Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this red flag warning at Apr 7, 2016, 3:29 AM CDT for 14 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 7, 2016, 1:00 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
- Apr 7, 2016, 3:29 AM CDT (08:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
All 21 counties
Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Henry County, MO, Holt 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), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:34 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 2525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
946 WWUS83 KEAX 070829 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 329 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ011-012-020-021-028>030-037-038-043>045- 053-054-071630- /O.NEW.KEAX.FW.W.0012.160407T1800Z-160408T0100Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-HOLT-ANDREW-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON- LAFAYETTE-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-BATES-HENRY- 329 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 011...012...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 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 025...057...060...102... 103...104 AND 105. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 011...012...020...021... 028...029...030...037...038...043...044...045...053 AND 054. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45MPH * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
363 WWUS83 KEAX 071335 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 835 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ011-012-020-021-028>030-037-038-043>045- 053-054-080100- /O.CON.KEAX.FW.W.0012.160407T1800Z-160408T0100Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-HOLT-ANDREW-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON- LAFAYETTE-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-BATES-HENRY- 835 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 011...012...020...021...025...028...029...030... 037...038...043... 044...045...053...054...057...060...102... 103...104 AND 105... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 025...057...060...102... 103...104 AND 105. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 011...012...020...021... 028...029...030...037...038...043...044...045...053 AND 054. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45MPH * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
567 WWUS83 KEAX 080052 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 752 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ011-012-020-021-028>030-037-038-043>045- 053-054-080200- /O.EXP.KEAX.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160408T0100Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-HOLT-ANDREW-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON- LAFAYETTE-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-BATES-HENRY- 752 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 011...012... 020...021...025...028...029...030... 037...038...043... 044... 045...053...054...057...060...102... 103...104 AND 105... DECREASING WINDS AND INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING...THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 3:37 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | EAX | Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 18 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Grundy | 28 min |
| Apr 7, 12:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Grundy | 24 min |
| Apr 7, 1:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Linn | 18 min |
| Apr 7, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Randolph | 18 min |
| Apr 7, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Howard | 34 min |
| Apr 7, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cooper | 28 min |
| Apr 7, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cooper | 23 min |
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.