Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 13, 2014, 3:33 AM CDT for 26 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 13, 2014, 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 13, 2014, 3:33 AM CDT (08:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 13, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2014, 6:53 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
All 26 counties
Allen County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 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
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 2500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
931 WWUS83 KICT 130833 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 333 AM CDT THU MAR 13 2014 ...VERY DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER SITUATION TODAY... .GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL OVERSPREAD MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THE DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL LEAD TO RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING INTO THE TEENS TO LOWER 20S THIS AFTERNOON AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES SOAR INTO THE LOW 70S. THIS WILL CREATE A LARGE TEMPERATURE/ DEWPOINT SPREAD...WITH WIND GUSTS POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 30 MPH...AS LOWER LEVEL WINDS GET MIXED TO THE SURFACE. KSZ032-033-047>053-067-068-082-083-132345- /O.NEW.KICT.FW.W.0009.140313T1800Z-140314T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- 333 AM CDT THU MAR 13 2014 ...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...033...047...048...049...050...051...052... 053...067...068...082 AND 083... 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. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE VERY DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ KETCHAM
2 follow-up statements
364 WWUS83 KICT 132011 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 311 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2014 ...VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS HAVE CREATED A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER SITUATION THIS AFTERNOON... KSZ069>072-091>096-098>100-140000- /O.EXA.KICT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140314T0000Z/ BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- 311 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 069...070... 071...072...091...092...093...094...095...096...098...099 AND 100... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * TIMING...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE VERY DRY CONDITIONS UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ KSZ032-033-047>053-067-068-082-083-140000- /O.CON.KICT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140314T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- 311 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2014 ...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...049...050...051...052...053...067...068... 082 AND 083... * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * TIMING...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE VERY DRY CONDITIONS UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$
830 WWUS83 KICT 132353 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 653 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2014 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-140100- /O.CAN.KICT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140314T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- 653 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033...047...048...049...050... 051...052...053...067...068...069...070...071...072...082...083... 091...092...093...094...095...096...098...099 AND 100... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER LEVELS WILL DIMINISH THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...HOWEVER VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION UNTIL SUNSET. $$ JAKUB
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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.