Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 13, 2012, 3:57 AM CDT for Barton County, Russell County, Kansas. It took effect at Mar 13, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 65 min. 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 13, 2012, 3:57 AM CDT (08:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 13, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2012, 2:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- 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 09:01 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3413 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
814 WWUS83 KICT 130857 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 357 AM CDT TUE MAR 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON... .THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES... STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. KSZ032-047-140000- /O.UPG.KICT.FW.A.0003.120313T1800Z-120314T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.FW.W.0008.120313T1800Z-120314T0000Z/ RUSSELL-BARTON- 357 AM CDT TUE MAR 13 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. * TIMING...1 PM TO 7 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 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. && $$ KETCHAM
1 follow-up statement
188 WWUS83 KICT 131905 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 205 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2012 KSZ032-047-132015- /O.CAN.KICT.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120314T0000Z/ RUSSELL-BARTON- 205 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032 AND 047... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH THIS AFTERNOON...BUT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW RED FLAG CONDITIONS. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
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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.