Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this red flag warning at Feb 29, 2012, 3:59 AM CST for 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 29, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. 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
- Feb 29, 2012, 3:59 AM CST (09:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 29, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
Counties Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 3640 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
864 WWUS83 KGID 290959 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 359 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS...DRY FUELS...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ005-006-017>019-291800- /O.NEW.KGID.FW.W.0004.120229T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- 359 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...006...017...018 AND 019... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 PHILLIPS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 006 SMITH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 ROOKS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 OSBORNE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MITCHELL. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...VALUES ACROSS WESTERN LOCATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 20 PERCENT...WHILE FURTHER EAST WILL DROP AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PROMOTE DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED...AND CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN CONDUCTING ANY ACTIVITIES WHILE COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. 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. && $$ ADO
2 follow-up statements
258 WWUS83 KGID 291757 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1157 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS...DRY FUELS... AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ005-006-017>019-010000- /O.CON.KGID.FW.W.0004.120229T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- 1157 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005... 006...017...018 AND 019... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 PHILLIPS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 006 SMITH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 ROOKS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 OSBORNE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MITCHELL. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...VALUES ACROSS WESTERN LOCATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 20 PERCENT...WHILE FURTHER EAST WILL DROP AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PROMOTE DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED...AND CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN CONDUCTING ANY ACTIVITIES WHILE COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ WESELY
883 WWUS83 KGID 292351 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 551 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 KSZ005-006-017>019-010100- /O.EXP.KGID.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- 551 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO SUBSIDE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO RECOVER DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. FOR THESE REASONS...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. $$ ROSSI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 6:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | GID | Jewell | 30 min |
| Feb 28, 9:37 PM CST | Wind Advisory | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 18 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.