Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 8, 2016, 3:19 AM CST for 9 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 8, 2016, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 8, 2016, 3:19 AM CST (09:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 8, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2016, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:16 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 12:15 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | Newton Airport, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 2191 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
567 WWUS83 KICT 080919 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 319 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER TODAY... KSZ051-094-098-081030- /O.CAN.KICT.FW.A.0001.160208T1800Z-160209T0100Z/ MCPHERSON-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- 319 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 051...094 AND 098... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. A VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER WILL STILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON. $$ KSZ050-067>069-082-083-091>093-090030- /O.UPG.KICT.FW.A.0001.160208T1800Z-160209T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.FW.W.0002.160208T1800Z-160209T0100Z/ RICE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- 319 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 050...067...068...069...082...083...091...092 AND 093... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ KETCHAM
1 follow-up statement
294 WWUS83 KICT 090050 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 650 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016 KSZ050-067>069-082-083-091>093-090200- /O.EXP.KICT.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160209T0100Z/ RICE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- 650 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 050...067... 068...069...082...083...091...092 AND 093... GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER LEVELS HAVE FALLEN BELOW EXTREME...THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST. $$
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.