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Fire Weather Watch 7, NWS Wichita, KS

October 16, 201214 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this fire weather watch at Oct 16, 2012, 3:35 PM CDT for 14 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 18, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 16, 2012, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 18, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 17, 2012, 3:09 PM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth 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

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 16, 3:46 AM CDTWind AdvisoryICTBarton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 14 more36 hr
Oct 16, 3:35 PM CDTRed Flag WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 7 more26 hr

Nearby

Fire Weather Watches in Kansas, 2012Every fire weather watch in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.