Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 34, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Jun 11, 2011, 3:09 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 12, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for . 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 11, 2011, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 12, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2011, 3:35 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Grant County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 1356 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
215 WWUS83 KDDC 112009 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 309 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .A WARM FRONT WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO LIFT BACK NORTHWARD DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS SHOULD BE BEHIND THE FRONT, WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE ABLE TO RAPIDLY WARM UP, AND WINDS WILL BE ABLE TO FREQUENTLY GUST ABOVE 25 MPH. KSZ074>076-084>086-120815- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0034.110612T1800Z-110613T0100Z/ STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 309 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY 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 RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY. * WIND WILL BE SUSTAINED IN THE 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS COMMONLY NEAR 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS: THIS COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ KSZ061>064-077-078-087-088-120815- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0030.110612T1800Z-110613T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-GRAY-FORD-MEADE-CLARK- 309 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 /209 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2011/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...064...077...078...087 AND 088... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * WIND WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE DEPENDING ON HOW FAR NORTH THE FRONT IS ABLE TO LIFT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IF THE FRONT DOES NOT LIFT VERY FAR NORTH, THE WINDS MIGHT REMAIN LIGHT THOUGH THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE DEPENDING ON HOW FAR NORTH THE FRONT CAN LIFT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IF THE FRONT DOES NOT LIFT FAR ENOUGH NORTH, RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MIGHT REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE. * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITION MAY OR MAY NOT BE MET ON SUNDAY, DEPENDING ON THE BEHAVIOR OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY. BUT IF THE BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTH AND EAST MORE RAPIDLY, WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 15 PERCENT OR LESS COULD BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
1 follow-up statement
967 WWUS83 KDDC 120835 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 335 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA WILL NOT BE MET TODAY... .MOIST SOIL FUEL CONDITIONS AND WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AT ONLY 15 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS NOT BEING MET TODAY. KSZ074>076-084>086-120945- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0034.110612T1800Z-110613T0100Z/ STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 335 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 074...075...076...084...085 AND 086... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RED FLAG WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE MET THIS AFTERNOON. $$ KSZ061>064-077-078-087-088-120945- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.A.0030.110612T1800Z-110613T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-GRAY-FORD-MEADE-CLARK- 335 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2011 /235 AM MDT SUN JUN 12 2011/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...064...077...078...087 AND 088... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. RED FLAG WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE MET THIS AFTERNOON. $$ 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 11, 6:02 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hamilton and 11 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:09 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hamilton, Hodgeman and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Stanton | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 48 min |
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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.