Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 25, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at May 7, 2011, 1:25 PM CDT for 18 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 8, 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 7, 2011, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 8, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 8, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche 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, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -411 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
176 WWUS83 KDDC 071825 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 125 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY SUNDAY AND AGAIN ON MONDAY... .VERY WARM AND DRY AIR WILL RETURN TO MOST OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOON...AS A DRYLINE MOVES EAST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS LATE IN THE DAY. KSZ043>045-080900- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.A.0021.110508T1800Z-110509T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0022.110509T1800Z-110510T0200Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS- 125 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044 AND 045... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044 AND 045... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WIND...FOR MONDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH HIGHER GUSTS LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON IN TO THE EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY... COULD FALL TO 5 TO 12 PERCENT BY MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH STARTS WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND 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. && $$ KSZ061>064-074>078-080-084>089-080900- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0021.110508T1800Z-110509T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0025.110508T1800Z-110509T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0022.110509T1800Z-110510T0200Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- KIOWA-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- 125 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2011 /1225 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...064...074...075...076...077... 078...080...084...085...086...087...088 AND 089... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...064...074...075...076...077...078...080... 084...085...086...087...088 AND 089... 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/ SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH HIGHER GUSTS LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON IN TO THE EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY... COULD FALL TO 5 TO 15 PERCENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...AS WELL AS MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH STARTS WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ KSZ046-065-066-079-081-090-080900- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0022.110509T1800Z-110510T0200Z/ RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-PRATT-BARBER- 125 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 046...065...066...079...081 AND 090... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * WIND...FOR MONDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH HIGHER GUSTS LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON IN TO THE EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY... COULD FALL TO 5 TO 12 PERCENT BY MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH STARTS WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND 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
839 WWUS83 KDDC 080824 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 324 AM CDT SUN MAY 8 2011 ...EXPECT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, AND AGAIN ON MONDAY... .HOT AND DRY AIR WILL SWEEP INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. AS A DRYLINE MOVES EAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS LATE IN THE DAY, WINDS BEHIND IT WILL BECOME BREEZY TO WINDY. KSZ061>064-074>078-080-084>089-082030- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0025.110508T1800Z-110509T0200Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0022.110509T1800Z-110510T0200Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- KIOWA-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- 324 AM CDT SUN MAY 8 2011 /224 AM MDT SUN MAY 8 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 061...062...063... 064...074...075...076...077...078...080...084...085...086...087... 088 AND 089... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...064...074...075...076...077... 078...080...084...085...086...087...088 AND 089... * SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHER GUSTS LIKELY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 5 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING, AND AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH STARTS WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AT ALL. 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>046-065-066-079-081-090-082030- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0022.110509T1800Z-110510T0200Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-PRATT-BARBER- 324 AM CDT SUN MAY 8 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...045...046...065...066...079...081 AND 090... * FOR MONDAY, SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH HIGHER GUSTS LIKELY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET IGNITED WILL QUICKLY SPREAD AND BECOME HARD TO MANAGE. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 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 12
512 WWUS83 KDDC 082036 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 336 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING AND AGAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY... .HOT AND DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. AS SUNSET APPROACHES THE SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHING WHICH SHOULD DIMINISH THE THREAT FOR LARGE WILDFIRES. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL OVERSPREAD ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...LEADING TO A FEW MORE DAYS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. KSZ043-044-090845- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0022.110509T1800Z-110510T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0026.110509T1800Z-110510T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0023.110510T1700Z-110511T0200Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110509T0200Z/ SCOTT-LANE- 336 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043 AND 044... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043 AND 044... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043 AND 044... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY. IN ADDITION...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * FOR MONDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY AROUND MIDDAY WITH HIGHER GUSTS LIKELY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 5 TO 10 PERCENT BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET IGNITED WILL QUICKLY SPREAD AND BECOME HARD TO MANAGE. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 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. && $$ KSZ061>064-074>078-080-084>089-090845- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0022.110509T1800Z-110510T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0026.110509T1800Z-110510T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0023.110510T1700Z-110511T0200Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110509T0200Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- KIOWA-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- 336 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2011 /236 PM MDT SUN MAY 8 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 061...062...063...064...074...075...076...077...078...080... 084...085...086...087...088 AND 089... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...064...074...075...076...077... 078...080...084...085...086...087...088 AND 089... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...064...074...075...076...077...078...080... 084...085...086...087...088 AND 089... 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/ MONDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHER GUSTS LIKELY. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN ON MONDAY AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE AROUND 5 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 5 TO 15 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH STARTS WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AT ALL. 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. && $$ KSZ045-046-065-066-079-081-090-090845- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0022.110509T1800Z-110510T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0026.110509T1800Z-110510T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0023.110510T1700Z-110511T0200Z/ NESS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-PRATT-BARBER- 336 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 045...046... 065...066...079...081 AND 090... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 045...046...065...066...079...081 AND 090... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * FOR MONDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY MIDDAY WITH HIGHER GUSTS LIKELY. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 5 TO 15 PERCENT BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY. * THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET IGNITED WILL QUICKLY SPREAD AND BECOME HARD TO MANAGE. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC GERARD
479 WWUS83 KDDC 090140 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 840 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE MONDAY AND TUESDAY... .HOT AND DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE BACK FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOONS. VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL OVERSPREAD ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...LEADING TO A FEW MORE DAYS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. KSZ043-044-061>064-074>078-080-084>089-091345- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110509T0200Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0026.110509T1800Z-110510T0200Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0023.110510T1700Z-110511T0200Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL- GRAY-FORD-KIOWA-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- 840 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2011 /740 PM MDT SUN MAY 8 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...061...062...063...064...074... 075...076...077...078...080...084...085...086...087...088 AND 089... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...061...062...063...064...074...075... 076...077...078...080...084...085...086...087...088 AND 089... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 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... 080...084...085...086...087...088 AND 089... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * FOR MONDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY AROUND MIDDAY WITH HIGHER GUSTS LIKELY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 5 TO 10 PERCENT BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET IGNITED WILL QUICKLY SPREAD AND BECOME HARD TO MANAGE. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 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. && $$ KSZ045-046-065-066-079-081-090-091345- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0026.110509T1800Z-110510T0200Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0023.110510T1700Z-110511T0200Z/ NESS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-PRATT-BARBER- 840 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 045...046...065...066...079...081 AND 090... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 045...046...065...066...079...081 AND 090... * FOR MONDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY MIDDAY WITH HIGHER GUSTS LIKELY. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 5 TO 15 PERCENT BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY. * THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MAY GET IGNITED WILL QUICKLY SPREAD AND BECOME HARD TO MANAGE. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 1:25 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 19 more | 26 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.