Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this red flag warning at Mar 30, 2014, 3:15 AM CDT for 8 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Mar 30, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 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 30, 2014, 3:15 AM CDT (08:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2014, 6:56 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
Counties Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO, Knox County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Shelby County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 294 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
- 1708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
146 WWUS83 KLSX 300815 RFWLSX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 315 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 MOZ041-042-047-048-050-302100- /O.NEW.KLSX.FW.W.0005.140330T1800Z-140331T0000Z/ AUDRAIN MO-BOONE MO-CALLAWAY MO-COLE MO-MONITEAU MO- 315 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR 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 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 041...042... 047...048 AND 050. * 20FT WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 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. && $$ CVKING
2 follow-up statements
111 WWUS83 KLSX 301831 RFWLSX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 131 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 MOZ018-026-034-310000- /O.EXA.KLSX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140331T0000Z/ KNOX MO-MONROE MO-SHELBY MO- 131 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 018...026 AND 034. * 20FT WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * 10HR FUELS...6 TO 8 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS ARE CONDUCIVE FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF UNCONTROLLED WILDFIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ MOZ041-042-047-048-050-310000- /O.CON.KLSX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140331T0000Z/ AUDRAIN MO-BOONE MO-CALLAWAY MO-COLE MO-MONITEAU MO- 131 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL MISSOURI... * AFFECTED AREA...IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 041...042... 047...048 AND 050. * 20FT WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 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. && $$ BYRD
040 WWUS83 KLSX 302356 RFWLSX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 656 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 MOZ018-026-034-041-042-047-048-050-310100- /O.CAN.KLSX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140331T0000Z/ AUDRAIN MO-BOONE MO-CALLAWAY MO-COLE MO-KNOX MO-MONITEAU MO- MONROE MO-SHELBY MO- 656 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASE TO AROUND 10 KNOTS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ALSO EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND DEWPOINTS RISE. $$ GOSSELIN
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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.