Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Nov 14, 2007, 3:18 AM CST for 24 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 14, 2007, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 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
- Nov 14, 2007, 3:18 AM CST (09:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 14, 2007, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2007, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 24 counties
Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 3372 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS83 KDDC 140918 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 318 AM CST WED NOV 14 2007 ...WILDFIRES ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... .NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL BE LIKELY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE WILL CREATE INCREASED RISK FOR WILDFIRES THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-075>081-086>090-141730- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0003.071114T1800Z-071114T2300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 318 AM CST WED NOV 14 2007 /218 AM MST WED NOV 14 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY AFTERNOON. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS83 KDDC 141722 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1122 AM CST WED NOV 14 2007 ...FIRE DANGER IS EXTREME THIS AFTERNOON... .NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH IN COMBINATION WITH VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE INCREASED RISK FOR WILDFIRES THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-075>081-086>090-142300- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0003.071114T1800Z-071114T2300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 1122 AM CST WED NOV 14 2007 /1022 AM MST WED NOV 14 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY AFTERNOON. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ 06
000 WWUS83 KDDC 142300 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 500 PM CST WED NOV 14 2007 ...CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING... .AS HIGH PRESSURE NOSES IN FROM THE NORTH...WIND SPEEDS WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH. THIS WILL REDUCE THE RISK OF WILDFIRES. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-075>081-086>090-150000- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071114T2300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 500 PM CST WED NOV 14 2007 /400 PM MST WED NOV 14 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS SPEEDS WERE RAPIDLY DIMINISHING AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WERE SLOWLY RISING. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST. $$ 12
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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.