Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 2, 2021, 3:10 AM CDT for 15 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 2, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT. 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
- Apr 2, 2021, 3:10 AM CDT (08:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase 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
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:13 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 3089 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
072 WWUS83 KICT 020810 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 310 AM CDT Fri Apr 2 2021 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091-022315- /O.NEW.KICT.FW.W.0009.210402T1700Z-210403T0000Z/ Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion- Chase-Reno-Harvey-Butler-Kingman-Sedgwick-Harper- 310 AM CDT Fri Apr 2 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033...047...048...049...050...051...052...053...067...068... 069...082...083 AND 091... 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 CDT this evening. * Extreme Grassland Fire Danger...Is forecast. * Winds...South 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 40 to 45 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 22 to 25 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
975 WWUS83 KICT 022350 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Wichita KS 650 PM CDT Fri Apr 2 2021 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069-082-083-091-030100- /O.EXP.KICT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210403T0000Z/ Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion- Chase-Reno-Harvey-Butler-Kingman-Sedgwick-Harper- 650 PM CDT Fri Apr 2 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033... 047...048...049...050...051...052...053...067...068...069...082... 083 AND 091... Grassland Fire Danger has diminished over the past few hours and is now below extreme levels. Very high grassland fire danger is expected for another few hours though. Outdoor burning is still discouraged. $$ Metzger
Nearby
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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.