Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Mar 15, 2016, 3:06 AM CDT (08:06 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 15, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT

Expired

Mar 15, 2016, 3:24 PM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Jasper County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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450 
WWUS83 KSGF 150806
RFWSGF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
306 AM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR FAR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...

MOZ067-078-089-150915-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FW.A.0003.160315T1700Z-160316T0000Z/
ST. CLAIR-CEDAR-DADE-
306 AM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
067...078 AND 089...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH. 

WHILE ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS
AFTERNOON...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME
FOR ST. CLAIR...CEDAR...AND DADE COUNTIES. CLOSELY MONITOR LATER
FIRE WEATHER FORECASTS.

$$

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-101-152100-
/O.UPG.KSGF.FW.A.0003.160315T1700Z-160316T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0006.160315T1800Z-160316T0000Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD-
306 AM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 066...073...077...088...093...097...101 AND 101...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WIND...SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS SHIFTING TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST
  THIS AFTERNOON...AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
  TO 35 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT
  RANGE DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. 

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS THIS
  AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE TO RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
  CONDITIONS. FIRES CAN SPREAD QUICKLY WITH GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED.

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.

&&

$$

FOSTER

875 
WWUS83 KSGF 151606
RFWSGF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1106 AM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR FAR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-101-160000-
/O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0006.160315T1800Z-160316T0000Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD-
1106 AM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
066...073...077... 088...093...097...101 AND 101...

THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND TO THE WEST OF INTERSTATE 49 IN
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. 

* WIND...SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS SHIFTING TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST 
  THIS AFTERNOON...AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 
  TO 35 MPH. 

* HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RAPIDLY DROP INTO THE 20 TO 30
  PERCENT RANGE DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. A FEW
  LOCATIONS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN
  MISSOURI MAY FALL INTO THE UPPER TEENS. 

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS THIS 
  AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE TO RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER 
  CONDITIONS. FIRES CAN SPREAD QUICKLY WITH GUSTY WINDS 
  EXPECTED.

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

794 
WWUS83 KSGF 152024
RFWSGF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
324 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING NO LONGER IN EFFECT... 

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-101-152130-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160316T0000Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD-
324 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
066...073...077...088...093...097...101 AND 101...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING. 

ELEVATED TO LOCALLY SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OVER FAR WESTERN
MISSOURI AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. HOWEVER...CRTICAL CONDITIONS ARE
NO LONGER EXPECTED...AS HUMIDITY WILL NOT FALL AS MUCH AS
INITIALLY EXPECTED.  

$$

BOXELL

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