Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Jan 19, 2009, 2:11 AM CST for 15 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 19, 2009, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 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
- Jan 19, 2009, 2:11 AM CST (08:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 19, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 19, 2009, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 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, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:09 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 3098 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 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 190811 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 211 AM CST MON JAN 19 2009 ...THE DANGER OF WILDFIRES IS EXTREME THIS AFTERNOON... .RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 30 MPH RANGE, AND GUSTING TO NEAR 40 MPH AT TIMES. THE TEMPERATURE WILL RISE TO AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE BANNED AS FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD AND COULD EASILY BECOME OUT OF CONTROL. KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-191900- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0001.090119T1800Z-090120T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0002.090119T1800Z-090120T0000Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- 211 AM CST MON JAN 19 2009 /111 AM MST MON JAN 19 2009/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 6 PM CST /5 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 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO RESULT IN AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER. 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. $$ 12
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS83 KDDC 191748 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1148 AM CST MON JAN 19 2009 ...THE DANGER OF WILDFIRES IS EXTREME THIS AFTERNOON... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE UPPER 60S...AND WITH VERY LOW DEWPOINTS...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE UNDER 15 PERCENT. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE BANNED AS FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD AND COULD EASILY BECOME OUT OF CONTROL. KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-200000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0002.090119T1800Z-090120T0000Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- 1148 AM CST MON JAN 19 2009 /1048 AM MST MON JAN 19 2009/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO RESULT IN EXTREME FIRE DANGER. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ 26
000 WWUS83 KDDC 191930 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 130 PM CST MON JAN 19 2009 ...THE DANGER OF WILDFIRES IS EXTREME THIS AFTERNOON... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE 60S...AND WITH VERY LOW DEWPOINTS... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE UNDER 15 PERCENT. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE BANNED AS FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD AND COULD EASILY BECOME OUT OF CONTROL. KSZ043-044-063-076>078-086>088-200000- /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090120T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-FINNEY-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 130 PM CST MON JAN 19 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO RESULT IN EXTREME FIRE DANGER. 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. $$ KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-200000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090120T0000Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- 130 PM CST MON JAN 19 2009 /1230 PM MST MON JAN 19 2009/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO RESULT IN EXTREME FIRE DANGER. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ 26
000 WWUS83 KDDC 192350 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 550 PM CST MON JAN 19 2009 ...EXTREME FIRE DANGER SUBSIDING THIS EVENING... .TEMPERATURES HAVE BEGUN TO FALL RESULTING IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES CLIMBING BACK TO OVER 15 PERCENT ACROSS THE AREA AFFECTED. RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA WILL NO LONGER EXIST BY...OR SHORTLY AFTER 6 PM CST. HOWEVER, WINDS WILL STILL BE AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE REST OF THIS EVENING. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD STILL BE AVOIDED. KSZ043-044-061>063-074>078-084>088-200100- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090120T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 550 PM CST MON JAN 19 2009 /450 PM MST MON JAN 19 2009/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEGUN TO FALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES CLIMBING BACK TO OVER 15 PERCENT AND OUT OF RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ 32
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 2:14 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | Clark, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 14 more | 16 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.