1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 7, 3:38 AM CST, 7 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 338 AM CST SAT JAN 7 2006 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RUC ANALYSIS SHOWS NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH AN UPPER RIDGE STRETCHED OUT ALONG THE ROCKIES AND A COUPLE OF WAVES OFF THE WEST COAST. AS THE UPPER DISTURBANCES MOVE ONSHORE TODAY...THE RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN GIVING WAY TO MORE ZONAL FLOW OVER THE PLAINS. WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE FLOW AT 850MB LOOKS TO TRANSPORT WARMER AIR IN FROM THE WEST. WHILE THERE WONT BE A DEEP MIXED LAYER...HIGHS SHOULD REBOUND INTO THE 60S FOR THE WESTERN 2/3RDS OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH THE WARMEST LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. WITH A VERY DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE...RH VALUES WILL PLUMMET BELOW 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. SEE THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS SITUATION. THE NAM AND GFS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH BRINGING A SURFACE LOW ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI ON SUNDAY...AND DRAGGING ITS ASSOCIATED FRONT THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. THE COOLER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT REALLY DOESNT SPILL SOUTHWARD UNTIL EVENING. THEREFORE...MOST LOCATIONS WILL AGAIN WARM INTO THE 60S. SAME DRY STORY...AS NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED WITH THE FRONT DUE TO A CONTINUED LACK OF MOISTURE. FORECAST CONCERN THEN SHIFTS TO AN UPPER SYSTEM ENTERING THE PLAINS BY MONDAY NIGHT. MODEL SOLUTIONS ARE QUITE A BIT STRONGER AND FURTHER SOUTH THAN LAST NIGHTS RUNS. TRIMMED BACK THE PREVIOUS MONDAY NIGHT SLIGHT POPS ACROSS THE AREA TO ONLY THE SOUTHWEST ZONES...DUE TO THE SLOWER MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER SYSTEM. DID GO AHEAD AND UP POPS TO 30 PERCENT ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. DID NOT WANT TO GO ANY HIGHER YET AS THE NAM IS DRIER...WEAKER AND FASTER WITH THE UPPER WAVE PASSAGE. THE SYSTEM WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED HOWEVER...AS THE GFS TRACKS THE SURFACE LOW FROM NORTHERN LOUISIANA TUESDAY MORNING...TO FAR WESTERN TENNESSEE BY MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS SOLUTION LOOKS TO DEVELOP SOME DEFORMATION ZONE PRECIP WEST/NORTHWEST OF THE LOW. DID INTRODUCE SOME RAIN OR LIGHT SNOW WORDING TUESDAY NIGHT AS 1000-500MB THICKNESSES APPROACH 5400M. HIGHS WERE ALSO TWEAKED DOWNWARD SEVERAL DEGREES MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...DUE TO THE FURTHER SOUTH TRACK OF THE UPPER SYSTEM AND INCREASED CLOUD COVER. MADE NO CHANGES TO THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED PERIODS. SAW && .FIRE WEATHER... EARLY THIS MORNING...A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS FROM LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES ACROSS IA INTO EASTERN KS. THIS TROUGH...COUPLED WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED ALONG THE LA GULF COAST...HAS TIGHTENED UP THE PRESSURE GRADIENT SOMEWHAT. THIS HAS RESULTED IN MODERATE-STRONG WESTERLY FLOW AT 1000 AGL AT 35-40 KNOTS. OF COURSE....AT THIS TIME OF DAY...THAT IS NOT MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE WITH A STEEP RADIATION INVERSION. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO TEMPORARILY WEAKEN THIS MORNING...AND WITH A VERY SHALLOW MIXED LAYER...AM NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING RESEMBLING RED FLAG CRITERIA WINDS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE QUITE DRY AND WARM TODAY WITH LOW MIDDAY/AFTERNOON RH VALUES OF LESS THAN 25 PERCENT...ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA. RECENT DROUGHT HAS ALSO BEEN MOST SEVERE IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN OZARKS AND SE KS COUNTIES OVER THE PAST MONTHS...AND THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO BOUNDARY LAYER DRYNESS. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE HIGH PLAINS OF NEB/KS THIS AFTERNOON THEN SLOWLY MOVE EAST INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN KS TONIGHT...THEN ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MO ON SUNDAY. WINDS SHOULD INCREASE ALONG THE WESTERN MO STATE LINE LATE IN THE DAY AND CONTINUE TONIGHT...WITH SOME GUSTS ALONG RIDGE TOPS/PLATEAU AS FAR EAST AS THE SPRINGFIELD AREA. WITH GOOD MIXING TONIGHT...RH RECOVERY WILL BE POOR. AM LEANING TOWARD A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT NEAR AND WEST OF KSGF. WITH LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH MO ON SUNDAY...MODERATE WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR OVER MOST OF THE AREA. LEAVING THE EXISTING FIRE WEATHER WATCH GOING FOR MOST OF THE REGION ON SUNDAY SEEMS TO BE THE COURSE OF LEAST REGRET AT THIS POINT. A RED FLAG WARNING FOR SUNDAY...IF IT IS NEEDED...CAN BE REFINED BY LATER SHIFTS. DSA && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY...AS ONLY SCATTERED HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL MOVE OVERHEAD FROM THE NORTHWEST. SAW && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...FIRE WEATHER WATCH ALL OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS. KS...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 447 AM CST SAT JAN 7 2006 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-081100- BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- 447 AM CST SAT JAN 7 2006 ...INCREASED FIRE DANGER TODAY AND SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI WILL COMBINE WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON TO PRODUCE INCREASED FIRE DANGER. THE FIRE DANGER THREAT WILL EXPAND EASTWARD TONIGHT...AS WINDS BEGIN TO INCREASE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA...BEFORE A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION BY SUNDAY NIGHT. INCREASED WINDS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH THE WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ONCE AGAIN PRODUCE AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER THREAT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE) SAW
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Several Newton County fire departments and other local agencies battled several timber and grass fires throughout rural sections of the county on a day typical of red flag conditions.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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