Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at May 21, 2008, 3:00 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 22, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 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
- May 21, 2008, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 22, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 22, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 2387 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 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 212000 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 300 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2008 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY... .A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL DEVELOP IN EASTERN COLORADO BY THURSDAY MORNING. A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT IN WESTERN KANSAS WILL RESULT IN GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. IN ADDITION...A DRYLINE WILL MOVE EAST INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP OFF CONSIDERABLY WEST OF THE DRYLINE. ANY FIRES STARTED COULD RAPIDLY GET OUT OF CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS DISCOURAGED. KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-220400- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0013.080522T1700Z-080523T0200Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- 300 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2008 /200 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THURSDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING UP INTO THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 COMBINED WITH LOW DEWPOINTS WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO FIFTEEN PERCENT OR BELOW. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL ALSO PERSIST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WILDFIRES. 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. $$ 32
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS83 KDDC 220335 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1035 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2008 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY... .A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL DEVELOP IN EASTERN COLORADO THURSDAY MORNING. A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT IN WESTERN KANSAS WILL RESULT IN GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. IN ADDITION...A DRYLINE WILL MOVE EAST INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP OFF CONSIDERABLY WEST OF THE DRYLINE. ANY FIRES STARTED COULD RAPIDLY GET OUT OF CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS DISCOURAGED. KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-221145- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0013.080522T1700Z-080523T0200Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- 1035 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2008 /935 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THURSDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THURSDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING UP INTO THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 COMBINED WITH LOW DEWPOINTS WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO FIFTEEN PERCENT OR BELOW. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO PERSIST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WILDFIRES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS83 KDDC 220935 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 435 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... .A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT IN WESTERN KANSAS TODAY WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG JET STREAM TO PRODUCE IN GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS THAT WILL LAST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A DRYLINE WILL MOVE EAST TO NEAR GARDEN CITY AND LIBERAL BY AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP OFF CONSIDERABLY WEST OF THE DRYLINE. ANY FIRES STARTED COULD RAPIDLY GET OUT OF CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS DISCOURAGED. KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-221745- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0013.080522T1700Z-080523T0200Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- 435 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 /335 AM MDT THU MAY 22 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING UP INTO THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 COMBINED WITH LOW DEWPOINTS WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO FIFTEEN PERCENT OR BELOW. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH WILL ALSO PERSIST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WILDFIRES. 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. $$
000 WWUS83 KDDC 221726 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1226 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... .A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT IN WESTERN KANSAS TODAY WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS THAT WILL LAST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A DRYLINE WILL MOVE EAST TO NEAR GARDEN CITY AND LIBERAL BY MID AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP OFF CONSIDERABLY WEST OF THE DRYLINE. ANY FIRES STARTED COULD RAPIDLY GET OUT OF CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS DISCOURAGED. KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-230200- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080523T0200Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- 1226 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 /1126 AM MDT THU MAY 22 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING UP INTO THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 COMBINED WITH LOW DEWPOINTS WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO FIFTEEN PERCENT OR BELOW. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL ALSO PERSIST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WILDFIRES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ 32
000 WWUS83 KDDC 230146 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 846 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...CONDITIONS FOR WILDFIRES WERE DIMINISHING... .AS WIND SPEEDS STEADILY DECREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS INCREASE...THE RISK FOR WILDFIRES WILL DECREASE ALSO. KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-230300- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080523T0200Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- 846 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 /746 PM MDT THU MAY 22 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED AND THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT. $$ 18
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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.