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Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Wichita, KS

March 31, 20118 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 31, 2011, 7:36 AM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 31, 2011, 12:00 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
Mar 31, 2011, 7:36 AM CDT (12:36 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 31, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 31, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:38 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 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 268 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

842 
WWUS83 KICT 311236
RFWICT

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
736 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2011

...EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER WEST OF I-135 THIS AFTERNOON...

KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-082-091-312300-
/O.NEW.KICT.FW.W.0006.110331T1700Z-110331T2300Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN-HARPER-
736 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
032...033...047...048...050...067...082 AND 091...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS
  GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 135 THIS AFTERNOON.

* WIND...WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH
  GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 28 TO 38 PERCENT THIS
  AFTERNOON. 

* HIGHEST THREAT...WILL LIKELY BE GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE
  HIGHWAY 14 CORRIDOR WHERE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST.

* 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.

&&

$$

ADK
1 follow-up statement
863 
WWUS83 KICT 312256
RFWICT

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
556 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2011


KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-082-091-010000-
/O.EXP.KICT.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110331T2300Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN-HARPER-
556 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033...
047...048...050...067...082 AND 091...

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED AND THE
RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING.


$$

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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.