Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 5, 2013, 2:30 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 5, 2013, 2:00 PM CDT. 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
- Apr 5, 2013, 2:30 AM CDT (07:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2013, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:30 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 2106 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
613 WWUS83 KICT 050730 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 230 AM CDT FRI APR 5 2013 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-052230- /O.NEW.KICT.FW.W.0002.130405T1900Z-130406T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE- 230 AM CDT FRI APR 5 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033...047...048 AND 050... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * TIMING...OF EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 33 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. && $$ JAKUB
2 follow-up statements
228 WWUS83 KICT 051814 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 114 PM CDT FRI APR 5 2013 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-060000- /O.CON.KICT.FW.W.0002.130405T1900Z-130406T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE- 114 PM CDT FRI APR 5 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032... 033...047...048 AND 050... * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS EXPECTED. * TIMING...OF EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$
562 WWUS83 KICT 060008 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 708 PM CDT FRI APR 5 2013 KSZ032-033-047-048-050-060115- /O.EXP.KICT.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130406T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE- 708 PM CDT FRI APR 5 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033...047...048 AND 050... GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER HAS DROPPED TO VERY HIGH ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST WELL INTO THE NIGHT...WITH VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$ HOWERTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2:41 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell | 16 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2013Every red flag warning in 2013
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.