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Fire Weather Watch 13, NWS Wichita, KS

April 26, 201417 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this fire weather watch at Apr 26, 2014, 3:46 AM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 27, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 2014, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 27, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 27, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Cowley 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), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 194 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2014-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2014-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this fire weather watch went out at Apr 26, 3:38 AM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 3:38 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 4:11 PM CDT, 11 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
411 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2014

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-262115-
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-
RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-
SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
411 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

VERY HIGH TO EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE
REGION THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. FIRE DANGER WILL BE
HIGHEST GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. PLEASE
REFER TO THE LATEST RED FLAG WARNING FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST
KANSAS. A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ALONG
A DRY-LINE. SEVERE SUPER-CELL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...CAPABLE OF
VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE... DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 70
MPH AND EVEN TORNADOES. THE GREATEST RISK IS EXPECTED TO BE ALONG
AND WEST OF I-135. THE RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS MAY SHIFT AS FAR
EAST AS THE KANSAS TURNPIKE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SATURDAY
NIGHT. THE MAIN RISK WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

THE DRY-LINE WILL SURGE EAST ON SUNDAY...WITH A CHANCE OF STRONG
TO SEVERE STORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS...MAINLY EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. LARGE
HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 70 MPH. WHILE A
TORNADO IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO
BECOME LINEAR QUICKLY WHICH WOULD DIMINISH THOSE CHANCES.

VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH EXTREME FIRE DANGER POSSIBLE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH
FOR DETAILS. VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED AGAIN
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP

BILLINGS WRIGHT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 3:50 AM CDTWind AdvisoryICTBarton, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper and 11 more19 hr
Apr 26, 3:26 PM CDTRed Flag WarningICTBarton, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper and 11 more30 hr

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.