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Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 23, 2021, 1:42 PM CST for Barton County, Lincoln County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 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 23, 2021, 1:42 PM CST (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2021, 5:59 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 2804 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
177 WWUS83 KICT 231942 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 142 PM CST Tue Feb 23 2021 KSZ032-033-047-240100- /O.NEW.KICT.FW.W.0003.210223T1942Z-210224T0100Z/ Russell-Lincoln-Barton- 142 PM CST Tue Feb 23 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032... 033 AND 047... The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a Red Flag Warning for extreme grassland fire danger, which is in effect until 7 PM CST this evening. * Extreme Grassland Fire Danger is forecast through 7 PM CST. * Winds...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 13 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly and become very difficult to control. Outdoor burning is not recommended. 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. Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this fire weather product. && $$ Butler
1 follow-up statement
106 WWUS83 KICT 232359 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 559 PM CST Tue Feb 23 2021 KSZ032-033-047-240100- /O.CAN.KICT.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210224T0100Z/ Russell-Lincoln-Barton- 559 PM CST Tue Feb 23 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033 AND 047... The National Weather Service in Wichita has cancelled the Red Flag Warning. Wind speeds will subside until a cold front arrives early this evening shifting winds to the north. Winds may gust to around 30 mph immediately behind the front before diminishing later this evening. $$
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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.