Fire Weather Warning Issued for Northwest Missouri – Please refrain from open burning http://t.co/tuEnRwt6
Elevated Fire Threat Today
- February 26th, 2012
...ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THREAT TODAY... BREEZY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. THESE GUSTY WINDS...COMBINED WITH DRY VEGETATION AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES GENERALLY RANGING FROM 25 TO 30 PERCENT...WILL RESULT IN AN ENHANCED RISK FOR UNCONTROLLED FIRES. PERSONS SHOULD AVOID BURNING AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DEALING WITH FLAMMABLE MATERIALS AND OUTDOOR GRILLING. THE FIRE DANGER WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS WINDS DECREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES INCREASE.
Fire Weather Warning Issued
- January 30th, 2012
Fire Weather Warning Issued for Today. See text below.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.
THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. *
AFFECTED AREA…IN KANSAS…FIRE WEATHER ZONES 025…057… 060…102…103…104 AND 105.
IN MISSOURI…FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001…002…003…004…005…011…012…013…014… 015… 020…021…022…023…028…029…030…031…037… 038… 039…043…044…045…046…053 AND 054.
THIS INCLUDES AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CHILLICOTHE TO MARSHALL TO BOONVILLE. * WIND…SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY…TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 60S WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT…WITH EVEN LOWER VALUES POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. *
IMPACTS…ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY… ESPECIALLY AROUND DORMANT GRASSLAND. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
