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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO

February 19, 201618 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this red flag warning at Feb 19, 2016, 3:42 AM CST for 18 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 19, 2016, 10:00 AM CST. 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
Feb 19, 2016, 3:42 AM CST (09:42 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 19, 2016, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 19, 2016, 5:00 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
All 25 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, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Holt County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2016-02-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2016-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 253 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2392 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
453 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

655 
WWUS83 KEAX 190942
RFWEAX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
342 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ011>014-020>023-028>031-037>039-043-044-
053-191745-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FW.W.0002.160219T1600Z-160219T2300Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-
LIVINGSTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS-
JOHNSON MO-BATES-
342 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 011...
012...013...014...020...021...022...023...025...028...029...030...
031...037...038...039...043...044...053...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 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 025...057...060...102... 
  103...104 AND 105. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 011...012...013...014... 
  020...021...022...023...028...029...030...031...037...038... 
  039...043...044 AND 053. 

* WIND...WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH

* HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT

* 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
468 
WWUS83 KEAX 191443
RFWEAX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
843 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ011>014-020>023-028>031-037>039-043-044-
053-192300-
/O.CON.KEAX.FW.W.0002.160219T1600Z-160219T2300Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-
LIVINGSTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS-
JOHNSON MO-BATES-
843 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 011... 012...013...014...020...
021...022...023...025...028...029...030... 031...037...038...
039...043...044...053...057...060...102...103... 104 AND 105...

* WIND...WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH

* HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT

* 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.

&&

$$
018 
WWUS83 KEAX 192302
RFWEAX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
502 PM CST FRI FEB 19 2016


KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ011>014-020>023-028>031-037>039-043-044-
053-200015-
/O.EXP.KEAX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160219T2300Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-
LIVINGSTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS-
JOHNSON MO-BATES-
502 PM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 011...012...013...014...020...021...022...023...025...028...029...030...031...037...038...
039...043...044...053...057...060...102...103...104 AND 105...

CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN DRY HOWEVER...WIND SPEEDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS.

$$

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.