Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 11, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 9, 2011, 4:10 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 9, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 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
- Apr 9, 2011, 4:10 AM CDT (09:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
675 WWUS83 KICT 090910 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 410 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 KSZ032-033-047-048-092300- /O.NEW.KICT.FW.W.0011.110409T1900Z-110410T0000Z/ /O.CON.KICT.FW.A.0006.110410T1700Z-110411T0200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH- 410 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033...047 AND 048... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033...047 AND 048... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN SUNDAY. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WINDS...WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND GREATLY INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITIES...WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 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. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ KSZ049>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-092300- /O.CON.KICT.FW.A.0006.110410T1700Z-110411T0200Z/ SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD- KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- 410 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 049...050...051...052...053...067...068...069... 070...082...083...091...092...093...094 AND 098... * TIMING...FROM AROUND 12 NOON TIL 9 PM SUNDAY. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WINDS...WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND GREATLY INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45-50 MPH. * HUMIDITIES...WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ BILLINGS
2 follow-up statements
578 WWUS83 KICT 092055 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 355 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 KSZ032-033-047-048-100900- /O.UPG.KICT.FW.A.0006.110410T1700Z-110411T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.FW.W.0012.110410T1700Z-110411T0200Z/ /O.CON.KICT.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110410T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH- 355 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032... 033...047 AND 048... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033... 047 AND 048... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WINDS...WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND GREATLY INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * HUMIDITIES...WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD VERY RAPIDLY. EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH IS LIKELY! ALL OUTDOOR BURNING IS GREATLY DISCOURAGED! 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 HUMIDITIES...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL! PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ KSZ049>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-100900- /O.UPG.KICT.FW.A.0006.110410T1700Z-110411T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.FW.W.0012.110410T1700Z-110411T0200Z/ SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD- KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- 355 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 049...050... 051...052...053...067...068...069...070...082...083...091...092... 093...094 AND 098... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...FROM AROUND 12 NOON TIL 9 PM SUNDAY. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WINDS...WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND GREATLY INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * HUMIDITIES...WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD VERY RAPIDLY. EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH IS LIKELY! ALL OUTDOOR BURNING IS GREATLY DISCOURAGED! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL! PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ KSZ071-095-099-100900- /O.NEW.KICT.FW.W.0012.110410T1700Z-110411T0200Z/ WOODSON-WILSON-MONTGOMERY- 355 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 071... 095 AND 099... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY. * TIMING...FROM AROUND 12 NOON TIL 9 PM SUNDAY. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WINDS...WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND GREATLY INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * HUMIDITIES...WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD VERY RAPIDLY. EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH IS LIKELY! ALL OUTDOOR BURNING IS GREATLY DISCOURAGED! 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 HUMIDITIES...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL! PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ ES
504 WWUS83 KICT 100016 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 716 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 KSZ032-033-047-048-101230- /O.EXP.KICT.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110410T0000Z/ /O.CON.KICT.FW.W.0012.110410T1700Z-110411T0200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH- 716 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033...047 AND 048... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033...047 AND 048... THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY HAS EXPIRED...HOWEVER A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT ON SUNDAY. * TIMING...FROM AROUND 12 NOON TIL 9 PM SUNDAY. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WINDS...WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * HUMIDITIES...WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD VERY RAPIDLY. EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH IS LIKELY! ALL OUTDOOR BURNING IS GREATLY DISCOURAGED! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL! && $$ KSZ049>053-067>071-082-083-091>095-098-099-101230- /O.CON.KICT.FW.W.0012.110410T1700Z-110411T0200Z/ SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD- WOODSON-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- 716 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 049...050...051...052...053...067...068...069...070...071...082... 083...091...092...093...094...095...098 AND 099... * TIMING...FROM AROUND 12 NOON TIL 9 PM SUNDAY. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WINDS...WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND GREATLY INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * HUMIDITIES...WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD VERY RAPIDLY. EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH IS LIKELY! ALL OUTDOOR BURNING IS GREATLY DISCOURAGED! 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 HUMIDITIES...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL! PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 58 min |
| Apr 8, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 39 min |
| Apr 8, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 53 min |
| Apr 8, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 60 min |
| Apr 8, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 26 min |
| Apr 8, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Sumner | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Marion | 53 min |
| Apr 8, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 65 min |
| Apr 8, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 57 min |
| Apr 8, 9:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 2 hr |
| Apr 8, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 42 min |
| Apr 8, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 20 min |
| Apr 8, 9:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chase | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 54 min |
| Apr 8, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 27 min |
| Apr 8, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 39 min |
| Apr 9, 3:55 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 17 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:28 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 26 hr |
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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.