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Red Flag Warning 48, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Oct 24, 2011, 3:04 AM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 24, 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 24, 2011, 3:04 AM CDT (08:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 24, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:06 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 3918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
666 WWUS83 KDDC 240804 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 304 AM CDT MON OCT 24 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP TODAY... .SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN OVER THE HIGH PLAINS OF EASTERN COLORADO AND WYOMING TODAY. THIS WILL ALLOW WINDS TO STRENGTHEN OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST BY MIDDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND 15 PERCENT OR LESS THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR LARGE WILDFIRE GROWTH. KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-242100- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0043.111024T1800Z-111025T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0048.111024T1800Z-111025T0000Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- 304 AM CDT MON OCT 24 2011 /204 AM MDT MON OCT 24 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...074...075... 084 AND 085... 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 CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LAKIN TO HUGOTON. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND BE GUSTY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT OR LESS THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. VERY DRY SURFACE CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER EVEN MORE. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. 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. && $$ GERARD
2 follow-up statements
974 WWUS83 KDDC 241854 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 154 PM CDT MON OCT 24 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON... .SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN OVER THE HIGH PLAINS OF EASTERN COLORADO AND WYOMING. THIS WILL RESULT IN GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS AROUND 15 PERCENT OR LESS. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR LARGE WILDFIRE GROWTH. KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-250000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0048.000000T0000Z-111025T0000Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- 154 PM CDT MON OCT 24 2011 /1254 PM MDT MON OCT 24 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...074...075...084 AND 085... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LAKIN TO HUGOTON. * WINDS...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. VERY DRY SURFACE CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER EVEN MORE. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ 18
790 WWUS83 KDDC 242344 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 644 PM CDT MON OCT 24 2011 ...WILDFIRE CONDITIONS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING COMBINED WITH A LEE SIDE TROUGH IN EASTERN COLORADO JUST BEGINNING TO EDGE INTO FAR WESTERN KANSAS. ADDITIONALLY, FALLING TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA ARE ALLOWING RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS TO CLIMB ABOVE THE RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA OF FIFTEEN PERCENT. KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-250045- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0048.000000T0000Z-111025T0000Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- 644 PM CDT MON OCT 24 2011 /544 PM MDT MON OCT 24 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...074...075...084 AND 085... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. GRADUALLY DECREASING WINDS COMBINED WITH INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS DUE TO FALLING TEMPERATURES HAS ALLOWED CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE ABOVE THE CRITERIA FOR A RED FLAG WARNING. THEREFORE, THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER, BRISK SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STILL DISCOURAGED TONIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 3:12 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gray and 11 more | 16 hr |
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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.