Alert archive / Missouri / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this red flag warning at Mar 2, 2016, 3:12 AM CST for 16 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. 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, 3:12 AM CST (09:12 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 Springfield, MO
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 1337 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
648 WWUS83 KSGF 020912 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 312 AM CST WED MAR 2 2016 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077>079-088>090-093>095-101>103- 030000- /O.UPG.KSGF.FW.A.0002.160302T1800Z-160303T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0004.160302T1800Z-160303T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-BARTON- CEDAR-POLK-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD- BARRY-STONE- 312 AM CST WED MAR 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR BRISK AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...066...067...068...073... 077...078...079...088...089...090...093...094...095...097...101... 101...102 AND 103... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD 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. * WIND...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS RANGING FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...BRISK AND GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY VEGETATION WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ SCHAUMANN
3 follow-up statements
385 WWUS83 KSGF 021041 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 441 AM CST WED MAR 2 2016 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077>079-088>090-093>095-101>103- 030000- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0004.160302T1800Z-160303T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-BARTON- CEDAR-POLK-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD- BARRY-STONE- 441 AM CST WED MAR 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR BRISK AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...066...067...068...073... 077...078...079...088...089...090...093...094...095...097...101... 101...102 AND 103... * WIND...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS RANGING FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...BRISK AND GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY VEGETATION WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ SCHAUMANN
834 WWUS83 KSGF 021526 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 926 AM CST WED MAR 2 2016 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077>079-088>090-093>095-101>103- 022330- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0004.160302T1800Z-160303T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-BARTON- CEDAR-POLK-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD- BARRY-STONE- 926 AM CST WED MAR 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR BRISK AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...066...067...068...073... 077...078... 079...088...089...090...093...094...095...097...101... 101... 102 AND 103... * WIND...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS RANGING FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...BRISK AND GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY VEGETATION WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ LINDENBERG
867 WWUS83 KSGF 022345 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 545 PM CST WED MAR 2 2016 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077>079-088>090-093>095-101>103- 030045- /O.EXP.KSGF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160303T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-BARTON- CEDAR-POLK-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD- BARRY-STONE- 545 PM CST WED MAR 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...066...067...068...073...077...078...079...088... 089...090...093...094...095...097... 101...101...102 AND 103... RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY RISE THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES COOL. THIS WILL BRING AN END TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WHILE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL SUBSIDE FROM AFTERNOON LEVELS WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY AT TIMES TONIGHT. $$ FOSTER
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.