Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 5, 2009, 3:20 PM CST for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 6, 2009, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 8 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
- Mar 5, 2009, 3:20 PM CST (21:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2009, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 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
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 5046 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 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 052120 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 320 PM CST THU MAR 5 2009 ...CRITICAL WILDFIRE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE... .EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS WILL EXIST ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH SATURDAY. KSZ065-066-079>081-089-090-060530- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.A.0007.090306T1800Z-090307T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090306T0100Z/ PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- 320 PM CST THU MAR 5 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...65...66...79...80...81...89...90. A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 7 PM. GUSTY WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR FRIDAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ KSZ030-031-045-046-060100- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.A.0007.090306T1800Z-090307T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090306T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH- 320 PM CST THU MAR 5 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...30...31...45...46. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH...ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 5 AND 15 PERCENT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ KSZ075-076-084>086-060530- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0007.090306T1800Z-090307T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0008.090306T1800Z-090307T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090306T0100Z/ GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 320 PM CST THU MAR 5 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM CST FRIDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM CST FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...75...76...84...85...86. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 45 MPH...ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 5 AND 15 PERCENT. A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THESE SAME CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN SATURDAY. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ KSZ061-062-074-060530- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0007.090306T1800Z-090307T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0008.090306T1800Z-090307T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090306T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON- 320 PM CST THU MAR 5 2009 /220 PM MST THU MAR 5 2009/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...61...62...74. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 45 MPH...ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 5 AND 15 PERCENT. A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE BELOW 15 PERCENT ALONG WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ KSZ064-077-078-087-088-060530- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090306T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0007.090306T1800Z-090307T0100Z/ HODGEMAN-GRAY-FORD-MEADE-CLARK- 320 PM CST THU MAR 5 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...64...77...78...87...88. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM WITH WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH...ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 5 AND 15 PERCENT. THESE SAME CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ KSZ043-044-063-060530- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090306T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0007.090306T1800Z-090307T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-FINNEY- 320 PM CST THU MAR 5 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...43...44...63. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH. WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 45 MPH...ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 5 AND 15 PERCENT. THESE SAME CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS83 KDDC 060110 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 710 PM CST THU MAR 5 2009 ...CRITICAL WILDFIRE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY... .EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS WILL EXIST ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH SATURDAY. KSZ075-076-084>086-060915- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090306T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0008.090306T1800Z-090307T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 710 PM CST THU MAR 5 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM CST FRIDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT THIS EVENING...HOWEVER A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM CST FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...75...76...84...85...86. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN TOMORROW AS WINDS INCREASE, TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S, AND HUMIDITY FALLS INTO THE TEENS. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ KSZ064-077-078-087-088-060915- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090306T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0007.090306T1800Z-090307T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ HODGEMAN-GRAY-FORD-MEADE-CLARK- 710 PM CST THU MAR 5 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT THIS EVENING...HOWEVER A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING AS WELL AS FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...64...77...78...87...88. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN TOMORROW AND SATURDAY AS WINDS INCREASE, TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S, AND HUMIDITY FALLS INTO THE TEENS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ KSZ061-062-074-060915- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090306T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0008.090306T1800Z-090307T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON- 710 PM CST THU MAR 5 2009 /610 PM MST THU MAR 5 2009/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ FRIDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT THIS EVENING...HOWEVER A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ FRIDAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...61...62...74. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE BELOW 15 PERCENT ALONG WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH. 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. $$ KSZ043-044-063-060915- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090306T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0007.090306T1800Z-090307T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-FINNEY- 710 PM CST THU MAR 5 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...43...44...63. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN TOMORROW AS WINDS INCREASE, TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S, AND HUMIDITY FALLS INTO THE TEENS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ KSZ065-066-079>081-089-090-060915- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090306T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- 710 PM CST THU MAR 5 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...65...66...79...80...81...89...90. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN BY SATURDAY AS WINDS INCREASE, TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE UPPER 70S, AND HUMIDITY FALLS INTO THE TEENS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ KSZ030-031-045-046-060215- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090306T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH- 710 PM CST THU MAR 5 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...30...31...45...46. $$ UMSCHEID
000 WWUS83 KDDC 060912 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 312 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...CRITICAL WILDFIRE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY... .BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS IN COMBINATION WITH WARM AND VERY DRY AIR WILL CAUSE EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS TO EXIST ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH SATURDAY. KSZ064-078-088-061715- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.A.0007.090306T1800Z-090307T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ HODGEMAN-FORD-CLARK- 312 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...64...78...88. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY AS WINDS INCREASE, AND TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S CAUSING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL INTO THE TEENS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ KSZ043-044-063-061715- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0007.090306T1800Z-090307T0100Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0008.090306T1800Z-090307T0100Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-FINNEY- 312 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...43...44...63. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY AS WINDS INCREASE, AND TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S CAUSING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL INTO THE TEENS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ KSZ077-087-061715- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0007.090306T1800Z-090307T0100Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0008.090306T1800Z-090307T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ GRAY-MEADE- 312 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...77...87. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY AS WINDS INCREASE, AND TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S CAUSING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL INTO THE TEENS. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ KSZ061-062-074-061715- /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0008.090306T1800Z-090307T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON- 312 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 /212 AM MST FRI MAR 6 2009/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...61...62...74. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY AS WINDS INCREASE, AND TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S CAUSING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL INTO THE TEENS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ KSZ075-076-084>086-061715- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0008.090306T1800Z-090307T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 312 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...75...76...84...85...86. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY AS WINDS INCREASE, AND TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S CAUSING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL INTO THE TEENS. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ KSZ045-061715- /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ NESS- 312 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...45. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY AS WINDS INCREASE, AND TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S CAUSING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL INTO THE TEENS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ KSZ065-066-079>081-089-090-061715- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- 312 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...65...66...79...80...81...89...90. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY AS WINDS INCREASE, AND TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S CAUSING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL INTO THE TEENS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ RUSSELL
