Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2010
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Nov 28, 2010, 3:18 AM CST for 18 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 28, 2010, 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
- Nov 28, 2010, 3:18 AM CST (09:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 28, 2010, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2010, 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, 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, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:17 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 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 3872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
743 WWUS83 KDDC 280918 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 318 AM CST SUN NOV 28 2010 ...FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS BECOMING STRONGER. THE AIR MASS ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS WILL REMAIN VERY DRY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND STRONG WINDS WILL PROVIDE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED TODAY. KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086-282145- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0015.101128T1800Z-101129T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0021.101128T1800Z-101129T0000Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD- 318 AM CST SUN NOV 28 2010 /218 AM MST SUN NOV 28 2010/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074...075...076... 084...085 AND 086... 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 EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO A 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. ANY WILDFIRES THAT START WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ KSZ030-044-045-064-077-078-087-088-282145- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0021.101128T1800Z-101129T0000Z/ TREGO-LANE-NESS-HODGEMAN-GRAY-FORD-MEADE-CLARK- 318 AM CST SUN NOV 28 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...044...045...064...077...078...087 AND 088... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO A 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. ANY WILDFIRES THAT START WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
2 follow-up statements
681 WWUS83 KDDC 281135 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 535 AM CST SUN NOV 28 2010 ...FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS BECOMING STRONGER. THE AIR MASS ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS WILL REMAIN VERY DRY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND STRONG WINDS WILL PROVIDE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED TODAY. KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-290000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0021.101128T1800Z-101129T0000Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 535 AM CST SUN NOV 28 2010 /435 AM MST SUN NOV 28 2010/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...043...044...045...061... 062...063...064...074...075...076...077...078...084...085...086... 087 AND 088... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO A 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. ANY WILDFIRES THAT START WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
478 WWUS83 KDDC 282351 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 551 PM CST SUN NOV 28 2010 ...FIRE WEATHER THREAT DIMINISHING AS TEMPERATURES COOL... .THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CLIMB TO AROUND 25 TO 35 PERCENT DURING THE EVENING HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES COOLING INTO THE 40S. WINDS FROM THE SOUTH WILL RANGE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH. KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-290100- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-101129T0000Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 551 PM CST SUN NOV 28 2010 /451 PM MST SUN NOV 28 2010/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...043...044...045...061...062...063...064...074...075...076... 077...078...084...085...086...087 AND 088... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
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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.