Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 42, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Sep 2, 2011, 12:40 PM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Sep 2, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Sep 2, 2011, 12:40 PM CDT (17:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 2, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 2576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
120 WWUS83 KDDC 021740 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1240 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .VERY HOT AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. WITH A DRY AIRMASS ALREADY IN PLACE...CONDITIONS WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH. KSZ064-077>080-086>089-030000- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0042.110902T1800Z-110903T0000Z/ HODGEMAN-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- 1240 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 064...077... 078...079...080...086...087...088 AND 089... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...EAST OF A LINE FROM LIBERAL AND CIMARRON TO JETMORE OVER TO A LINE FROM KINSLEY TO COLDWATER. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID LARGE FIRE GROWTH. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 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. && $$ GERARD
1 follow-up statement
128 WWUS83 KDDC 030018 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 718 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011 KSZ064-077>080-086>089-030130- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0042.000000T0000Z-110903T0000Z/ HODGEMAN-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- 718 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 064...077...078...079...080... 086...087...088 AND 089... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WAS SLOWLY INCREASES AS TEMPERATURES COOL WITH THE SETTING SUN. WINDS HAVE ALSO DECREASED IN SPEED TO 10 TO 15 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 45 min |
| Sep 2, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant | 38 min |
| Sep 2, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 39 min |
| Sep 2, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 49 min |
| Sep 2, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 42 min |
| Sep 2, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 45 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.