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Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 16, 201110 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 16, 2011, 3:59 AM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 16, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 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
Mar 16, 2011, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 16, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 16, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2000 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

233 
WWUS83 KDDC 160859
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
359 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2011

...THE VERY HIGH TO CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST THIS
AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS.

.VERY WARM TEMPERATURES... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS BOTH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THURSDAY WILL BE THE
WARMEST DAY SO FAR THIS YEAR WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.

KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-162100-
/O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0007.110316T1700Z-110317T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0006.110316T1700Z-110317T0000Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0006.110317T1800Z-110318T0200Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-
359 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2011 /259 AM MDT WED MAR 16 2011/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO
7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...074...075...084 AND 085...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW 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...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO
7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 
  STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 
  MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS. 

* GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY THE EARLY
  AFTERNOON. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT BUT WILL
  INCREASE BACK INTO THE 15 TO 30 MPH RANGE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DRY INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE BY
  3 PM BOTH TODAY AND ON THURSDAY. 

* FUELS ARE EXTREMELY DRY AND WILL BURN RAPIDLY AND INTENSELY.
  WILDFIRES WILL EASILY SPREAD AND COULD QUICKLY BECOME DIFFICULT
  TO CONTROL.


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.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

&&

$$

KSZ063-076-086-162100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0006.110316T1700Z-110317T0000Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0006.110317T1800Z-110318T0200Z/
FINNEY-HASKELL-SEWARD-
359 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
063...076 AND 086...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 063...076 AND 086...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE
  064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
  077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086
  SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088
  CLARK.

* GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY THE EARLY
  AFTERNOON. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT BUT WILL
  INCREASE BACK INTO THE 15 TO 30 MPH RANGE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DRY INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE BY
  3 PM BOTH TODAY AND ON THURSDAY.

* FUELS WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY DRY AND BURN RAPIDLY AND 
  INTENSELY.WILDFIRES WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND WILL BE VERY 
  DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

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.

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.

&&

$$

KSZ043-162100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0006.110316T1700Z-110317T0000Z/
SCOTT-
359 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE
043...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 


* AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT.


* GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY THE EARLY
  AFTERNOON. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT BUT WILL
  INCREASE BACK INTO THE 15 TO 30 MPH RANGE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DRY INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE BY
  3 PM BOTH TODAY AND ON THURSDAY. 

* FUELS WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY DRY AND BURN RAPIDLY AND 
  INTENSELY.WILDFIRES WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND WILL BE VERY 
  DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.


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.

&&

$$

KSZ064-077-078-087-088-162100-
/O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0006.110317T1800Z-110318T0200Z/
HODGEMAN-GRAY-FORD-MEADE-CLARK-
359 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2011

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 064...077...078...087 AND 088...

* IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 088 CLARK.

* GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO
  DEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO AROUND 10 TO 15 PERCENT BY 
  LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* FUELS WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY DRY AND BURN RAPIDLY AND 
  INTENSELY.WILDFIRES WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND WILL BE VERY 
  DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

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
2 follow-up statements
155 
WWUS83 KDDC 161907
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
207 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2011

...THE VERY HIGH TO CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON AND AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

.VERY WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS
HAVE CREATED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON.
SIMILAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH
THURSDAY BEING THE WARMEST DAY SO FAR THIS YEAR WITH HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 80S.

KSZ061>063-074>076-084>086-170000-
/O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110317T0000Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0006.110317T1800Z-110318T0200Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-
SEWARD-
207 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2011 /107 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 061...062...063...074...075...076...084...085 AND 086...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...074...075...076...084...
085 AND 086...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY...
   FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 
  GRANT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 086 SEWARD. 

* GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE
  AFTERNOON. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT BUT WILL
  INCREASE BACK INTO THE 15 TO 30 MPH RANGE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT WILL CONTINUE THIS
  AFTERNOON AND AGAIN BY EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* FUELS ARE EXTREMELY DRY AND WILL BURN RAPIDLY AND INTENSELY. 
  WILDFIRES WILL EASILY SPREAD AND COULD QUICKLY BECOME 
  DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

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.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

&&

$$

KSZ043-170000-
/O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110317T0000Z/
SCOTT-
207 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT.

* GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE
  AFTERNOON. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
  EARLY EVENING.

* FUELS ARE EXTREMELY DRY AND WILL BURN RAPIDLY AND INTENSELY.
  WILDFIRES WILL EASILY SPREAD AND COULD QUICKLY BECOME DIFFICULT
  TO CONTROL.

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.

&&

$$

KSZ064-077-078-087-088-170000-
/O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0006.110317T1800Z-110318T0200Z/
HODGEMAN-GRAY-FORD-MEADE-CLARK-
207 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2011

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 064...077...078...087 AND 088...

* IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE
  064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
  077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086
  SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088
  CLARK.

* GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO 
  DEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO AROUND 10 TO 15 PERCENT BY
  EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* FUELS WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY DRY AND BURN RAPIDLY AND 
  INTENSELY. WILDFIRES WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND WILL BE VERY 
  DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

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.

&&

$$

SUGDEN

FOR MORE INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBSITE...HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
397 
WWUS83 KDDC 170003
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
703 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2011

...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON....

.VERY WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS
MAY CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AGAIN THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.


KSZ061>063-074>076-084>086-171215-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110317T0000Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0006.110317T1800Z-110318T0200Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-
SEWARD-
703 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2011 /603 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011/

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...074...075...076...084...
085 AND 086...
...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
061...062...063...074...075...076...084...085 AND 086...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY...
   FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 
  GRANT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 086 SEWARD. 

* GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT ARE POSSIBLE BY EARLY
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* FUELS ARE EXTREMELY DRY AND WILL BURN RAPIDLY AND INTENSELY.
  WILDFIRES WILL EASILY SPREAD AND COULD QUICKLY BECOME DIFFICULT
  TO CONTROL.


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.

&&

$$

KSZ043-170115-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110317T0000Z/
SCOTT-
703 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 



$$

KSZ064-077-078-087-088-171215-
/O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0006.110317T1800Z-110318T0200Z/
HODGEMAN-GRAY-FORD-MEADE-CLARK-
703 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2011

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 064...077...078...087 AND 088...

* IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 088 CLARK.

* GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE BY EARLY
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO AROUND 10 TO 15 PERCENT BY 
  EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* FUELS WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY DRY AND BURN RAPIDLY AND 
  INTENSELY. WILDFIRES WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND WILL BE VERY 
  DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

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.

&&

$$

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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.