Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 11, 2011, 10:06 AM CST for 22 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 11, 2011, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 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
- Mar 11, 2011, 10:06 AM CST (16:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 11, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2011, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
All 22 counties
Allen County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:09 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
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 2975 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
553 WWUS83 KICT 111606 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1006 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHEAST...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON... .THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS...DRY GRASSLANDS...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHEAST...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS. KSZ049>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-120100- /O.NEW.KICT.FW.W.0003.110311T1800Z-110312T0100Z/ SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD- WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- 1006 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 049...050... 051...052...053...067...068...069...070...071...072...082...083... 091...092...093...094...095...096...098...099 AND 100... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...EXTREME FIRE DANGER IS ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHEAST...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS. * WINDS...WILL BE STOUT OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 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. && $$ DUNTEN
2 follow-up statements
485 WWUS83 KICT 112110 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 310 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH 7 PM... KSZ049>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-120100- /O.CON.KICT.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110312T0100Z/ SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD- WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- 310 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 049... 050...051...052...053...067...068...069...070...071...072...082... 083...091...092...093...094...095...096...098...099 AND 100... * TIMING...EXTREME FIRE DANGER IS ANTICIPATED INTO EARLY THIS EVENING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHEAST...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS. * WINDS...WILL BE STOUT OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF THE TURNPIKE WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL KANSAS...STOUT NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED. WIND SPEEDS ALONG THE COLD FRONT WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE. * IMPACTS...TWO LARGE GRASS FIRES HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONFIRMED...ONE IN EASTERN ELK COUNTY AND ANOTHER IN EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY. ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ DUNTEN/ADK
514 WWUS83 KICT 120045 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 645 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 KSZ049>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-120145- /O.CAN.KICT.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110312T0100Z/ SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD- WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- 645 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 049...050...051...052...053...067... 068...069...070...071...072...082...083...091...092...093...094... 095...096...098...099 AND 100... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. DECREASING WINDS AND INCREASING HUMIDITY HAS LOWERED THE FIRE DANGER BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA. HOWEVER THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER WILL BE HIGH ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$ HOWERTON
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.