Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Wichita, KS

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WWUS83 KICT 092300
RFWICT

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
600 PM CDT FRI APR 9 2010

KSZ052-053-069-070-100000-
/O.CAN.KICT.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-100409T2300Z/
MARION-CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-
600 PM CDT FRI APR 9 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES...
IN KANSAS...52...53...69...70.

ALTHOUGH STOUT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS...CONDITIONS HAVE DROPPED BELOW RED FLAG LEVELS FOR THE
NIGHT ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS.

$$

ADK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
623 AM CDT FRI APR 9 2010

.AVIATION...12Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THRU THE FORECAST VALID PERIOD.
DIURNALLY GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL BE FOUND DURING MUCH OF THE
DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO
WESTERN KANSAS BY TONIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST NORTH
AND WEST OF THE AREA AS IT BECOMES QUASI-STATIONARY.

KED

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 327 AM CDT FRI APR 9 2010/

DISCUSSION...

TODAY-SUNDAY NIGHT:
WARMING TREND STILL SCHEDULED FOR ALL AREAS AS SLY WINDS INCREASE AS SFC
TROF GRADUALLY STRENGTHENS OVER SWRN PLAINS. WARMEST MAXES TODAY & SAT
SHOULD TARGET CNTRL KS WHERE CLOSEST TO COMPRESSIONAL WARMING THAT WILL
BE INDUCED BY APPROACHINGSE-MOVING COLD FRONT THAT'LL STALL THIS MORNING
AS 700-MB WAVE SCOOTS NE FROM MT/ND BORDER TO FAR WRN ONTARIO. ONLY
CHANCE FOR RAIN WOULD OCCUR LATE SAT NGT/EARLY SUN MORNING OVER CNTRL KS
WHERE A MID-LVL IMPULSE...EJECTING NE FROM NM TO WRN KS LATE SAT NGT...
MAY PUSH THE COLD FRONT SE SAT AFTERNOON & EVENING. GRADUALLY INCREASING
LWR DECK MOISTURE CONVERGENCE APPEARS SUFFICIENT TO ASSIGN ~20% POPS TO
WRN HALF OF CNTRL KS LATE SAT NGT.

MON-THU NGT:
WARM & OCCASIONALLY WINDY WEATHER SLATED MOST PERIODS WITH LWR-DECK TROF
PERSISTS OVER WRN PLAINS. MADE MANY CHANGES TO INHERITED FORECAST FROM A
PRECIPITATION STANDPOINT DUE PRIMARILY TO LACK OF LWR-DECK FOCUS & MID
TO UPR SUPPORT. IN FACT POPS WERE REMOVED FROM MOST PERIODS (ESPECIALLY
DURING MID-WEEK) AS STRONG(!) HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER MID-MS VALLEY
SHOULD FORCE ANY DISTURBANCE APPROACHING THE GREAT PLAINS NW-N OF KICT
COUNTRY. ANY CHANCE FOR SHRA/TSRA SHOULD BE CONFINED TO LATE MON NGT/TUE
MORNING OVER NW CORRIDOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE CLOSEST TO AN INTENSE MID
LVL IMPULSE THAT'LL SCOOT NE OVER WRN NEBRASKA. TEMP-WISE ONLY CHANGES
WERE TO RAISE MINS A FEW DEGREES DURING MID-WEEK DUE TO PERSISTENT LWR
DECK WARM/MOIST ADVECTION.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    74  47  77  52 /   0   0   0  10
HUTCHINSON      74  47  77  51 /   0   0   0  10
NEWTON          73  47  77  51 /   0   0   0  10
ELDORADO        73  47  76  51 /   0   0   0  10
WINFIELD-KWLD   73  47  76  52 /   0   0   0  10
RUSSELL         73  45  75  49 /   0   0   0  20
GREAT BEND      74  46  77  50 /   0   0   0  20
SALINA          73  47  76  51 /   0   0   0  20
MCPHERSON       74  47  77  51 /   0   0   0  10
COFFEYVILLE     72  46  75  51 /   0   0   0  10
CHANUTE         71  46  75  50 /   0   0   0  10
IOLA            71  46  75  50 /   0   0   0  10
PARSONS-KPPF    72  46  75  51 /   0   0   0  10

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
515 AM CDT FRI APR 9 2010

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-101015-
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-
RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-
SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
515 AM CDT FRI APR 9 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A VERY HIGH RANGELAND FIRE DANGER EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON IN PARTS OF
CENTRAL...SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...ESPECIALLY IN MARION
AND CHASE COUNTIES WHERE A RED FLAG WARNING BE NEEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A VERY HIGH RANGELAND FIRE DANGER IS POSSIBLE IN THE FLINT HILLS ON
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND MOST AREAS EACH AFTERNOON FROM MONDAY THRU
NEXT THURSDAY.

ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER IS POSSIBLE IN RUSSELL
LINCOLN AND NORTHERN SALINE COUNTIES. IF YOU LIVE IN THESE AREAS
YOU SHOULD MONITOR FORECASTS CLOSELY AS A RED FLAG WARNING MAY BE
REQUIRED. A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS LIKELY FOR THE REMAINING AREAS
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS SOUTH WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH. A WIND
ADVISORY IS LIKELY FOR ALL AREAS ON TUESDAY.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OVER RUSSELL...
BARTON AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...AND MAY BE QUITE STRONG WITH SMALL
HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT
(LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP

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