Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this red flag warning at Mar 9, 2021, 3:38 PM CST for Mitchell County, Osborne County, Rooks County, Kansas. It took effect at Mar 10, 2021, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 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 9, 2021, 3:38 PM CST (21:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 10, 2021, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2021, 6:11 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
Counties Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Rooks County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 1880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
286 WWUS83 KGID 092138 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Hastings NE 338 PM CST Tue Mar 9 2021 KSZ017>019-101000- /O.NEW.KGID.FW.W.0006.210310T1700Z-210311T0100Z/ Rooks-Osborne-Mitchell- 338 PM CST Tue Mar 9 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 017, 018 AND 019... The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a Red Flag Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from 11 AM to 7 PM CST Wednesday. * AFFECTED AREA...In Kansas, Fire Weather Zone 017 Rooks, Fire Weather Zone 018 Osborne and Fire Weather Zone 019 Mitchell. * WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * TIMING...Wednesday afternoon from 11am until 7pm. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop may 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. && $$ Billings Wright
2 follow-up statements
619 WWUS83 KGID 100939 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Hastings NE 339 AM CST Wed Mar 10 2021 KSZ017>019-102100- /O.CON.KGID.FW.W.0006.210310T1700Z-210311T0100Z/ Rooks-Osborne-Mitchell- 339 AM CST Wed Mar 10 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 017, 018 AND 019... * AFFECTED AREA...In Kansas, Fire Weather Zone 017 Rooks, Fire Weather Zone 018 Osborne and Fire Weather Zone 019 Mitchell. * WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 35 to 45 mph. * TIMING...From 11 am until 7 pm. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Between 15 and 20 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop may be difficult to control. Outdoor burning is not recommended. Use extreme caution if engaging in activities that could start a fire. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
051 WWUS83 KGID 110011 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Hastings NE 611 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021 KSZ017>019-110115- /O.CAN.KGID.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210311T0100Z/ Rooks-Osborne-Mitchell- 611 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 017, 018 AND 019... The National Weather Service in Hastings has cancelled the Red Flag Warning. Wind speeds are decreasing and relative humidity values are improving allowing the Red Flag Warning to end early. $$ Billings Wright
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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.