Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this red flag warning at Mar 2, 2016, 3:44 AM CST for 7 counties in Kansas; 16 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Mar 2, 2016, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 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 2, 2016, 3:44 AM CST (09:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 2, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
All 23 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, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, DeKalb 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), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 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 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
- 1653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
570 WWUS83 KEAX 020944 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 344 AM CST WED MAR 2 2016 ...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON... .LATE THIS MORNING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OUT SOUTH AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY PLUMMETS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLD WILL BE REACHED THIS AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN KANSAS...WESTERN MISSOURI...AND PORTIONS OF CENRAL MISSOURI. DRY FUELS COMBINED WITH EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW FOR ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP TO BURN QUICKLY OUT OF CONTROL. KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ020>022-028>030-037-038-043>045-053-054- 021745- /O.UPG.KEAX.FW.A.0002.160302T1800Z-160303T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.FW.W.0004.160302T1800Z-160303T0000Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON- LAFAYETTE-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-BATES-HENRY- 344 AM CST WED MAR 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 020...021...022...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 NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 025...057...060...102... 103...104 AND 105. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 020...021...022...028... 029...030...037...038...043...044...045...053 AND 054. * WIND...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH WINDS GUSTING 25 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 20 AND 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. && $$ MOZ011>013-021745- /O.NEW.KEAX.FW.W.0004.160302T1800Z-160303T0000Z/ HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB- 344 AM CST WED MAR 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 011...012 AND 013... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 011...012 AND 013. * WIND...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH WINDS GUSTING 25 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$
2 follow-up statements
610 WWUS83 KEAX 021804 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1204 PM CST WED MAR 2 2016 ...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON... .WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTH AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY STEADILY FALLS DURING THE AFTERNOON. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLD WILL BE REACHED THIS AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN KANSAS...WESTERN MISSOURI...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. DRY FUELS COMBINED WITH EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW FOR ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP TO BURN QUICKLY OUT OF CONTROL. KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ011>013-020>022-028>030-037-038-043>045- 053-054-030000- /O.CON.KEAX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160303T0000Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE- CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-BATES-HENRY- 1204 PM CST WED MAR 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 011...012 AND 013... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 011...012 AND 013. * WIND...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH WINDS GUSTING 25 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 25 TO 30 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. && $$
791 WWUS83 KEAX 030001 RFWEAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 601 PM CST WED MAR 2 2016 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ011>013-020>022-028>030-037-038-043>045- 053-054-030115- /O.EXP.KEAX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160303T0000Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE- CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-BATES-HENRY- 601 PM CST WED MAR 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 011...012...013...020...021...022...025...028...029...030...037...038...043...044...045... 053...054...057...060...102...103...104 AND 105... THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING THIS AFTERNOON HAVE DROPPED BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS...THEREBY ALLOWING FOR THE WARNING TO EXPIRE. LIGHT PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...MOISTENING SOME GROUNDS ACROSS THE AREA. $$
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.