Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this red flag warning at Mar 16, 2016, 3:55 AM CDT for 20 counties in Missouri; 5 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Mar 16, 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
- Mar 16, 2016, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
All 25 counties
Calhoun County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Madison County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Marion County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Warren County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 1364 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1257 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted.
454 WWUS83 KLSX 160855 RFWLSX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 355 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ILZ098>102-MOZ026-027-034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-162200- /O.NEW.KLSX.FW.W.0001.160316T1800Z-160317T0100Z/ AUDRAIN MO-BOONE MO-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY MO-COLE MO-FRANKLIN MO- GASCONADE MO-JEFFERSON MO-JERSEY IL-LINCOLN MO-MADISON IL- MARION MO-MONITEAU MO-MONROE IL-MONROE MO-MONTGOMERY MO-OSAGE MO- PIKE MO-RALLS MO-SAINT CHARLES MO-SAINT CLAIR IL- SAINT LOUIS CITY MO-SAINT LOUIS MO-SHELBY MO-WARREN MO- 355 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS PARTS OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ILLINOIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 098...099... 100...101 AND 102. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 026... 027... 034...035...036...041...042...047...048...049...050... 051...052... 059...060...061...062...063...064 AND 065. * 20FT WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * 10HR FUELS...LESS THAN 9 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS ARE CONDUCIVE FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF UNCONTROLLED WILDFIRES. 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 DRY FUELS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ TES
2 follow-up statements
371 WWUS83 KLSX 162116 RFWLSX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 416 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ILZ098>102-MOZ026-027-034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-170100- /O.CON.KLSX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160317T0100Z/ AUDRAIN MO-BOONE MO-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY MO-COLE MO-FRANKLIN MO- GASCONADE MO-JEFFERSON MO-JERSEY IL-LINCOLN MO-MADISON IL- MARION MO-MONITEAU MO-MONROE IL-MONROE MO-MONTGOMERY MO-OSAGE MO- PIKE MO-RALLS MO-SAINT CHARLES MO-SAINT CLAIR IL- SAINT LOUIS CITY MO-SAINT LOUIS MO-SHELBY MO-WARREN MO- 416 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * AFFECTED AREA...IN ILLINOIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 098...099... 100...101 AND 102. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 026... 027... 034...035...036...041...042...047...048...049...050... 051...052... 059...060...061...062...063...064 AND 065. * 20FT WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 21 PERCENT. * 10HR FUELS...LESS THAN 9 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS ARE CONDUCIVE FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF UNCONTROLLED WILDFIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ CARNEY
961 WWUS83 KLSX 170100 RFWLSX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 800 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ILZ098>102-MOZ026-027-034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-170200- /O.EXP.KLSX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160317T0100Z/ AUDRAIN MO-BOONE MO-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY MO-COLE MO-FRANKLIN MO- GASCONADE MO-JEFFERSON MO-JERSEY IL-LINCOLN MO-MADISON IL- MARION MO-MONITEAU MO-MONROE IL-MONROE MO-MONTGOMERY MO-OSAGE MO- PIKE MO-RALLS MO-SAINT CHARLES MO-SAINT CLAIR IL- SAINT LOUIS CITY MO-SAINT LOUIS MO-SHELBY MO-WARREN MO- 800 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... CONDITIONS THAT ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES HAVE DECREASED...SO THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ BRITT
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair | 27 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Missouri, 2016Red Flag Warnings in Illinois, 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.