Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 1, 2011, 3:48 PM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 2, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. 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
- Apr 1, 2011, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 2065 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
359 WWUS83 KDDC 012048 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 348 PM CDT FRI APR 1 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND... .STRONG SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOONS. KSZ086-020900- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0009.110402T1700Z-110403T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0011.110402T1700Z-110403T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0010.110403T1700Z-110404T0000Z/ SEWARD- 348 PM CDT FRI APR 1 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074...075...076... 084... 085 AND 086..... .FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074...075...076... 084...085 AND 086......FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074... 075...076... 084... 085 AND 086......FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074... 075...076... 084...085 AND 086......RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. 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. * SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 5 TO 15 PERCENT WILL PREVAIL SATURDAY. MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PERCENT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * FIRES WILL GROW VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND WILL BECOME OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084-085-020900- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0009.110402T1700Z-110403T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0011.110402T1700Z-110403T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0010.110403T1700Z-110404T0000Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS- 348 PM CDT FRI APR 1 2011 /248 PM MDT FRI APR 1 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ SATURDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074...075...076... 084... 085 AND 086......FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074...075...076... 084...085 AND 086......FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074... 075...076...084... 085 AND 086......FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074... 075...076... 084...085 AND 086......FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062... 063...074...075...076... 084... 085 AND 086......FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061... 062...063...074...075...076... 084...085 AND 086......FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074... 075...076...084... 085 AND 086......FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY 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 CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ SATURDAY. 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. * SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 5 TO 15 PERCENT WILL PREVAIL SATURDAY. MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE BETWEEN 5 AND10 PERCENT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * FIRES WILL GROW VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND WILL BECOME OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ KSZ080-081-087>090-020900- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0010.110403T1700Z-110404T0000Z/ KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 348 PM CDT FRI APR 1 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...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 079 EDWARDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE. * SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SUNDAY. * FIRES WILL GROW VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND WILL BECOME OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ KSZ044>046-064>066-077>079-020900- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0010.110403T1700Z-110404T0000Z/ LANE-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- 348 PM CDT FRI APR 1 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 044...045...064...077...078...079...080...087... 088 AND 089... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 EDWARDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE. * SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SUNDAY. * FIRES WILL GROW VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND WILL BECOME OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
3 follow-up statements
692 WWUS83 KDDC 020719 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 219 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY AND SUNDAY... .STRONG SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084-085-030000- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0010.110403T1700Z-110404T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0010.110403T1700Z-110404T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0011.110402T1700Z-110403T0000Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS- 219 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 /119 AM MDT SAT APR 2 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074... 075...076...084 AND 085... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074...075...076...084 AND 085... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ SUNDAY. 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. * SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 5 TO 15 PERCENT WILL PREVAIL BOTH AFTERNOONS. * FIRES WILL GROW VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND WILL BECOME OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ KSZ044>046-064>066-077>079-030000- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0010.110403T1700Z-110404T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0010.110403T1700Z-110404T0000Z/ LANE-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- 219 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 044...045... 046...064...065...066...077...078 AND 079... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 RUSH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 STAFFORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 EDWARDS. * SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 5 TO 15 PERCENT WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SUNDAY. * FIRES WILL GROW VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND WILL BECOME OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ KSZ086-030000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0011.110402T1700Z-110403T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0010.110403T1700Z-110404T0000Z/ SEWARD- 219 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD. * SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 5 TO 15 PERCENT WILL PREVAIL BOTH AFTERNOONS. * FIRES WILL GROW VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND WILL BECOME OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ KSZ080-081-087>090-030000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0010.110403T1700Z-110404T0000Z/ KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 219 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 080...081...087...088...089 AND 090... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SUNDAY. * FIRES WILL GROW VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND WILL BECOME OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ SUGDEN FOR MORE INFORMATION...PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
455 WWUS83 KDDC 021454 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 954 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY AND SUNDAY... .STRONG SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086-030300- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0011.110402T1700Z-110403T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0010.110403T1700Z-110404T0000Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD- 954 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 /854 AM MDT SAT APR 2 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074... 075...076...084 AND 085...... RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074...075...076...084 AND 085... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074... 075...076... 084 AND 085......RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074... 075...076...084 AND 085... * 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. * SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 5 TO 15 PERCENT WILL PREVAIL BOTH AFTERNOONS. * FIRES WILL GROW VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND WILL BECOME OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ KSZ044>046-064>066-077>081-087>090-030300- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0010.110403T1700Z-110404T0000Z/ LANE-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 954 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 044...045... 046...064...065...066...077...078 AND 079... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 RUSH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 STAFFORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 EDWARDS. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 5 TO 15 PERCENT WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SUNDAY. * FIRES WILL GROW VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND WILL BECOME OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
356 WWUS83 KDDC 022335 AAA RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 635 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .STRONG SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086-031145- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110403T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0010.110403T1700Z-110404T0000Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD- 635 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 /535 PM MDT SAT APR 2 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074...075...076... 084...085 AND 086... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074...075...076...084...085 AND 086... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * 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. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 5 TO 15 PERCENT WILL PREVAIL. * FIRES WILL GROW VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND WILL BECOME OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ KSZ044>046-064>066-077>081-087>090-031145- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0010.110403T1700Z-110404T0000Z/ LANE-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 635 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 044...045...046...064...065...066...077...078...079...080...081... 087...088...089 AND 090... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 RUSH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 STAFFORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 EDWARDS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 5 TO 15 PERCENT WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SUNDAY. * FIRES WILL GROW VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND WILL BECOME OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ 06 HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2:39 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant and 17 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:39 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 4 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:45 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 19 more | 52 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.