Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 28, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at May 11, 2011, 2:24 AM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 11, 2011, 12:00 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 11, 2011, 2:24 AM CDT (07:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 11, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 11, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:28 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3186 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
135 WWUS83 KDDC 110724 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 224 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REACH THE DANGEROUS LEVEL TODAY... .SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY NOON AND BECOME WINDY AND GUSTY, BLOWING AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. A DRY LINE WILL MARCH EAST THIS MORNING, DRYING THE SURFACE OUT IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD NOT EVEN BE AN OPTION. KSZ077-087-110830- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.A.0024.110511T1700Z-110512T0100Z/ GRAY-MEADE- 224 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 077 AND 087... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH AND UPGRADED IT TO A RED FLAG WARNING. $$ KSZ061>063-074>076-084>086-120100- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0024.110511T1700Z-110512T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0028.110511T1700Z-110512T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD- 224 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 /124 AM MDT WED MAY 11 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...074...075...076...084... 085 AND 086... * SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. * THESE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MY GET IGNITED WILL QUICKLY SPREAD AND COULD EASILY BECOME HARD TO HANDLE. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE PROHIBITED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC 12
2 follow-up statements
526 WWUS83 KDDC 112056 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 356 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL THIS EVENING... .SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AND PUSH DRIER AIR INTO FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FALLING TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT. WITH WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...THIS WILL CAUSE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR WILDFIRES. A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA BY EARLY EVENING WILL BRING COOLER AIR AND INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS. KSZ061>063-074>076-084>086-120100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110512T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD- 356 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 /256 PM MDT WED MAY 11 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...084...085 AND 086... * SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. * THESE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRE WHICH MY GET IGNITED WILL QUICKLY SPREAD AND COULD EASILY BECOME HARD TO HANDLE. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE PROHIBITED. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
952 WWUS83 KDDC 120048 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 748 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...CONDITIONS FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR HAVE DIMINISHED... .GUSTY WEST WINDS HAD DEVELOPED BEHIND A COLD FRONT WHICH WAS MOVING ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION SOME COOLER AIR ALONG WITH INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE ALSO RETURNED. AS A RESULT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. KSZ061>063-074>076-084>086-120200- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110512T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD- 748 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 /648 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...074...075...076...084...085 AND 086... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS EVENING WERE RISING AS TEMPERATURES FALL BACK INTO THE 60S. AS A RESULT THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM. $$ 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 11, 4:25 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Meade, Morton and 3 more | 72 min |
| May 11, 5:37 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 5 more | 3 hr |
| May 11, 8:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 35 min |
| May 11, 9:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 23 min |
| May 11, 9:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 44 min |
| May 11, 9:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 35 min |
| May 11, 10:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 45 min |
| May 11, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 49 min |
| May 11, 6:58 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more | 2 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.