Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 27, 2016, 4:08 AM CST for 21 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 27, 2016, 12:00 PM CST. 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
- Feb 27, 2016, 4:08 AM CST (10:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 27, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
All 21 counties
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, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:09 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 2684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
503 WWUS83 KICT 271008 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 408 AM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 KSZ052-053-068>070-082-083-091>094-098-271115- /O.CAN.KICT.FW.A.0003.160227T1800Z-160228T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- 408 AM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 052...053...068...069...070...082... 083...091...092...093...094 AND 098... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX IS ONLY EXPECTED TO BE VERY HIGH...NOT EXTREME THIS AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER TODAY...OUTDOOR BURNING IS STILL NOT RECOMMENDED. $$ KSZ032-033-047>051-067-280000- /O.UPG.KICT.FW.A.0003.160227T1800Z-160228T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.FW.W.0004.160227T1800Z-160228T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- 408 AM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033...047...048...049...050...051 AND 067... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ HOWERTON
3 follow-up statements
882 WWUS83 KICT 271434 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 834 AM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 ...DANGEROUS BURNING CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS... KSZ052-053-068>071-082-083-091>094-098-280000- /O.EXA.KICT.FW.W.0004.160227T1800Z-160228T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- 834 AM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 052...053...068...069...070...071...082...083...091...092...093... 094 AND 098... 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 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RANGING FROM 15 TO 20 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. && $$ KSZ032-033-047>051-067-280000- /O.CON.KICT.FW.W.0004.160227T1800Z-160228T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- 834 AM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033...047...048...049...050...051 AND 067... * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RANGING FROM 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$
389 WWUS83 KICT 272040 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 240 PM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>071-082-083-091>094-098-280000- /O.CON.KICT.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160228T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- 240 PM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032... 033...047...048...049...050...051...052...053...067...068...069... 070...071...082...083...091...092...093...094 AND 098... * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 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. && $$ KED
024 WWUS83 KICT 272354 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 554 PM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>071-082-083-091>094-098-280100- /O.EXP.KICT.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160228T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- 554 PM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033... 047...048...049...050...051...052...053...067...068...069...070... 071...082...083...091...092...093...094 AND 098... GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA AROUND SUNSET. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH FOR THE ENTIRE AREA OVERNIGHT VIA GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. $$
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.