Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 5, 2009, 9:05 PM CST for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 6, 2009, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 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 5, 2009, 9:05 PM CST (03:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 6, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2009, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 27 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, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 3942 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 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 060305 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 905 PM CST THU FEB 5 2009 ...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN OVER WESTERN KANSAS ON FRIDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-061115- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0003.090206T1800Z-090207T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0004.090206T1800Z-090207T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 905 PM CST THU FEB 5 2009 /805 PM MST THU FEB 5 2009/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AND TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AS RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALL TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS. 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. $$ KSZ030-031-046-065-066-079>081-089-090-061115- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0003.090206T1800Z-090207T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE- BARBER- 905 PM CST THU FEB 5 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 70S. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AS RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALL TO BETWEEN 15 AND 30 PERCENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS83 KDDC 060935 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 335 AM CST FRI FEB 6 2009 ...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN OVER WESTERN KANSAS TODAY... INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 15 TO 30 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. KSZ065-066-079>081-089-090-061045- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.A.0003.090206T1800Z-090207T0100Z/ PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- 335 AM CST FRI FEB 6 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. HIGHER DEWPOINTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE AREA WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES STAYING OVER 20 PERCENT. $$ KSZ030-031-046-061800- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0003.090206T1800Z-090207T0100Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0004.090206T1800Z-090207T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-RUSH- 335 AM CST FRI FEB 6 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH ON THIS AFTERNOON. NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW DEWPOINTS WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT OR BELOW. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE HUMIDITIES BEGIN TO RISE IN THE EARLY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-061800- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0004.090206T1800Z-090207T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 335 AM CST FRI FEB 6 2009 /235 AM MST FRI FEB 6 2009/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH ON THIS AFTERNOON. NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW DEWPOINTS WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT OR BELOW. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE HUMIDITIES BEGIN TO RISE IN THE EARLY EVENING. 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. $$ 26
000 WWUS83 KDDC 061513 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 913 AM CST FRI FEB 6 2009 ...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN OVER WESTERN KANSAS TODAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH AND LOWERING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS WILL HEIGHTEN THE FIRE DANGER. KSZ065-066-079>081-089-090-070100- /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0004.090206T1800Z-090207T0100Z/ PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- 913 AM CST FRI FEB 6 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH AND NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WITH VERY LOW DEWPOINTS WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT AND LOWER. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE HUMIDITIES BEGIN TO RISE IN THE EARLY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-074>078-084>088-070100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0004.090206T1800Z-090207T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 913 AM CST FRI FEB 6 2009 /813 AM MST FRI FEB 6 2009/ ...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. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW DEWPOINTS WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT OR BELOW. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE HUMIDITIES BEGIN TO RISE IN THE EARLY EVENING. 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. $$ EKB
000 WWUS83 KDDC 070101 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 701 PM CST FRI FEB 6 2009 ...THE DANGER FOR WILDFIRES HAS DECREASED... .WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED INTO THE 5 TO 15 MPH RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS WITH SUNSET. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS TEMPERATURES FALL THIS EVENING. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-070215- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090207T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 701 PM CST FRI FEB 6 2009 /601 PM MST FRI FEB 6 2009/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. LIGHT WINDS AND RISING HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE RESULTED IN A DECREASING WILDFIRE DANGER. $$ GERARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 1:19 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
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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.