILDFIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ TES
1 follow-up statement
282 WWUS83 KLSX 262353 RFWLSX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 653 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ILZ095-MOZ018-019-026-027-034-035-041-042-047-048-050-270100- /O.EXP.KLSX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140327T0000Z/ ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN MO-BOONE MO-CALLAWAY MO-COLE MO-KNOX MO-LEWIS MO- MARION MO-MONITEAU MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-SHELBY MO- 653 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE RISING THIS EVENING AS RAIN MOVES IN AND MORE HUMID AIR STREAMS IN ON SOUTHERLY WIND. THIS WILL BRING THE WILD FIRE THREAT TO AN END. $$ ILZ058-059-096>099-MOZ036-049-051-052-059-060-270100- /O.EXP.KLSX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140327T0000Z/ BROWN IL-CALHOUN IL-GASCONADE MO-GREENE IL-JERSEY IL-LINCOLN MO- MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY MO-OSAGE MO-PIKE IL-PIKE MO-WARREN MO- 653 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE RISING THIS EVENING AS RAIN MOVES IN AND MORE HUMID AIR STREAMS IN ON SOUTHERLY WIND. THIS WILL BRING THE WILD FIRE THREAT TO AN END. $$ CARNEY
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.