Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 2, 2021, 2:58 AM CST for 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 2, 2021, 12:00 PM 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 2, 2021, 2:58 AM CST (08:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 2, 2021, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2021, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 2705 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
440 WWUS83 KICT 020858 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 258 AM CST Tue Mar 2 2021 KSZ032-033-047-048-030000- /O.UPG.KICT.FW.A.0003.210302T1800Z-210303T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.FW.W.0004.210302T1800Z-210303T0100Z/ Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth- 258 AM CST Tue Mar 2 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033...047 AND 048... The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a Red Flag Warning for extreme grassland fire danger, which is in effect from noon today to 7 PM CST this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Extreme Grassland Fire Danger...Is forecast. * Winds...South 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 14 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
786 WWUS83 KICT 030052 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 652 PM CST Tue Mar 2 2021 KSZ032-033-047-048-030200- /O.EXP.KICT.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210303T0100Z/ Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth- 652 PM CST Tue Mar 2 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033... 047 AND 048... The conditions the warranted the Red Flag Warning have subsided. As such, the Red Flag Warning will be allowed to expire. $$ Metzger
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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.