Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 11, 2011, 11:41 AM CDT for 22 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 12, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. 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
- Apr 11, 2011, 11:41 AM CDT (16:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 22 counties
Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards 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, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:38 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 1657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
835 WWUS83 KDDC 111641 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1141 AM CDT MON APR 11 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON... SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>087-120400- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0014.110412T1800Z-110413T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0016.110412T1800Z-110413T0200Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- 1141 AM CDT MON APR 11 2011 /1041 AM MDT MON APR 11 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXPECT SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. * AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS. * THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET STARTED WILL EASILY SPREAD AND QUICKLY BECOME HARD 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. && $$ KSZ064-078-088-120400- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0016.110412T1800Z-110413T0200Z/ HODGEMAN-FORD-CLARK- 1141 AM CDT MON APR 11 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY. * EXPECT SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. * AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS. * THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET STARTED WILL EASILY SPREAD AND QUICKLY BECOME HARD TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ KSZ030-045-065-079-080-089-120400- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0015.110412T1800Z-110413T0200Z/ TREGO-NESS-PAWNEE-EDWARDS-KIOWA-COMANCHE- 1141 AM CDT MON APR 11 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * EXPECT SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. * AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS. * THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET STARTED WILL EASILY SPREAD AND QUICKLY BECOME HARD TO CONTROL. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
4 follow-up statements
381 WWUS83 KDDC 120213 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 913 PM CDT MON APR 11 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON... SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. KSZ043-044-061>064-074>078-084>088-121415- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0016.110412T1800Z-110413T0200Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL- GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 913 PM CDT MON APR 11 2011 /813 PM MDT MON APR 11 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...061...062...063...064...074... 075...076...077...078...084...085...086...087 AND 088... * EXPECT SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH TUESDAYAFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. * AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS. * THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET STARTED WILL EASILY SPREAD AND QUICKLY BECOME HARD TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ KSZ030-045-065-079-080-089-121415- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0015.110412T1800Z-110413T0200Z/ TREGO-NESS-PAWNEE-EDWARDS-KIOWA-COMANCHE- 913 PM CDT MON APR 11 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...045...065...079...080 AND 089... * EXPECT SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAYAFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. * AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS. * THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET STARTED WILL EASILY SPREAD AND QUICKLY BECOME HARD TO CONTROL. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
258 WWUS83 KDDC 120755 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 255 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES CREATING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. KSZ030-045-065-079-080-089-122100- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0015.110412T1800Z-110413T0200Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0016.110412T1800Z-110413T0200Z/ TREGO-NESS-PAWNEE-EDWARDS-KIOWA-COMANCHE- 255 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...045...065...079...080 AND 089... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXPECT SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY EVENING. * AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS. * THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET STARTED WILL EASILY SPREAD AND QUICKLY BECOME HARD TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ KSZ043-044-061>064-074>078-084>088-122100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0016.110412T1800Z-110413T0200Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL- GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 255 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 /155 AM MDT TUE APR 12 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...061... 062...063...064...074...075...076...077...078...084...085...086... 087 AND 088... * EXPECT SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY EVENING. * AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS. * THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET STARTED WILL EASILY SPREAD AND QUICKLY BECOME HARD 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. && $$ 06 HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
807 WWUS83 KDDC 122050 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 350 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL LEE OF THE ROCKIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES CREATING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. KSZ030-043>045-061>065-074>080-084>089-130200- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110413T0200Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- 350 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 /250 PM MDT TUE APR 12 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...045...065...079...080 AND 089... * SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN AROUND 15 PERCENT OR LESS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET STARTED WILL EASILY SPREAD AND QUICKLY BECOME HARD TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC 32
516 WWUS83 KDDC 130138 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 838 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 ...CONDITIONS FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR HAVE DIMINISHED... .DECREASING WINDS AND RISING RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS THIS EVENING HAVE RESULTED IN DIMINISHED CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR WILD FIRES. THEREFORE, THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. KSZ030-043>045-061>065-074>080-084>089-130245- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110413T0200Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- 838 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 /738 PM MDT TUE APR 12 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...045...065...079...080 AND 089... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE DIMINSHED THIS EVENING AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE BEGUN TO CLIMB ABOVE WARNING CRITERIA. THEREFORE, THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC 32
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 11:41 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Ness, Pawnee, Trego | 15 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.