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Red Flag Warning 45, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Oct 2, 2011, 3:14 AM CDT for 15 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 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
- Oct 2, 2011, 3:14 AM CDT (08:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 2, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 3452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
019 WWUS83 KDDC 020814 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 314 AM CDT SUN OCT 2 2011 ...CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES NEAR 15 PERCENT...ANY FIRES THAT START THIS AFTERNOON WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND BURN VIGOROUSLY. KSZ030-043>045-062>064-075>078-085>088-021615- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0040.111002T1800Z-111003T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0045.111002T1800Z-111003T0000Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- FORD-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 314 AM CDT SUN OCT 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...043...044...045...062...063...064...075... 076...077...078...085...086...087 AND 088... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...GENERALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 283 AND EAST OF A LINE FROM HUGOTON TO KENDALL. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE NEAR 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING 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. && $$ 06
4 follow-up statements
802 WWUS83 KDDC 021559 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1059 AM CDT SUN OCT 2 2011 ...CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT FROM 85 TO 90 DEGREES AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE NEAR 15 PERCENT. ANY FIRES THAT DO START THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING WILL LIKELY BURN VIGOROUSLY AND EASILY SPREAD. KSZ030-043>045-062>064-075>078-085>088-022100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0045.111002T1800Z-111003T0000Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- FORD-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 1059 AM CDT SUN OCT 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030... 043...044...045...062...063...064...075...076...077...078...085... 086...087 AND 088... * AFFECTED AREA...BASICALLY IN THE AREA EAST OF LINE FROM KENDALL TO HUGOTON, AND ALSO WEST OF HIGHWAY 283. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE INTO THE 20 GUSTING TO 30 MPH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL LOWER TO 15 PERCENT OR LOWER. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. VERY DRY SURFACE CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE THE WILD FIRE DANGER EVEN MORE. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC 12
548 WWUS83 KDDC 021605 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1105 AM CDT SUN OCT 2 2011 ...CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT FROM 85 TO 90 DEGREES AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE NEAR 15 PERCENT. ANY FIRES THAT DO START THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING WILL LIKELY BURN VIGOROUSLY AND EASILY SPREAD. KSZ030-043>045-062>064-075>078-085>088-022130- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0045.111002T1800Z-111003T0000Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- FORD-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 1105 AM CDT SUN OCT 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030... 043...044...045...062...063...064...075...076...077...078...085... 086...087 AND 088... * AFFECTED AREA...BASICALLY IN THE AREA EAST OF LINE FROM KENDALL TO HUGOTON, AND ALSO WEST OF HIGHWAY 283. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE INTO THE 20 GUSTING TO 30 MPH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL LOWER TO 15 PERCENT OR LOWER. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. VERY DRY SURFACE CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE THE WILD FIRE DANGER EVEN MORE. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. 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
971 WWUS83 KDDC 022053 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 353 PM CDT SUN OCT 2 2011 ...CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT FROM 85 TO 90 DEGREES AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE NEAR 15 PERCENT. ANY FIRES THAT DO START THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING WILL LIKELY BURN VIGOROUSLY AND EASILY SPREAD. KSZ030-043>045-062>064-075>078-085>088-030100- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0046.111003T1900Z-111004T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-111003T0000Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- FORD-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 353 PM CDT SUN OCT 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030... 043...044...045...062...063...064...075...076...077...078...085... 086...087 AND 088... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...043... 044...045...062...063...064...075...076...077...078...085...086... 087 AND 088... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...BASICALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM KENDALL TO HUGOTON, AND ALSO WEST OF HIGHWAY 283. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL HOVER IN THE 15 PERCENT RANGE. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. VERY DRY SURFACE CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE THE WILD FIRE DANGER EVEN MORE. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. 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. && $$ KSZ061-074-084-030100- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0046.111003T1900Z-111004T0100Z/ HAMILTON-STANTON-MORTON- 353 PM CDT SUN OCT 2 2011 /253 PM MDT SUN OCT 2 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CDT /1 PM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...074 AND 084... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CDT /1 PM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...GENERALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 283, OR WEST OF A LINE FROM WAKEENEY TO DODGE CITY TO ASHLAND. * WINDS...EXPECT SOUTH WINDS TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY NOON MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL LOWER TO BETWEEN 10 TO 15 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. VERY DRY SURFACE CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE THE WILD FIRE DANGER EVEN MORE. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. 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
756 WWUS83 KDDC 022344 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 644 PM CDT SUN OCT 2 2011 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED HOWEVER CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .WINDS WILL DIMINISH AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS START TO RISE EARLY THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS HOWEVER WILL RETURN ON MONDAY WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES RANGING FROM 10 AND NEAR 15 PERCENT...ANY FIRES THAT START MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND BURN VIGOROUSLY. KSZ030-043>045-062>064-075>078-085>088-030745- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-111003T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0046.111003T1900Z-111004T0100Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- FORD-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 644 PM CDT SUN OCT 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...043...044...045...062...063...064...075...076...077...078... 085...086...087 AND 088... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...043... 044...045...062...063...064...075...076...077...078...085...086... 087 AND 088... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...GENERALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 283... OR WEST OF A LINE FROM WAKEENEY TO DODGE CITY TO ASHLAND. * WINDS...EXPECT SOUTH WINDS TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY NOON MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL LOWER TO BETWEEN 10 TO 15 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. VERY DRY SURFACE CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE THE WILD FIRE DANGER EVEN MORE. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. 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. && $$ KSZ061-074-084-030745- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0046.111003T1900Z-111004T0100Z/ HAMILTON-STANTON-MORTON- 644 PM CDT SUN OCT 2 2011 /544 PM MDT SUN OCT 2 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CDT /1 PM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...074 AND 084... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CDT /1 PM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...GENERALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 283... OR WEST OF A LINE FROM WAKEENEY TO DODGE CITY TO ASHLAND. * WINDS...EXPECT SOUTH WINDS TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY NOON MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL LOWER TO BETWEEN 10 TO 15 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. VERY DRY SURFACE CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE THE WILD FIRE DANGER EVEN MORE. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. 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. && $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 3:53 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more | 28 hr |
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.