Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Nov 15, 2007, 1:46 AM CST for 18 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 15, 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 15, 2007, 1:46 AM CST (07:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 15, 2007, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2007, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark 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, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:47 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 3550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 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 150746 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 146 AM CST THU NOV 15 2007 ...FIRE DANGER IS EXTREME THIS AFTERNOON... .SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE INCREASED RISK FOR WILDFIRES THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086-151600- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0004.071115T1800Z-071115T2300Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD- 146 AM CST THU NOV 15 2007 /1246 AM MST THU NOV 15 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. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH. 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. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS83 KDDC 151537 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 937 AM CST THU NOV 15 2007 ...FIRE DANGER IS EXTREME THIS AFTERNOON... .SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE INCREASED RISK FOR WILDFIRES THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086-152300- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0004.071115T1800Z-071115T2300Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD- 937 AM CST THU NOV 15 2007 /837 AM MST THU NOV 15 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ 06
000 WWUS83 KDDC 152019 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 219 PM CST THU NOV 15 2007 ...FIRE DANGER IS EXTREME THIS AFTERNOON... .SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS FROM 25 TO 30 MPH AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE INCREASED RISK FOR WILDFIRES THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ030-044-045-064-077-078-087-088-152300- /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071115T2300Z/ TREGO-LANE-NESS-HODGEMAN-GRAY-FORD-MEADE-CLARK- 219 PM CST THU NOV 15 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH. 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. $$ KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086-152300- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071115T2300Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD- 219 PM CST THU NOV 15 2007 /119 PM MST THU NOV 15 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ 06
000 WWUS83 KDDC 152300 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 500 PM CST THU NOV 15 2007 ...EXTREME FIRE DANGER DIMINISHING UPON SUNSET... .STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET TO 10 TO 20 MPH...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 25 TO 30 PERCENT AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE EVENING. KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-160000- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071115T2300Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 500 PM CST THU NOV 15 2007 /400 PM MST THU NOV 15 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. $$ UMSCHEID
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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.