Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this red flag warning at Oct 24, 2011, 3:36 AM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 24, 2011, 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
- Oct 24, 2011, 3:36 AM CDT (08:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 24, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2011, 6:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 3918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
033 WWUS83 KICT 240836 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 336 AM CDT MON OCT 24 2011 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-082-242345- /O.NEW.KICT.FW.W.0016.111024T1800Z-111025T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN- 336 AM CDT MON OCT 24 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033...047...048...050...067 AND 082... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 PM AND 5 PM. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT WEST OF HIGHWAY 14. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. 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. && $$ HOWERTON
1 follow-up statement
115 WWUS83 KICT 242340 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 640 PM CDT MON OCT 24 2011 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-082-250045- /O.CAN.KICT.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111025T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN- 640 PM CDT MON OCT 24 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033...047...048...050... 067 AND 082... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE REGION ALONG WITH WIND SPEEDS DIMINISHING A BIT...THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ JAKUB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 3:36 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell | 15 hr |
Nearby
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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.