000 WWUS83 KDDC 060945 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 345 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...CRITICAL WILDFIRE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY... .BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS IN COMBINATION WITH WARM AND VERY DRY AIR WILL CAUSE EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS TO EXIST ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH SATURDAY. KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>087-061745- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0008.090306T1800Z-090307T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- 345 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 /245 AM MST FRI MAR 6 2009/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...43...44...61...62...63...74...75...76...77...84...85 ...86...87. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ... 43...44...63. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY AS WINDS INCREASE... AND TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S CAUSING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL INTO THE TEENS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ KSZ045-064>066-078>081-088>090-061745- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ NESS-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- 345 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...45...64...65...66...78...79...80...81...88...89...90. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY AS WINDS INCREASE... AND TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S CAUSING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL INTO THE TEENS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS83 KDDC 061719 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1119 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...CRITICAL WILDFIRE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY... .BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS IN COMBINATION WITH WARM AND VERY DRY AIR WILL CAUSE EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS TO EXIST ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH SATURDAY. KSZ064-078-088-070130- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0007.090306T1800Z-090307T0100Z/ /O.EXB.KDDC.FW.W.0008.090306T1800Z-090307T0200Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ HODGEMAN-FORD-CLARK- 1119 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...64...78...88. CRITICAL WILDFIRE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FROM 10 TO 15 PERCENT. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY AS WINDS INCREASE AND TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S... CAUSING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO DROP TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ KSZ045-070130- /O.EXB.KDDC.FW.W.0008.090306T1800Z-090307T0200Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ NESS- 1119 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...45. CRITICAL WILDFIRE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FROM 10 TO 15 PERCENT. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY AS WINDS INCREASE...AND TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S... CAUSING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL INTO THE TEENS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ KSZ043-044-063-077-087-070130- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0007.090306T1800Z-090307T0100Z/ /O.EXT.KDDC.FW.W.0008.090306T1800Z-090307T0200Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-FINNEY-GRAY-MEADE- 1119 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...43...44...63...77...87. CRITICAL WILDFIRE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FROM 10 TO 15 PERCENT. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY AS WINDS INCREASE AND TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S ...CAUSING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ KSZ061-062-074>076-084>086-070130- /O.EXT.KDDC.FW.W.0008.090306T1800Z-090307T0200Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 1119 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 /1019 AM MST FRI MAR 6 2009/ ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...61...62...74...75...76...84...85...86. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ... 43...44...63. CRITICAL WILDFIRE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FROM 10 TO 15 PERCENT. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY AS WINDS INCREASE AND TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S... CAUSING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ KSZ065-066-079>081-089-090-070130- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- 1119 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...65...66...79...80...81...89...90. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP SATURDAY AS WINDS INCREASE AND TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S...CAUSING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS83 KDDC 062112 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 312 PM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...CRITICAL WILDFIRE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY... .BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS IN COMBINATION WITH WARM AND VERY DRY AIR WILL CAUSE EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS TO EXIST ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH SATURDAY. KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-070515- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090307T0200Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 312 PM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 /212 PM MST FRI MAR 6 2009/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...43...44...45...61...62...63...64...74...75...76...77 ...78...84...85...86...87...88. CRITICAL WILDFIRE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM WITH SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FROM 10 TO 15 PERCENT. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE AND TEMPERATURES COULD RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S... CAUSING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ KSZ065-066-079>081-089-090-070515- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- 312 PM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...65...66...79...80...81...89...90. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE AND TEMPERATURES COULD RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S... CAUSING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS83 KDDC 070208 RFWDDC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 808 PM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...CRITICAL WILDFIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED SATURDAY... .BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS IN COMBINATION WITH WARM AND VERY DRY AIR WILL CAUSE EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS TO EXIST ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS SATURDAY, MAINLY SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER. KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-071015- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090307T0200Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 808 PM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 /708 PM MST FRI MAR 6 2009/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...43...44...45...61...62...63...64...74...75...76...77 ...78...84...85...86...87...88. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE AND TEMPERATURES COULD RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S...CAUSING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ KSZ065-066-079>081-089-090-071015- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0008.090307T1700Z-090308T0100Z/ PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- 808 PM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...65...66...79...80...81...89...90. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE AND TEMPERATURES COULD RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S... CAUSING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Mar 5, 5:02 AM CST, 10 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 5:02 AM CST, 10 hours 18 minutes before
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
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 11:19 AM CST, 4 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1119 AM CST THU MAR 5 2009 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-061730- 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- 1119 AM CST THU MAR 5 2009 /1019 AM MST THU MAR 5 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE 5 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. THIS COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS AND DRY WEATHER IS CAUSING EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS, INCLUDING WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE, AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LESS THAN 15 PERCENT, ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THESE CONDITION OCCURRING WILL BE WEST OF HIGHWAY 283. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC WRIGHT
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Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 10:53 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:20 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 18 more | 36 hr |
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