Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this red flag warning at Mar 22, 2016, 3:25 PM CDT for 5 counties in Missouri; 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 23, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 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 22, 2016, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2016, 4:39 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
Counties Atchison County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Platte County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 1984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
082 WWUS83 KEAX 222025 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 325 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY... KSZ025-057-060-103>105-MOZ028-029-037-043-053-230430- /O.UPG.KEAX.FW.A.0006.160323T1800Z-160324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.FW.W.0010.160323T1800Z-160324T0100Z/ /O.CON.KEAX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160323T0000Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE- CLAY-JACKSON-CASS-BATES- 325 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 025...028...029... 037...043...053...057...060...103...104 AND 105... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS APPROACHING 25 TO 40 MPH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 025...028...029...037... 043...053...057...060...103...104 AND 105... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND... SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BE STRONGER ON WEDNESDAY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS OF 45 MPH LIKELY. * HUMIDITY...RANGING FROM 20 TO 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND 30 TO 40 PERCENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ KSZ102-MOZ020-038>040-044>046-054-230000- /O.CON.KEAX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160323T0000Z/ DONIPHAN-BUCHANAN-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS- COOPER-HENRY- 325 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 020...038...039... 040...044...045...046...054 AND 102... * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BE STRONGER ON WEDNESDAY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS OF 45 MPH LIKELY. * HUMIDITY...RANGING FROM 20 TO 30 PERCENT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$
4 follow-up statements
118 WWUS83 KEAX 222350 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 650 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY... KSZ025-057-060-103>105-MOZ028-029-037-043-053-230800- /O.EXP.KEAX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160323T0000Z/ /O.CON.KEAX.FW.W.0010.160323T1800Z-160324T0100Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE- CLAY-JACKSON-CASS-BATES- 650 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 025...028...029... 037...043...053...057...060...103... 104 AND 105......RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS APPROACHING 25 TO 40 MPH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 025...028...029...037... 043...053...057...060... 103...104 AND 105... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 025...028... 029... 037...043...053...057...060...103...104 AND 105......RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS APPROACHING 25 TO 40 MPH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 025...028... 029...037... 043...053...057...060...103...104 AND 105... * WIND...SOUTH WINDS REMAINING GUSTY OVERNIGHT UP TO 35 MPH...INCREASING TO UP TO 45 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 30 TO 40 PERCENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ KSZ102-MOZ020-038>040-044>046-054-230100- /O.EXP.KEAX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160323T0000Z/ DONIPHAN-BUCHANAN-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS- COOPER-HENRY- 650 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 020...038... 039... 040...044...045...046...054 AND 102... HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE RISING ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS AND WILL BE HIGHER ON WEDNESDAY. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY OVERNIGHT AND EVEN HIGHER ON WEDNESDAY...SO THE FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN ELEVATED. $$
661 WWUS83 KEAX 230902 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 402 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY... KSZ025-057-060-103>105-MOZ028-029-037-043-053-231715- /O.CON.KEAX.FW.W.0010.160323T1800Z-160324T0100Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE- CLAY-JACKSON-CASS-BATES- 402 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 025...028...029... 037...043...053...057...060... 103... 104 AND 105......RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS APPROACHING 25 TO 40 MPH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 025...028...029...037... 043...053...057... 060... 103...104 AND 105......RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 025...028... 029... 037...043...053...057...060...103...104 AND 105......RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS APPROACHING 25 TO 40 MPH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 025...028... 029...037... 043...053...057...060...103...104 AND 105... * WIND...INCREASING TO UP TO 45 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 30 TO 40 PERCENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$
388 WWUS83 KEAX 231714 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1214 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY... KSZ025-057-060-103>105-MOZ028-029-037-043-053-240100- /O.CON.KEAX.FW.W.0010.160323T1800Z-160324T0100Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE- CLAY-JACKSON-CASS-BATES- 1214 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 025...028...029... 037...043...053...057...060...103...104 AND 105... * WIND...INCREASING TO UP TO 45 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 30 TO 40 PERCENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$
373 WWUS83 KEAX 232139 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 439 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 KSZ025-057-060-103>105-MOZ028-029-037-043-053-232245- /O.CAN.KEAX.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160324T0100Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE- CLAY-JACKSON-CASS-BATES- 439 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 025...028...029...037...043...053...057...060... 103...104 AND 105... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. STRONG WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS...SO WHILE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...OUTDOOR BURNING IS STILL HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 4:12 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Cooper, Henry and 7 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:17 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | EAX | Bates, Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte | 36 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2016Red Flag Warnings in Missouri, 2016Every red flag warning in 2016
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.