Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this red flag warning at Mar 10, 2014, 9:03 AM CDT for 16 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Mar 10, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 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 10, 2014, 9:03 AM CDT (14:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 10, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:09 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 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 2123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
740 WWUS83 KSGF 101403 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 903 AM CDT MON MAR 10 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING POSTED FOR PRAIRIES OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN MISSOURI... .WIND SPEEDS ARE FORECASTED TO INCREASE TO NEAR 20 MPH TODAY. MEANWHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S. THESE CONDITIONS ALONG WITH DRY GRASSLANDS...WILL CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE FOR THE RAPID GROWTH OF IGNITED PRAIRIE FIRES TODAY. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>080-088>090-093-094-102215- /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0007.140310T1600Z-140310T2300Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON- LAWRENCE- 903 AM CDT MON MAR 10 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. * 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 066 VERNON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 067 ST. CLAIR... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 068 HICKORY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 069 CAMDEN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 BARTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 CEDAR... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 POLK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 DALLAS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 JASPER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 DADE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 GREENE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 093 NEWTON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 094 LAWRENCE. * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...WILL RANGE FROM 70 TO 75 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A RAPID SPREAD OF IGNITED PRAIRIE GRASSLAND FIRES. 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. && $$ CRAMER
2 follow-up statements
135 WWUS83 KSGF 102155 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 455 PM CDT MON MAR 10 2014 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>080-088>090-093-094-102300- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140310T2300Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON- LAWRENCE- 455 PM CDT MON MAR 10 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 BOURBON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 097 CRAWFORD AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 CHEROKEE. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 BENTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 MORGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 057 MILLER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 VERNON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 067 ST. CLAIR... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 068 HICKORY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 069 CAMDEN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 BARTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 CEDAR... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 POLK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 DALLAS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 JASPER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 DADE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 GREENE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 093 NEWTON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 094 LAWRENCE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 21 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 70S. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A RAPID SPREAD OF IGNITED PRAIRIE GRASSLAND FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
108 WWUS83 KSGF 102246 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 546 PM CDT MON MAR 10 2014 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>080-088>090-093-094-110000- /O.EXP.KSGF.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140310T2300Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON- LAWRENCE- 546 PM CDT MON MAR 10 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI... WINDS HAVE DECREASED ENOUGH EARLY THIS EVENING TO FALL UNDER RED FLAG CRITERIA IN MOST LOCATIONS. HOWEVER...SOUTHWESTERLY BREEZES WILL CONTINUE...AND WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND VERY DRY FUELS TO RESULT IN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO TONIGHT. $$
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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.