Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this red flag warning at Oct 19, 2015, 2:42 AM CDT for Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 9 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Oct 19, 2015, 12:00 PM 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
- Oct 19, 2015, 2:42 AM CDT (07:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 19, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2015, 6:56 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, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Morgan County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 2512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
711 WWUS83 KSGF 190742 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 242 AM CDT MON OCT 19 2015 .A WARM...WINDY...AND DRY DAY IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. ELEVATED TO SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE REGION...WITH CONDITIONS REACHING RED FLAG CRITERIA ALONG AND NORTH OF US 54 IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. KSZ073-MOZ055-056-066-067-200000- /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0003.151019T1700Z-151020T0000Z/ BOURBON-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- 242 AM CDT MON OCT 19 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056... 066...067 AND 073... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056...066 AND 067. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO AROUND 25 PERCENT BY MID DAY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY FUELS...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO THE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF OUTDOOR FIRES. THIS WILL PARTICULARLY BE THE CASE IN AREA GRASSLANDS...WHERE FINE FUELS ARE ESPECIALLY DRY. 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. && $$ BOXELL
2 follow-up statements
292 WWUS83 KSGF 191358 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 858 AM CDT MON OCT 19 2015 .STRONG WIND GUSTS COMBINED WITH A DRY AIRMASS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO A RAPID GROWTH OF OUTDOOR FIRES TODAY. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF MISSOURI...OR ESSENTIALLY AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM JOPLIN TO VERSAILLES MISSOURI. KSZ097-101-MOZ068-077-078-088-089-192200- /O.EXA.KSGF.FW.W.0003.151019T1700Z-151020T0000Z/ CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-HICKORY-BARTON-CEDAR-JASPER-DADE- 858 AM CDT MON OCT 19 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 068...077... 078...088...089...097 AND 101... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 097 AND 101. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 068...077...078...088 AND 089. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO AROUND 25 PERCENT BY MID DAY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY FUELS...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO THE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF OUTDOOR FIRES. THIS WILL PARTICULARLY BE THE CASE IN AREA GRASSLANDS...WHERE FINE FUELS ARE ESPECIALLY DRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ KSZ073-MOZ055-056-066-067-192200- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0003.151019T1700Z-151020T0000Z/ BOURBON-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- 858 AM CDT MON OCT 19 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055... 056...066...067 AND 073... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056...066 AND 067. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO AROUND 25 PERCENT BY MID DAY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY FUELS...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO THE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF OUTDOOR FIRES. THIS WILL PARTICULARLY BE THE CASE IN AREA GRASSLANDS...WHERE FINE FUELS ARE ESPECIALLY DRY. 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. && $$ CRAMER
973 WWUS83 KSGF 192356 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 656 PM CDT MON OCT 19 2015 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066>068-077-078-088-089-200100- /O.CAN.KSGF.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151020T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY- BARTON-CEDAR-JASPER-DADE- 656 PM CDT MON OCT 19 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY... AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 068...077... 078...088... 089...097 AND 101... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS WERE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES BEGAN TO FALL AFTER SUNSET. THIS COMBINATION WILL ALLOW FOR RED FLAG CONDITIONS TO EASE. $$ HATCH
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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.