Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 18, 2012, 3:58 AM CDT for Barton County, Russell County, Kansas. It took effect at Mar 18, 2012, 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
- Mar 18, 2012, 3:58 AM CDT (08:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 510 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
078 WWUS83 KICT 180858 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 358 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 KSZ032-047-190000- /O.UPG.KICT.FW.A.0004.120318T1800Z-120319T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.FW.W.0010.120318T1800Z-120319T0000Z/ RUSSELL-BARTON- 358 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...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 AND 047... 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. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 44 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. && $$ KED
2 follow-up statements
601 WWUS83 KICT 181932 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 232 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 KSZ032-047-190000- /O.CON.KICT.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120319T0000Z/ RUSSELL-BARTON- 232 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032 AND 047... * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * TIMING...EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 46 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ JAKUB
832 WWUS83 KICT 182357 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 657 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 KSZ032-047-190100- /O.EXP.KICT.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120319T0000Z/ RUSSELL-BARTON- 657 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032 AND 047... SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING WHICH WILL ALSO ALLOW THE FIRE DANGER TO DECREASE. $$ LAWSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 3:52 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Kingman, Lincoln, Reno and 2 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 18, 2:58 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ICT | Allen, Chautauqua, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson and 1 more | 60 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.