Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this red flag warning at Jan 30, 2014, 3:44 AM CST for Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 31 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Jan 30, 2014, 9:00 AM CST. 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
- Jan 30, 2014, 3:44 AM CST (09:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2014, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2014, 4:31 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
All 34 counties
Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 2349 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
667 WWUS83 KSGF 300944 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 344 AM CST THU JAN 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY... .STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST AND STRONG HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS EAST OF THE AREA. HUMIDITY RECOVERY HAS BEEN POOR EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUED DRY WEATHER TODAY COUPLED WITH DRY VEGETATION AND STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL LEAD TO THE HIGH POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD IF NATURAL COVER FIRES OCCUR. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>082-088>097-101>105-310000- /O.UPG.KSGF.FW.A.0003.140130T1200Z-140131T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0004.140130T1500Z-140131T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK- 344 AM CST THU JAN 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 BOURBON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 097 CRAWFORD AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 CHEROKEE. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 BENTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 MORGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 057 MILLER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 058 MARIES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 VERNON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 067 ST. CLAIR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 068 HICKORY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 069 CAMDEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 070 PULASKI... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 071 PHELPS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 BARTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 CEDAR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 POLK... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 DALLAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 LACLEDE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 TEXAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 JASPER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 DADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 GREENE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 091 WEBSTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 092 WRIGHT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 093 NEWTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 094 LAWRENCE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 095 CHRISTIAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 096 DOUGLAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 097 HOWELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 MCDONALD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 BARRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 STONE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 TANEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 OZARK. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...WARMING INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOW 40S BY MIDDAY. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 40S. * LIGHTNING...NONE. * IMPACTS...ANY OUTDOOR BURNING WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN AND CONTROL THAN USUAL. NATURAL COVER FIRES WILL SPREAD QUICKLY. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
833 WWUS83 KSGF 301644 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1044 AM CST THU JAN 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST AND STRONG HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS EAST OF THE AREA. HUMIDITY RECOVERY HAS BEEN POOR THIS MORNING AND CONTINUED DRY WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON COUPLED WITH DRY VEGETATION AND STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL LEAD TO THE HIGH POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD IF NATURAL COVER FIRES OCCUR. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>082-088>097-101>105-310000- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140131T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK- 1044 AM CST THU JAN 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 BOURBON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 097 CRAWFORD AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 CHEROKEE. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 BENTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 MORGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 057 MILLER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 058 MARIES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 VERNON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 067 ST. CLAIR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 068 HICKORY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 069 CAMDEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 070 PULASKI... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 071 PHELPS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 BARTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 CEDAR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 POLK... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 DALLAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 LACLEDE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 TEXAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 JASPER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 DADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 GREENE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 091 WEBSTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 092 WRIGHT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 093 NEWTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 094 LAWRENCE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 095 CHRISTIAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 096 DOUGLAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 097 HOWELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 MCDONALD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 BARRY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 STONE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 TANEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 OZARK. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...WARMING INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOW 40S BY MIDDAY. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 40S. * LIGHTNING...NONE. * IMPACTS...ANY OUTDOOR BURNING WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN AND CONTROL THAN USUAL. NATURAL COVER FIRES WILL SPREAD QUICKLY. 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. && $$
774 WWUS83 KSGF 302231 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 431 PM CST THU JAN 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED... .WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA AND HUMIDITY LEVELS REMAIN FROM THE MID 20S TO LOW 40S. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO BE MET THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>082-088>097-101>105-302345- /O.CAN.KSGF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140131T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK- 431 PM CST THU JAN 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE AREA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED AS HUMIDITY LEVELS WERE IN THE MID 20S TO LOW 40S AND WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 3:37 AM CST | Wind Advisory | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 11 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:45 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 59 hr |
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.