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Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Springfield, MO

April 3, 201616 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-04-03Temperature 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

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.