Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this red flag warning at Feb 2, 2016, 10:03 AM CST for 27 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Feb 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
- Feb 2, 2016, 10:03 AM CST (16:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 2, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
All 30 counties
Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 713 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 788 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
937 WWUS83 KSGF 021603 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1003 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077>079-088>090-093>095-101>104-030000- /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0001.160202T1800Z-160203T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK- JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY- 1003 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR INCREASING WINDS AND LOWERING HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...067...073...077... 078...079...088...089...090...093...094...095...097...101...101... 102...103 AND 104... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 073...097 AND 101. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...067...077...078...079...088...089...090... 093...094...095...101...102...103 AND 104. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO 20 TO 35 PERCENT. * HIGHEST THREAT...FOR PARTS OF FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. HIGHEST THREAT AREA IS FOR GRASSLAND AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND AND WEST OF MISSOURI HIGHWAY 13. * IMPACTS...RAPID DRYING AND INCREASING WINDS WILL LEAD TO EASIER FIRE IGNITION AND RAPID SPREAD IN GRASSLAND FUELS. 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. && $$ DSA
4 follow-up statements
633 WWUS83 KSGF 021944 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 144 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 MOZ055>057-068-069-080-081-091-030000- /O.EXA.KSGF.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/ BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-HICKORY-CAMDEN-DALLAS-LACLEDE-WEBSTER- 144 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR INCREASING WINDS AND LOWERING HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...067...073...077... 078...079...088...089...090...093... 094...095...097...101...101... 102...103 AND 104... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 073...097 AND 101. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...067...077...078...079...088...089...090... 093...094...095...101...102...103 AND 104. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO 20 TO 35 PERCENT. * HIGHEST THREAT...FOR PARTS OF FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. HIGHEST THREAT AREA IS FOR GRASSLAND AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND AND WEST OF MISSOURI HIGHWAY 13. * IMPACTS...RAPID DRYING AND INCREASING WINDS WILL LEAD TO EASIER FIRE IGNITION AND RAPID SPREAD IN GRASSLAND FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077>079-088>090-093>095-101>104-030000- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK- JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY- 144 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR INCREASING WINDS AND LOWERING HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...067...073...077... 078...079...088...089...090...093... 094...095...097...101...101... 102...103 AND 104... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 073...097 AND 101. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...067...077...078...079...088...089...090... 093...094...095...101...102...103 AND 104. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO 20 TO 35 PERCENT. * HIGHEST THREAT...FOR PARTS OF FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. HIGHEST THREAT AREA IS FOR GRASSLAND AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND AND WEST OF MISSOURI HIGHWAY 13. * IMPACTS...RAPID DRYING AND INCREASING WINDS WILL LEAD TO EASIER FIRE IGNITION AND RAPID SPREAD IN GRASSLAND FUELS. 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. && $$ DSA
846 WWUS83 KSGF 022033 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 233 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>081-088>091-093>095-101>104- 030000- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE- GREENE-WEBSTER-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY- 233 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056...057... 066...067...068...069...073...077...078...079...080...081...088... 089...090...091...093...094...095...097...101...101...102... 103 AND 104... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 073...097 AND 101. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056...057...066...067...068...069...077... 078...079...080...081...088...089...090...091...093...094... 095...101...102...103 AND 104. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO 18 TO 30 PERCENT. * HIGHEST THREAT...FOR PARTS OF FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. HIGHEST THREAT AREA IS FOR GRASSLAND AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND AND WEST OF MISSOURI HIGHWAY 13. * IMPACTS...RAPID DRYING AND INCREASING WINDS WILL LEAD TO EASIER FIRE IGNITION AND RAPID SPREAD IN GRASSLAND FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ DSA
807 WWUS83 KSGF 022035 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 235 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 MOZ070-092-096-105-030000- /O.EXA.KSGF.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/ PULASKI-WRIGHT-DOUGLAS-OZARK- 235 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056...057... 066...067...068...069...073...077...078...079...080...081...088... 089...090...091...093...094...095...097...101...101...102... 103 AND 104... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 073...097 AND 101. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056...057...066...067...068...069...077... 078...079...080...081...088...089...090...091...093...094... 095...101...102...103 AND 104. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO 18 TO 30 PERCENT. * HIGHEST THREAT...FOR PARTS OF FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. HIGHEST THREAT AREA IS FOR GRASSLAND AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND AND WEST OF MISSOURI HIGHWAY 13. * IMPACTS...RAPID DRYING AND INCREASING WINDS WILL LEAD TO EASIER FIRE IGNITION AND RAPID SPREAD IN GRASSLAND FUELS. 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. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>081-088>091-093>095-101>104- 030000- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE- GREENE-WEBSTER-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY- 235 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055... 056...057... 066...067...068...069...073...077...078...079... 080...081...088... 089...090...091...093...094...095...097... 101...101...102... 103 AND 104... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 073...097 AND 101. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056...057...066...067...068...069...077... 078...079...080...081...088...089...090...091...093...094... 095...101...102...103 AND 104. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO 18 TO 30 PERCENT. * HIGHEST THREAT...FOR PARTS OF FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. HIGHEST THREAT AREA IS FOR GRASSLAND AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND AND WEST OF MISSOURI HIGHWAY 13. * IMPACTS...RAPID DRYING AND INCREASING WINDS WILL LEAD TO EASIER FIRE IGNITION AND RAPID SPREAD IN GRASSLAND FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ DSA
799 WWUS83 KSGF 022351 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 551 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>070-077>081-088>096-101>105-030100- /O.EXP.KSGF.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER- DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS- MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK- 551 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056...057... 066...067...068...069...073...077...078...079...080...081...088... 089...090...091...093...094...095...097...101...101...102... 103 AND 104... WHILE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL SUBSIDE. $$ FOSTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 3:18 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Vernon | 42 min |
| Feb 2, 3:20 AM CST | Wind Advisory | SGF | Barry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Greene and 9 more | 15 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Missouri, 2016Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 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.