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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this red flag warning at Mar 6, 2016, 3:17 AM CST for Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 7 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Mar 6, 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 6, 2016, 3:17 AM CST (09:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Newton County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:21 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 2797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
675 WWUS83 KSGF 060917 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 317 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-088-089-093-061730- /O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0005.160306T1800Z-160307T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR-JASPER- DADE-NEWTON- 317 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND VERY WINDS CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...067... 073...077...078...088...089...093...097 AND 101... 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. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 073...097 AND 101. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...067...077...078...088...089 AND 093. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A NEOSHO TO OSCEOLA LINE. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS BY AFTERNOON BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...AND GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITY...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD CAN BE EXPECTED. AREA GRASSLANDS WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE. OPEN BURNING IS STRONGLY 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. && $$ BOXELL
3 follow-up statements
393 WWUS83 KSGF 062038 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 238 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-088-089-093-070000- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160307T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR-JASPER- DADE-NEWTON- 238 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND VERY WINDS CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...067... 073...077...078...088...089...093...097 AND 101... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 073...097 AND 101. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...067...077...078...088...089 AND 093. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A NEOSHO TO OSCEOLA LINE. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE UNTIL EARLY EVENING. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...BUT SHOULD BEGIN TO RECOVER THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITY...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD CAN BE EXPECTED. AREA GRASSLANDS WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE. OPEN BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ LINDENBERG
810 WWUS83 KSGF 062041 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 241 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-088-089-093-070000- /O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160307T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR-JASPER- DADE-NEWTON- 241 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND VERY WINDS CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...067... 073...077...078...088...089...093...097 AND 101... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 073...097 AND 101. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...067...077...078...088...089 AND 093. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A NEOSHO TO OSCEOLA LINE. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE UNTIL EARLY EVENING. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...BUT SHOULD BEGIN TO RECOVER THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITY...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD CAN BE EXPECTED. AREA GRASSLANDS WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE. OPEN BURNING IS STRONGLY 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. && $$ LINDENBERG
216 WWUS83 KSGF 062349 RFWSGF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 549 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-088-089-093-070100- /O.EXP.KSGF.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160307T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR-JASPER- DADE-NEWTON- 549 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...067...073...077... 078...088...089...093...097 AND 101... HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE CURRENTLY RISING EARLY THIS EVENING AS MOISTURE INCREASES FROM THE SOUTH AND TEMPERATURES START TO COOL AS THE SUN SETS. DUE TO THE INCREASING HUMIDITY THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL HOWEVER, CONTINUE TO OCCUR THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT AND DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. WINDS AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE, WITH THE GUSTIEST WINDS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WHEN GUST OVER 30 MPH WILL OCCUR AT TIMES. $$ WISE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 3:31 AM CST | Wind Advisory | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 14 hr |
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.