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Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this red flag warning at Feb 27, 2021, 2:44 AM CST for Rooks County, Kansas. It took effect at Feb 27, 2021, 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, 2021, 2:44 AM CST (08:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 27, 2021, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2021, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
County Rooks County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:45 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 2438 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
402 WWUS83 KGID 270844 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Hastings NE 244 AM CST Sat Feb 27 2021 KSZ017-271800- /O.NEW.KGID.FW.W.0003.210227T1800Z-210228T0000Z/ Rooks- 244 AM CST Sat Feb 27 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017... The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a Red Flag Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from noon today to 6 PM CST this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...In Kansas, Fire Weather Zone 017 Rooks. * WINDS...Southwest 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 18 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will be difficult to control. Outdoor burning is not recommended. Use extreme caution if engaging in activities that could start a fire. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
650 WWUS83 KGID 271750 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Hastings NE 1150 AM CST Sat Feb 27 2021 ...Critical fire weather conditions possible across portions of north central Kansas this afternoon... KSZ017-280000- /O.CON.KGID.FW.W.0003.210227T1800Z-210228T0000Z/ Rooks- 1150 AM CST Sat Feb 27 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zone 017. * WINDS...Southwest 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 18 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will be difficult to control. Outdoor burning is not recommended. Use extreme caution if engaging in activities that could start a fire. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ Rossi
769 WWUS83 KGID 272355 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Hastings NE 555 PM CST Sat Feb 27 2021 KSZ017-280100- /O.EXP.KGID.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210228T0000Z/ Rooks- 555 PM CST Sat Feb 27 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017... Although wind speeds will be steady tonight behind a cold front, relative humidity values have increased, therefore the Red Flag Warning will be allowed to expire. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 6:50 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 4 hr |
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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.