Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 23, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at May 3, 2011, 3:26 PM CDT for 20 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 4, 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
- May 3, 2011, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 4, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 4, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 13 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
- 1655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
669 WWUS83 KDDC 032026 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 326 PM CDT TUE MAY 3 2011 ...VERY HIGH TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH KANSAS BY WEDNESDAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY CAN BE EXPECTED. KSZ031-032130- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.A.0019.110504T1800Z-110505T0200Z/ ELLIS- 326 PM CDT TUE MAY 3 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WESTERLY WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH ARE LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY BUT AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FALL TO 15 PERCENT. AS A RESULT THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. FIRE DANGER LEVELS HOWEVER ARE STILL ANTICIPATED TO BE IN THE HIGH TO VERY HIGH CATEGORY. $$ KSZ045-046-064>066-076>081-085>090-040830- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0019.110504T1800Z-110505T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0023.110504T1800Z-110505T0200Z/ NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- KIOWA-PRATT-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 326 PM CDT TUE MAY 3 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 045...046... 064...065...066...076...077...078...079...080...081...085...086... 087...088...089 AND 090... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET STARTED WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ KSZ043-044-061>063-074-075-040830- /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.A.0019.110504T1800Z-110505T0200Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT- 326 PM CDT TUE MAY 3 2011 /226 PM MDT TUE MAY 3 2011/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...061...062...063...074 AND 075... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET STARTED WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND WILL BE DIFFICULT 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. && $$ KSZ084-040830- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0019.110504T1800Z-110505T0200Z/ MORTON- 326 PM CDT TUE MAY 3 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084... * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET STARTED WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
3 follow-up statements
294 WWUS83 KDDC 040821 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 321 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING TOWARD THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OUT INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY CAN BE EXPECTED. KSZ043-044-061-062-074-040930- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.A.0019.110504T1800Z-110505T0200Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON- 321 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2011 /221 AM MDT WED MAY 4 2011/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...061...062 AND 074... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL DROP TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS, WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE OR BELOW CRITERIA SPEEDS. $$ KSZ063-075-084-042030- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0019.110504T1800Z-110505T0200Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0023.110504T1800Z-110505T0200Z/ FINNEY-GRANT-MORTON- 321 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 063...075 AND 084... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY WILL DROP INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET STARTED WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ KSZ045-046-064>066-076>081-085>090-042030- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0023.110504T1800Z-110505T0200Z/ NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- KIOWA-PRATT-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 321 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 045...046...064...065...066...076...077...078... 079...080...081...085...086...087...088...089 AND 090... * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET STARTED 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC GERARD
603 WWUS83 KDDC 041539 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1039 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING TOWARD THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OUT INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY CAN BE EXPECTED. KSZ045-046-063>066-075>081-084>090-050200- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0023.110504T1800Z-110505T0200Z/ NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- BARBER- 1039 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 045... 046...063...064...065...066...075...076...077...078...079...080... 081...084...085...086...087...088...089 AND 090... * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET STARTED WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
776 WWUS83 KDDC 050133 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 833 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2011 KSZ045-046-063>066-075>081-084>090-050245- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110505T0200Z/ NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- BARBER- 833 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 045...046... 063...064...065...066...075...076...077...078...079...080...081... 084...085...086...087...088...089 AND 090... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RISE ABOVE 15 PERCENT BY 9 PM THIS EVENING AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT. $$ 06 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.