Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 26, 2012, 2:40 AM CST for 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 26, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 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 26, 2012, 2:40 AM CST (08:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 26, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2012, 5:02 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 3672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 483 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
744 WWUS83 KICT 260840 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 240 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 KSZ032-033-047-048-262300- /O.NEW.KICT.FW.W.0003.120226T1800Z-120226T2300Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH- 240 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033...047 AND 048... 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 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY DRY AIR THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL ELEVATE THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER RISK. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 21 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. && $$ JAKUB
1 follow-up statement
454 WWUS83 KICT 262302 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 502 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE WESTERN PART OF CENTRAL KANSAS... KSZ032-033-047-048-270015- /O.CAN.KICT.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120226T2300Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH- 502 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033...047 AND 048... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. HOWEVER...THE AIRMASS REMAINS VERY DRY AND WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS STILL POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES. $$ ES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 11:22 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 8 more | 3 hr |
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.