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Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS

November 14, 200724 counties in Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2007-11-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2007-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

$$

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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.