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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS

February 25, 20127 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 25, 2012, 3:03 AM CST for 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 25, 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 25, 2012, 3:03 AM CST (09:03 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 25, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 25, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

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

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 00:00Z on 2012-02-25Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2012-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3222 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
209 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.

783 
WWUS83 KICT 250903
RFWICT

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
303 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012


KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-082-260000-
/O.NEW.KICT.FW.W.0002.120225T1800Z-120226T0000Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN-
303 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR THIS AFTERNOON
  ACROSS THE AREA. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND DRY
  AIR WILL ELEVATED THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INTO THE EXTREME
  CATEGORY. 

* EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST.

* WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 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...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
1 follow-up statement
834 
WWUS83 KICT 260000
RFWICT

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
600 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST...

KSZ032-033-047-048-050-067-082-260100-
/O.EXP.KICT.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120226T0000Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN-
600 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012

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

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

HOWEVER! GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES AROUND 20 PERCENT TO PRODUCE A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER...
ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 14...THIS EVENING. SO
ALTHOUGH THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...RANGELAND BURNING IS
STILL GREATLY DISCOURAGED.

$$

ES

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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.