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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Springfield, MO

March 16, 2016Bourbon County, Kansas; 8 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this red flag warning at Mar 16, 2016, 3:19 AM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas; 8 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Mar 16, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. 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 16, 2016, 3:19 AM CDT (08:19 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 16, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 16, 2016, 6:57 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2016-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -118 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1229 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

858 
WWUS83 KSGF 160819
RFWSGF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
319 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016

KSZ073-MOZ055>058-066>069-170000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FW.W.0007.160316T1800Z-160317T0000Z/
BOURBON-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-
CAMDEN-
319 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 055...056...057...058...066...067...068...069 AND
073...

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. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 
  055...056...057...058...066...067...068 AND 069. 

* WIND...GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
  GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. 

* HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING TO BETWEEN
  20 AND 30 PERCENT. 

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS THIS
  AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE TO RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
  CONDITIONS. WILDLAND GRASS FIRES WILL ESPECIALLY HAVE THE
  POTENTIAL TO SPREAD QUICKLY.

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
2 follow-up statements
041 
WWUS83 KSGF 161526
RFWSGF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1026 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016

KSZ073-MOZ055>058-066>069-170000-
/O.CON.KSGF.FW.W.0007.160316T1800Z-160317T0000Z/
BOURBON-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-
CAMDEN-
1026 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...
056...057...058...066...067...068...069 AND 073...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073. FIRE WEATHER ZONES 
  055...056...057...058...066...067...068 AND 069. 

* WIND...WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30
  MPH.

* HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING TO BETWEEN
  20 AND 29 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS THIS 
  AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE TO RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER 
  CONDITIONS. WILDLAND GRASS FIRES WILL ESPECIALLY HAVE THE 
  POTENTIAL TO SPREAD QUICKLY.

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
212 
WWUS83 KSGF 162357
RFWSGF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
657 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016


KSZ073-MOZ055>058-066>069-170100-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160317T0000Z/
BOURBON-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-
CAMDEN-
657 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS
THE HUMIDITY RISES WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES. 

$$

DSA

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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.