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Fire Weather Watch 1, NWS Wichita, KS

January 13, 202114 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this fire weather watch at Jan 13, 2021, 2:28 AM CST for 14 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 14, 2021, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2021, 2:28 AM CST (08:28 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 14, 2021, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 13, 2021, 2:49 PM CST
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 08:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jan 12, 10:48 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 10:48 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 3:42 PM CST, 10 hours 46 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 13, 2:34 AM CST	High Wind Watch	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell	12 hr
Jan 13, 2:34 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 15 more	63 hr
Jan 13, 2:43 PM CST	High Wind Watch	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell	12 hr
Jan 13, 2:43 PM CST	High Wind Warning	ICT	Barton, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper and 11 more	51 hr
Jan 13, 2:43 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	Butler, Chase, Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Kingman and 6 more	12 hr
Jan 13, 2:49 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 7 more	12 hr
Jan 13, 2:49 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	27 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.