Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this red flag warning at Feb 18, 2016, 2:07 AM CST for 12 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 18, 2016, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 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
- Feb 18, 2016, 2:07 AM CST (08:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2016, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2016, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
Counties Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 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
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 2141 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
784 WWUS83 KEAX 180807 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 207 AM CST THU FEB 18 2016 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ020-021-028>030-037-038-043>045-053-054- 181615- /O.UPG.KEAX.FW.A.0001.160218T1700Z-160219T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.FW.W.0001.160218T1700Z-160219T0200Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-BATES-HENRY- 207 AM CST THU FEB 18 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 020... 021...025...028...029...030...037...038...043...044...045...053... 054...057...060...102...103...104 AND 105... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$
3 follow-up statements
264 WWUS83 KEAX 181420 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 820 AM CST THU FEB 18 2016 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ020-021-028>030-037-038-043>045-053-054- 190200- /O.CON.KEAX.FW.W.0001.160218T1700Z-160219T0200Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-BATES-HENRY- 820 AM CST THU FEB 18 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 020... 021...025...028...029...030...037... 038...043...044...045...053... 054...057...060...102...103... 104 AND 105... * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$
402 WWUS83 KEAX 182126 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 326 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ020-021-028>030-037-038-043>045-053-054- 190200- /O.CON.KEAX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160219T0200Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-BATES-HENRY- 326 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 020... 021...025...028...029...030...037... 038...043...044...045...053... 054...057...060...102...103... 104 AND 105... * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$
551 WWUS83 KEAX 190158 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 758 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ020-021-028>030-037-038-043>045-053-054- 190300- /O.EXP.KEAX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160219T0200Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-BATES-HENRY- 758 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 020... 021...025...028...029...030...037... 038... 043...044...045...053... 054...057...060...102...103... 104 AND 105... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS CONDITIONS HIGHLY FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS DIMINISH. WHILE THE WINDS HAVE SLACKENED AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE INCREASED SINCE SUNSET, HEIGHTENED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. THEREFORE, CAUTION SHOULD STILL BE EXERCISED WITH RESPECT TO FIRE- RELATED INCIDENTS TO KEEP WILDFIRES AT BAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 1:58 AM CST | Wind Advisory | EAX | Bates, Cass, Clay, Henry, Jackson, Johnson and 4 more | 27 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.