Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 32, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Jun 5, 2011, 3:44 PM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 6, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Jun 5, 2011, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 6, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards 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, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 2942 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
102 WWUS83 KDDC 052044 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 344 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED MONDAY... .SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE INCREASING ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS ON MONDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH AT THE SURFACE DEEPENS OVER THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS. HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AS HIGHS CLIMB TO AROUND 100. WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 40S...THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. KSZ061-062-074>076-084>086-061000- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0028.110606T1700Z-110607T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0032.110606T1700Z-110607T0300Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 344 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011 /244 PM MDT SUN JUN 5 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...074...075...076...084...085 AND 086... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. * AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS BEFORE COLLAPSING. COLLAPSING THUNDERSTORMS WOULD ENHANCE FIRE DANGER WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH AND A SHORT-LIVED... SIGNIFICANT DROP IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY. * SOUTHWEST KANSAS REMAINS IN SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. RECENT RAINFALL ACROSS MORTON AND STEVENS COUNTY HAVE ALLEVIATED SOME SHORT-TERM FIRE CONCERNS...HOWEVER THERE CONTINUES TO BE LIMITED GREEN-UP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. ANY SMALL FIRES CAN STILL QUICKLY GROW OUT OF 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
3 follow-up statements
702 WWUS83 KDDC 060922 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 422 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY... .SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS TODAY AS A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS. HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AS HIGHS CLIMB TO AROUND 100. WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 40S...THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD RETURN TO THE AREA ON TUESDAY AS THE HOT WINDY WEATHER CONTINUES. KSZ064-065-077>080-087>089-062130- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0029.110607T1800Z-110608T0300Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0032.110606T1700Z-110607T0300Z/ HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- 422 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 064...065...077...078...079...080...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 064...065...077...078...079...080...087...088 AND 089... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * SOUTHWEST KANSAS REMAINS IN SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. RECENT RAINFALL ACROSS SOME AREAS HAVE ALLEVIATED SOME SHORT TERM FIRE CONCERNS...HOWEVER THERE CONTINUES TO BE LIMITED GREEN-UP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. ANY SMALL FIRES CAN STILL QUICKLY GROW OUT OF CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ KSZ074>076-084>086-062130- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0029.110607T1800Z-110608T0300Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0032.110606T1700Z-110607T0300Z/ STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 422 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 074...075...076...084...085 AND 086... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 074...075...076...084...085 AND 086... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS EVENING BEFORE COLLAPSING. COLLAPSING THUNDERSTORMS WOULD ENHANCE FIRE DANGER WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH AND A SHORT-LIVED...SIGNIFICANT DROP IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY. * SOUTHWEST KANSAS REMAINS IN SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. RECENT RAINFALL ACROSS MORTON AND STEVENS COUNTY HAVE ALLEVIATED SOME SHORT-TERM FIRE CONCERNS...HOWEVER THERE CONTINUES TO BE LIMITED GREEN-UP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. ANY SMALL FIRES CAN STILL QUICKLY GROW OUT OF 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. && $$ KSZ061-062-062130- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0032.110606T1700Z-110607T0300Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY- 422 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2011 /322 AM MDT MON JUN 6 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061 AND 062... * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS BEFORE COLLAPSING. COLLAPSING THUNDERSTORMS WOULD ENHANCE FIRE DANGER WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH AND A SHORT-LIVED... SIGNIFICANT DROP IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY. * SOUTHWEST KANSAS REMAINS IN SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. RECENT RAINFALL ACROSS SOME AREAS HAVE ALLEVIATED SOME SHORT TERM FIRE CONCERNS...HOWEVER THERE CONTINUES TO BE LIMITED GREEN-UP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. ANY SMALL FIRES CAN STILL QUICKLY GROW OUT OF CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
