Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 13, 2008, 2:50 AM CST for 13 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 13, 2008, 2:00 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
- Feb 13, 2008, 2:50 AM CST (08:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2008, 2:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2008, 7:00 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, Kearny County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1852 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 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 130850 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 250 AM CST WED FEB 13 2008 ...STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN A POTENTIAL FOR WILDFIRES THIS AFTERNOON... .AS SURFACE PRESSURES FALL IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON. AS TEMPERATURES WARM...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL ALSO TUMBLE. THIS COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WILDFIRES. KSZ061>063-074>078-084>088-131815- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0004.080213T2000Z-080214T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 250 AM CST WED FEB 13 2008 /150 AM MST WED FEB 13 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CST /1 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CST /1 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE MID OR UPPER 60S. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE AN INCREASED THREAT 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. $$ 06
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS83 KDDC 131803 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1203 PM CST WED FEB 13 2008 ...STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN A POTENTIAL FOR WILDFIRES THIS AFTERNOON... .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AS TEMPERATURES WARM...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL. THIS COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WILDFIRES. KSZ061>063-074>078-084>088-140100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0004.080213T2000Z-080214T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 1203 PM CST WED FEB 13 2008 /1103 AM MST WED FEB 13 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE MID OR UPPER 60S. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE AN INCREASED THREAT FOR WILDFIRES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS83 KDDC 140100 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 700 PM CST WED FEB 13 2008 KSZ061>063-074>078-084>088-140200- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080214T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 700 PM CST WED FEB 13 2008 /600 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL STAY ABOVE 15 PERCENT. THIS WILL RESULT IN A DIMINISHED WILDFIRE THREAT OVERNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 1:23 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Kiowa and 5 more | 5 hr |
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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.