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Red Flag Warning 15, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 23, 2022, 3:55 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 23, 2022, 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 23, 2022, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 23, 2022, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1942 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1404 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.1
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning 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 red flag warning went out at Apr 22, 6:53 PM CDT, 9 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 6:53 PM CDT, 9 hours 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 3:11 PM CDT, 12 hours 44 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 311 PM CDT Fri Apr 22 2022 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-231530- Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion-Chase- Reno-Harvey-Butler-Greenwood-Woodson-Allen-Kingman-Sedgwick-Harper- Sumner-Cowley-Elk-Wilson-Neosho-Chautauqua-Montgomery-Labette- 311 PM CDT Fri Apr 22 2022 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight Strong south winds will continue tonight across the entire area. See latest wind advisory and high wind warning for additional details. A few thunderstorms may venture into central and south central Kansas late tonight, but better severe weather chances will likely remain across western Kansas. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Very high to possibly extreme grassland fire danger will prevail Saturday afternoon across the region but especially west of Interstate 135. See latest fire weather watch for additional details. Strong south winds will likely continue on Saturday with gusts up to 50 mph likely across most of the area. See latest wind advisory for additional details. Scattered thunderstorm chances look to increase late Saturday afternoon and especially Saturday evening for locations mainly along and east of a line from Salina to Wichita to Anthony. The stronger storms will be capable of hail up to golf ball size along with 60 mph winds. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight. && For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at: https://weather.gov/crh/ghwo?sid=ict
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 3:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 4:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 26 min |
| Apr 23, 4:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth | 46 min |
| Apr 23, 5:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Lincoln | 21 min |
| Apr 23, 5:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 5:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 7:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chase | 46 min |
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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.