Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 29, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at May 18, 2011, 3:51 PM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 19, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2011, 3:51 PM CDT (20:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 19, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 19, 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, Kearny County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 6:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Ssw Spearville, KS | |
| May 19, 6:20 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Spearville, KS | |
| May 19, 6:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Ssw Spearville, KS | |
| May 19, 6:21 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 S Spearville, KS | |
| May 19, 7:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 Wsw Dodge City, KS | |
| May 19, 7:17 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 N Dodge City, KS | SMALL TREE BRANCH BLOWN DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 460 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 492 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
797 WWUS83 KDDC 182051 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 351 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND THEN A DRYLINE WILL MOVE EAST TO AROUND DODGE CITY AND ASHLAND BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL DEVELOP IN THE DRY AIR WEST OF THE DRYLINE. THIS WILL PROVIDE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. KSZ061>063-074>078-084>088-190900- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0025.110519T1800Z-110520T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0029.110519T1800Z-110520T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 351 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2011 /251 PM MDT WED MAY 18 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THURSDAY 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 RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND BECOME HARD TO MANAGE. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE POSTPONED. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
2 follow-up statements
248 WWUS83 KDDC 190848 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 348 AM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH TOWARDS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY AS A DRYLINE WILL MOVES EAST TO AROUND DODGE CITY AND ASHLAND BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON AFTERNOON. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL DEVELOP IN THE DRY AIR WEST OF THE DRYLINE. THIS WILL PROVIDE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. KSZ061>063-074>078-084>088-192200- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0029.110519T1800Z-110520T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 348 AM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 /248 AM MDT THU MAY 19 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063... 074...075...076...077...078...084...085...086...087 AND 088... * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND BECOME HARD TO MANAGE. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE POSTPONED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
340 WWUS83 KDDC 192047 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 347 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .DRY WARM AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PROVIDE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. CONDITIONS SHOULD BE IMPROVING AS WINDS DECREASE TOWARD SUNSET. KSZ061>063-074>078-084>088-200100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110520T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 347 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 /247 PM MDT THU MAY 19 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... * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO AROUND 5 T0 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND BECOME HARD TO MANAGE. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE POSTPONED. 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
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.