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Red Flag Warning 49, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Nov 12, 2011, 12:33 PM CST for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 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
- Nov 12, 2011, 12:33 PM CST (18:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 12, 2011, 5:19 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Ford County, KS, Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 3757 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
808 WWUS83 KDDC 121833 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1233 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. KSZ086>089-130000- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0049.111112T1833Z-111113T0000Z/ SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- 1233 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 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 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...SEWARD...MEADE...CLARK AND COMANCHE COUNTIES. * WINDS...WEST WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR JUST BELOW 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
120 WWUS83 KDDC 121917 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 117 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. KSZ078-130000- /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0049.000000T0000Z-111113T0000Z/ FORD- 117 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FORD * WINDS...WEST WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR JUST BELOW 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. VERY DRY SURFACE CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER EVEN MORE. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ KSZ086>089-130000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0049.000000T0000Z-111113T0000Z/ SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- 117 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 086... 087...088 AND 089... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...SEWARD...MEADE...CLARK AND COMANCHE COUNTIES. * WINDS...WEST WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR JUST BELOW 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS... 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. && $$
424 WWUS83 KDDC 122040 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 240 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. KSZ078-122145- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0049.000000T0000Z-111113T0000Z/ FORD- 240 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS HAVE DROPPED OFF CONSIDERABLY SO THE RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED. $$ KSZ086>089-130000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0049.000000T0000Z-111113T0000Z/ SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- 240 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 086... 087...088 AND 089... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...SEWARD...MEADE...CLARK AND COMANCHE COUNTIES. * WINDS...WEST WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR JUST BELOW 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. && $$
434 WWUS83 KDDC 122319 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 519 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2011 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER BEING MET... .FALLING TEMPERATURES HAVE ALLOWED RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO INCREASE. ADDITIONALLY A COOLING SURFACE LAYER HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED WIND SPEEDS. KSZ086>089-130030- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0049.000000T0000Z-111113T0000Z/ SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- 519 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 086...087...088 AND 089... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ RUSSELL
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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.