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Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 7, 2011, 4:26 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 7, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 59 min. 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 7, 2011, 4:26 AM CDT (09:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2011, 2:59 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:30 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 2373 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
579 WWUS83 KDDC 070926 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 426 AM CDT THU APR 7 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY... .A NEARLY STATIONARY COLD FRONT OVER WESTERN TEXAS THIS MORNING...WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTHWARD THROUGH THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS TODAY AND ON FRIDAY. LATER THIS AFTERNOON...THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH TO ROUGHLY A JOHNSON TO MEADE LINE. SOUTH OF THE FRONT...VERY DRY AND WARM SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LEADING TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT BACK NORTH DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY WITH A LARGER AREA OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS EXPERIENCING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. KSZ084>087-072300- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0011.110407T1900Z-110408T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0012.110407T1900Z-110408T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0012.110408T1800Z-110409T0100Z/ MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- 426 AM CDT THU APR 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 084...085...086 AND 087... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 084...085...086 AND 087... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS LATER THIS AFTERNOON WILL TURN TO THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH ALONG WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL REDEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * HUMIDITY LEVELS BOTH TODAY AND FRIDAY WILL FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING HOURS. * ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE IN THESE CONDITIONS WILL EASILY AND RAPIDLY SPREAD...AND WILL QUICKLY BECOME HARD TO MANAGE. 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. && $$ KSZ043-044-061>064-074>078-088-072300- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0012.110408T1800Z-110409T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL- GRAY-FORD-CLARK- 426 AM CDT THU APR 7 2011 /326 AM MDT THU APR 7 2011/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...061...062...063...064...074...075... 076...077...078 AND 088... * WINDS FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON FRIDAY AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE IN THESE CONDITIONS WILL EASILY AND RAPIDLY SPREAD...AND WILL QUICKLY BECOME HARD TO MANAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
1 follow-up statement
467 WWUS83 KDDC 071959 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 259 PM CDT THU APR 7 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... .A VERY WARM AND DRY AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF A VERY POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES. WINDS AT THE SURFACE WILL PROGRESSIVELY INCREASE EACH DAY FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS THE STORM APPROACHES. BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TIMING AND TRACK OF THE STORM...SUNDAY WILL BE THE WINDIEST DAY AND DANGEROUS...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. KSZ084>087-080800- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110408T0100Z/ /O.EXT.KDDC.FW.A.0012.110408T1800Z-110411T0100Z/ MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- 259 PM CDT THU APR 7 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 084...085...086 AND 087... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED THIS AFTERNOON FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 084...085...086 AND 087... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * THE WARM FRONT STRUGGLED TO REACH FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND AS A RESULT...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. * WIND SPEEDS ON FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. ON SATURDAY...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH. AS THE STORM PASSES ON SUNDAY...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY STRONG AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH. * AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY FRIDAY...SATURDAY...AND SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * ANY OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE PROHIBITED THIS WEEKEND. A SMALL FIRE COULD GROW DANGEROUSLY OUT OF CONTROL IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY AS EXTREMELY CRITICAL CONDITIONS DEVELOP. 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. && $$ KSZ030-031-045-046-065-066-079>081-089-090-080800- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0013.110410T1600Z-110411T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- COMANCHE-BARBER- 259 PM CDT THU APR 7 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...031...045...046...065...066...079...080...081... 089 AND 090... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * THE WARM FRONT STRUGGLED TO REACH FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND AS A RESULT...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. * AS THE STORM PASSES WESTERN KANSAS ON SUNDAY...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY STRONG AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH. * AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY SUNDAY IS EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT. * ANY OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE PROHIBITED ON SUNDAY. A SMALL FIRE COULD GROW DANGEROUSLY OUT OF CONTROL IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY AS EXTREMELY CRITICAL CONDITIONS DEVELOP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ KSZ043-044-061>064-074>078-088-080800- /O.EXT.KDDC.FW.A.0012.110408T1800Z-110411T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL- GRAY-FORD-CLARK- 259 PM CDT THU APR 7 2011 /159 PM MDT THU APR 7 2011/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...061...062...063...064...074...075...076...077... 078 AND 088... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * WIND SPEEDS ON FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. ON SATURDAY...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH. AS THE STORM PASSES ON SUNDAY...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY STRONG AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH. * AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY FRIDAY...SATURDAY...AND SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * ANY OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE PROHIBITED THIS WEEKEND. A SMALL FIRE COULD GROW DANGEROUSLY OUT OF CONTROL IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY AS EXTREMELY CRITICAL CONDITIONS DEVELOP. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2:59 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Kiowa, Ness and 5 more | 49 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.