Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 19, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this red flag warning at Nov 25, 2011, 3:43 PM CST for 12 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 26, 2011, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 25, 2011, 3:43 PM CST (21:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 26, 2011, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 26, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 2:06 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Russell, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 3228 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
316 WWUS83 KICT 252143 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 343 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-261245- /O.UPG.KICT.FW.A.0012.111126T1200Z-111127T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.FW.W.0019.111126T1500Z-111127T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- 343 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033... 047...048...049...050...051 AND 067... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER IS LIKELY FROM MID- MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING SATURDAY OVER CENTRAL KANSAS. * WINDS...OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BE SUSTAINED OUT OF THE NORTHWEST...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH LIKELY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL BE AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ KSZ052-261245- /O.EXB.KICT.FW.A.0012.111126T1500Z-111127T0000Z/ MARION- 343 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 052... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...VERY HIGH TO MARGINALLY EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER IS LIKELY FROM MID-MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING SATURDAY...GENERALLY ALONG THE TURNPIKE CORRIDOR. * WINDS...OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL BE SUSTAINED OUT OF THE NORTHWEST...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH LIKELY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL BE AS LOW AS 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ KSZ068-082-083-091-092-261245- /O.EXT.KICT.FW.A.0012.111126T1500Z-111127T0000Z/ HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- 343 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 067...068...082...083...091 AND 092... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...VERY HIGH TO MARGINALLY EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER IS LIKELY FROM MID-MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING SATURDAY...GENERALLY ALONG THE TURNPIKE CORRIDOR. * WINDS...OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL BE SUSTAINED OUT OF THE NORTHWEST...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH LIKELY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL BE AS LOW AS 30 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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ ADK
4 follow-up statements
995 WWUS83 KICT 252157 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 357 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-261300- /O.CON.KICT.FW.W.0019.111126T1500Z-111127T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- 357 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033...047...048...049...050...051 AND 067... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER IS LIKELY FROM MID- MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING SATURDAY OVER CENTRAL KANSAS. * WINDS...OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BE SUSTAINED OUT OF THE NORTHWEST...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH LIKELY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL BE AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ KSZ052-068-082-083-091-092-261300- /O.CON.KICT.FW.A.0012.111126T1500Z-111127T0000Z/ MARION-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- 357 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 067...068...082...083...091 AND 092... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...VERY HIGH TO MARGINALLY EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER IS LIKELY FROM MID-MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING SATURDAY...GENERALLY ALONG THE TURNPIKE CORRIDOR. * WINDS...OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL BE SUSTAINED OUT OF THE NORTHWEST...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH LIKELY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL BE AS LOW AS 30 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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ ADK
361 WWUS83 KICT 261032 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 432 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 KSZ052-092-261145- /O.CAN.KICT.FW.A.0012.111126T1500Z-111127T0000Z/ MARION-SUMNER- 432 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 052 AND 092... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$ KSZ068-082-083-091-270000- /O.UPG.KICT.FW.A.0012.111126T1500Z-111127T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KICT.FW.W.0019.111126T1500Z-111127T0000Z/ HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- 432 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 068...082...083 AND 091... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 9 AM AND 6 PM. THE HIGHEST DANGER WILL BE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WINDS...WILL BE NORTH AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 26 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ KSZ032-033-047>051-067-270000- /O.CON.KICT.FW.W.0019.111126T1500Z-111127T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- 432 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033...047...048...049...050...051 AND 067... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 9 AM AND 6 PM. THE HIGHEST DANGER WILL BE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM. * WINDS...WILL BE NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 24 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ HOWERTON
379 WWUS83 KICT 262107 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 307 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-270000- /O.CON.KICT.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- 307 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032... 033...047...048...049...050...051...067...068...082...083 AND 091... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WINDS...NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$
772 WWUS83 KICT 262358 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 558 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-270100- /O.EXP.KICT.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- 558 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033... 047...048...049...050...051...067...068...082...083 AND 091... THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE GRADUALLY DIMINISHED TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS. THEREFORE THE RANGELAND FIRE DANGER THREAT HAS LIKEWISE DIMINISHED, $$ ES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 3:41 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 14 more | 38 hr |
| Nov 25, 4:05 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 8 more | 24 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2011Every red flag warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.