564 WWUS83 KDDC 062031 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 331 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND THEN RETURN ON TUESDAY... .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS EVENING AS A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS. HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AS HIGHS CLIMB TO AROUND 100. WITH DEWPOINTS RANGING FROM THE MID 30S TO THE LOWER 40S...THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD RETURN TO THE AREA ON TUESDAY AS THE HOT WINDY WEATHER CONTINUES. KSZ064-065-074>080-084>089-070845- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0029.110607T1800Z-110608T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0033.110607T1800Z-110608T0300Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110607T0300Z/ HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- 331 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 064...065...074...075...076...077...078...079...080...084...085... 086...087...088 AND 089... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 064...065... 074...075...076...077...078...079...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 TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND THEN RETURN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS EVENING BEFORE COLLAPSING. COLLAPSING THUNDERSTORMS WOULD ENHANCE FIRE DANGER WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH AND A SHORT-LIVED...SIGNIFICANT DROP IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY. * SOUTHWEST KANSAS REMAINS IN SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. RECENT RAINFALL ACROSS MORTON AND STEVENS COUNTY HAVE ALLEVIATED SOME SHORT-TERM FIRE CONCERNS...HOWEVER THERE CONTINUES TO BE LIMITED GREEN-UP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. ANY SMALL FIRES CAN STILL QUICKLY GROW OUT OF 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. && $$ KSZ061-062-070845- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0033.110607T1800Z-110608T0300Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110607T0300Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY- 331 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2011 /231 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061 AND 062... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061 AND 062... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND THEN RETURN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS BEFORE COLLAPSING. COLLAPSING THUNDERSTORMS WOULD ENHANCE FIRE DANGER WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH AND A SHORT-LIVED... SIGNIFICANT DROP IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY. * SOUTHWEST KANSAS REMAINS IN SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. RECENT RAINFALL ACROSS SOME AREAS HAVE ALLEVIATED SOME SHORT TERM FIRE CONCERNS...HOWEVER THERE CONTINUES TO BE LIMITED GREEN-UP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. ANY SMALL FIRES CAN STILL QUICKLY GROW OUT OF CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ KSZ063-070845- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0033.110607T1800Z-110608T0300Z/ FINNEY- 331 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS BEFORE COLLAPSING. COLLAPSING THUNDERSTORMS WOULD ENHANCE FIRE DANGER WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH AND A SHORT-LIVED... SIGNIFICANT DROP IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY. * SOUTHWEST KANSAS REMAINS IN SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. RECENT RAINFALL ACROSS SOME AREAS HAVE ALLEVIATED SOME SHORT TERM FIRE CONCERNS...HOWEVER THERE CONTINUES TO BE LIMITED GREEN-UP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. ANY SMALL FIRES CAN STILL QUICKLY GROW OUT OF 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
644 WWUS83 KDDC 070317 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1017 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY THIS EVENING, BUT WILL RETURN ON TUESDAY... .WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE RISEN, THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT THIS EVENING. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS COULD RETURN TO THE AREA ON TUESDAY AS HOT AND WINDY WEATHER CONTINUES. KSZ061-062-064-065-074>080-084>089-071530- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110607T0300Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0033.110607T1800Z-110608T0300Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- EDWARDS-KIOWA-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- 1017 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2011 /917 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...064...065...074...075...076... 077...078...079...080...084...085...086...087...088 AND 089... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...064...065...074...075...076... 077...078...079...080...084...085...086...087...088 AND 089... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT THIS EVENING. * WINDS REDUCED TO 15 TO 20 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ROSE TO ABOVE 20 PERCENT. * SOUTHWEST KANSAS REMAINS IN SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ KSZ063-071530- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0033.110607T1800Z-110608T0300Z/ FINNEY- 1017 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063... * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS BEFORE COLLAPSING. COLLAPSING THUNDERSTORMS WOULD ENHANCE FIRE DANGER WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH AND A SHORT-LIVED... SIGNIFICANT DROP IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY. * ANY SMALL FIRES THAT START WILL QUICKLY GROW OUT OF 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 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 55 min |
Nearby
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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.