Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 3, 2016, 2:52 PM CST for 18 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 4, 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 3, 2016, 2:52 PM CST (20:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
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, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 1183 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
918 WWUS83 KICT 032052 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 252 PM CST THU MAR 3 2016 KSZ047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-041200- /O.NEW.KICT.FW.W.0008.160304T1800Z-160305T0000Z/ BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- 252 PM CST THU MAR 3 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 047...048... 049...050...051...052...053...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 TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 26 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. && $$ KETCHAM
2 follow-up statements
646 WWUS83 KICT 040850 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 250 AM CST FRI MAR 4 2016 KSZ070-094-098-050000- /O.EXA.KICT.FW.W.0008.160304T1800Z-160305T0000Z/ GREENWOOD-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- 250 AM CST FRI MAR 4 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 070...094 AND 098... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ KSZ047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-050000- /O.CON.KICT.FW.W.0008.160304T1800Z-160305T0000Z/ BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- 250 AM CST FRI MAR 4 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 047...048...049...050...051...052...053...067...068...069... 082...083...091...092 AND 093... * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 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. && $$ JAKUB
029 WWUS83 KICT 042354 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 554 PM CST FRI MAR 4 2016 KSZ047>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-050100- /O.EXP.KICT.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160305T0000Z/ BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK- CHAUTAUQUA- 554 PM CST FRI MAR 4 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 047...048... 049...050...051...052...053...067...068...069...070...082...083... 091...092...093...094 AND 098... WINDS HAVE STARTED TO DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA...ALLOWING THE FIRE DANGER THREAT TO DECREASE. $$ 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.