Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 2, 2016, 3:45 AM CST for 15 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 2, 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
- Mar 2, 2016, 3:45 AM CST (09:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 2, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Allen County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
132 WWUS83 KICT 020945 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 345 AM CST WED MAR 2 2016 KSZ052-068-083-091-021045- /O.CAN.KICT.FW.A.0004.160302T1800Z-160303T0000Z/ MARION-HARVEY-SEDGWICK-HARPER- 345 AM CST WED MAR 2 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 052...068...083 AND 091... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG...AND NORTHWEST...OF A LINE FROM LINCOLNVILLE...THROUGH HESSTON AND ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF WICHITA...TO AROUND ANTHONY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WILL TRANSPORT SUFFICIENT MOISTURE INTO THESE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER! THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER REMAINS VERY HIGH FOR THESE AREAS...SO ALL GRASSLAND BURNING IS DISCOURAGED. $$ KSZ053-069>072-092>096-098>100-030000- /O.UPG.KICT.FW.A.0004.160302T1800Z-160303T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.FW.W.0007.160302T1800Z-160303T0000Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- 345 AM CST WED MAR 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 053...069...070...071...072...092...093...094...095...096...098... 099 AND 100... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 28 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. ALL GRASSLAND BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN EASILY CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ ES
3 follow-up statements
981 WWUS83 KICT 021827 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1227 PM CST WED MAR 2 2016 KSZ083-091-030000- /O.EXA.KICT.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160303T0000Z/ SEDGWICK-HARPER- 1227 PM CST WED MAR 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 083 AND 091... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 28 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 HUMIDITIES...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN EASILY CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ KSZ053-069>072-092>096-098>100-030000- /O.CON.KICT.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160303T0000Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- 1227 PM CST WED MAR 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 053... 069...070...071...072...092...093...094...095...096...098... 099 AND 100... * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 28 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN EASILY CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$
255 WWUS83 KICT 022119 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 319 PM CST WED MAR 2 2016 KSZ053-069>072-083-091>096-098>100-030000- /O.CON.KICT.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160303T0000Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- 319 PM CST WED MAR 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 053... 069...070...071...072...083...091...092...093...094...095...096... 098...099 AND 100... * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 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 HUMIDITIES...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN EASILY CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ KETCHAM
099 WWUS83 KICT 022357 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 557 PM CST WED MAR 2 2016 KSZ053-069>072-083-091>096-098>100-030100- /O.EXP.KICT.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160303T0000Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- 557 PM CST WED MAR 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 053...069... 070...071...072...083...091...092...093...094...095...096...098... 099 AND 100... SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE STARTED TO DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA WHICH WILL ALLOW THE FIRE RISK TO LOWER THIS EVENING. $$ LAWSON
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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.