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Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this red flag warning at Apr 3, 2016, 3:13 AM CDT for 16 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 3, 2016, 12:00 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 3, 2016, 3:13 AM CDT (08:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:14 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 2562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
978 WWUS83 KSGF 030813 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 313 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44... KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>070-077>081-088-089-040000- /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0012.160403T1700Z-160404T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- JASPER-DADE- 313 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056...057...058...066...067...068...069...070...073... 077...078...079...080...081...088...089...097 AND 101... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 073...097 AND 101. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056...057...058...066...067...068...069... 070...077...078...079...080...081...088 AND 089. THIS INCLUDES AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 IN MISSOURI AND ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. * WIND...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY THIS MORNING...AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. A FEW GUSTS WILL EXCEED 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF A DRY AIRMASS AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL YIELD CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID SPREAD AND GROWTH OF NATURAL COVER FIRES. OUTDOOR BURNING IS DISCOURAGED. 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. && $$ BOXELL
1 follow-up statement
438 WWUS83 KSGF 040003 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 703 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... .RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE WHILE GUSTY WINDS DECREASE IN SPEED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>070-077>081-088-089-040115- /O.EXP.KSGF.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160404T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- JASPER-DADE- 703 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056...057...058...066...067...068...069... 070...073...077...078...079...080...081...088...089...097 AND 101... CONDITIONS THAT ARE CONDUCIVE TO A RAPID SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES WILL IMPROVE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ CRAMER
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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.