Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 19, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 16, 2011, 7:13 AM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 16, 2011, 1:00 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 16, 2011, 7:13 AM CDT (12:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 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 12:18 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, 0.2 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
- 2550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
746 WWUS83 KDDC 161213 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 713 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY DRY AIR WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. KSZ084>086-170015- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0018.110417T1800Z-110418T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0019.110416T1800Z-110417T0100Z/ MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 713 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 084...085 AND 086... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 084...085 AND 086... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...FREQUENT WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
4 follow-up statements
665 WWUS83 KDDC 161414 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 914 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY DRY AIR WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. KSZ084>086-170100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0019.110416T1800Z-110417T0100Z/ MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 914 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 084...085 AND 086... * WINDS...FREQUENT WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET STARTED WILL EASILY SPREAD AND QUICKLY BECOME HARD TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ 06 HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
164 WWUS83 KDDC 161808 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 108 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY DRY AIR WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-087-088-170100- /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110417T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MEADE-CLARK- 108 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2011 /1208 PM MDT SAT APR 16 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...045...061...062...063...064...074...075...076...077... 078...087 AND 088... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * WINDS...FREQUENT WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE BETWEEN 8 AND 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...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. && $$ KSZ084>086-170100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110417T0100Z/ MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 108 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 084... 085 AND 086... * WINDS...FREQUENT WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET STARTED WILL EASILY SPREAD AND QUICKLY BECOME HARD TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ 06 HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
496 WWUS83 KDDC 162028 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 328 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON... INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY DRY AIR WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE AGAIN FORECAST. KSZ061>063-074>078-084>088-171000- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0017.110418T1800Z-110419T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110417T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 328 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2011 /228 PM MDT SAT APR 16 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...074...075...076...077...078...084...085... 086...087 AND 088... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...074...075...076...077...078...084...085... 086...087 AND 088... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS...FREQUENT WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE SOUTHWEST. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE BETWEEN 8 AND 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ KSZ043>045-064-170100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110417T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HODGEMAN- 328 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043... 044...045 AND 064... * WINDS...FREQUENT WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE SOUTHWEST. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE BETWEEN 8 AND 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET STARTED WILL EASILY SPREAD AND QUICKLY BECOME HARD TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ KSZ080-089-171000- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0017.110418T1800Z-110419T0100Z/ KIOWA-COMANCHE- 328 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 080 AND 089... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS...FREQUENT WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE SOUTHWEST. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE BETWEEN 8 AND 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...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. && $$ 06 HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
402 WWUS83 KDDC 170057 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 757 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS MONDAY AS STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP AHEAD OF A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPLY FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS WITH VERY DRY AIR RESULTING IN EXTREMELY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BY AFTERNOON HOURS. KSZ061>063-074>078-084>088-171300- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110417T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0017.110418T1800Z-110419T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 757 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2011 /657 PM MDT SAT APR 16 2011/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063... 074...075...076...077...078...084...085...086...087 AND 088... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...074...075...076... 077...078...084...085...086...087 AND 088... TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO COOL OFF AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING RESULTING IN INCREASED RELATIVE HUMIDITY. WIND SPEEDS WILL ALSO DECREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. * WINDS ON MONDAY...FREQUENT WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE SOUTHWEST. * HUMIDITY ON MONDAY...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE BETWEEN 8 AND 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET STARTED WILL EASILY SPREAD AND QUICKLY BECOME HARD TO CONTROL. && $$ KSZ043>045-064-170200- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110417T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HODGEMAN- 757 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...045 AND 064... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO COOL OFF AFTER SUNSET RESULTING IN INCREASED RELATIVE HUMIDITY. WIND SPEEDS WILL ALSO DECREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. $$ KSZ080-089-171300- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0017.110418T1800Z-110419T0100Z/ KIOWA-COMANCHE- 757 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 080 AND 089... * WINDS...FREQUENT WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE SOUTHWEST. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE BETWEEN 8 AND 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET STARTED WILL EASILY SPREAD AND QUICKLY BECOME HARD TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 3:42 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Morton, Seward, Stevens | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:28 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 9 more | 36 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2011Every red flag warning in 2011
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.