Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 20, 2011, 3:31 PM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 21, 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 20, 2011, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 21, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 656 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
161 WWUS83 KDDC 202031 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 331 PM CDT SUN MAR 20 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOONS... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE PLAINS THROUGH TUESDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM ALONG WITH VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. KSZ043-044-063-064-077-078-211030- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110320T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0008.110321T1700Z-110322T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KDDC.FW.A.0008.110322T1700Z-110323T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-GRAY-FORD- 331 PM CDT SUN MAR 20 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044... 063...064...077 AND 078... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...063...064...077 AND 078... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...063...064...077 AND 078... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE EXTREMELY LOW IN THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND AROUND 15 PERCENT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * FIRES WILL GROW VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS. NO PRESCRIBED OUTDOOR BURNING OF ANY KIND SHOULD BE TAKING PLACE IN THE WATCH AREA ON MONDAY. 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. && $$ KSZ030-045-061-062-074>076-084>087-211030- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0008.110321T1700Z-110322T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KDDC.FW.A.0008.110322T1700Z-110323T0100Z/ TREGO-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD-MEADE- 331 PM CDT SUN MAR 20 2011 /231 PM MDT SUN MAR 20 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...045...061...062...074...075...076...084... 085...086 AND 087... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...045...061...062...074...075...076...084... 085...086 AND 087... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...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...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE EXTREMELY LOW IN THE 5 TO 10 PERCENT RANGE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND AROUND 15 PERCENT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * FIRES WILL GROW VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS. NO PRESCRIBED OUTDOOR BURNING OF ANY KIND SHOULD BE TAKING PLACE IN THE WATCH AREA ON MONDAY. 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. && $$ KSZ031-046-065-066-079>081-088>090-211030- /O.EXT.KDDC.FW.A.0008.110322T1700Z-110323T0100Z/ ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE- BARBER- 331 PM CDT SUN MAR 20 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 031...046...065...066...079...080...081...088... 089 AND 090... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 ELLIS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 RUSH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 STAFFORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 EDWARDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TUESDAY. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE AROUND 15 PERCENT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * FIRES WILL GROW VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS. NO PRESCRIBED OUTDOOR BURNING OF ANY KIND SHOULD BE TAKING PLACE IN THE WATCH AREA ON MONDAY. 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
4 follow-up statements
509 WWUS83 KDDC 210900 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 400 AM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE PLAINS THROUGH TUESDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM ALONG WITH VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>087-212100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0008.110321T1700Z-110322T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0008.110322T1700Z-110323T0100Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- 400 AM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 /300 AM MDT MON MAR 21 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS 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 030...045...061...062...074... 075...076...084... 085...086 AND 087......FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...045... 061...062...074...075...076...084... 085...086 AND 087... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...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...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY AND TUESDAY. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE EXTREMELY LOW IN THE 5 TO 10 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND AROUND 15 PERCENT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * FIRES WILL GROW VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS. NO PRESCRIBED OUTDOOR BURNING OF ANY KIND SHOULD BE TAKING PLACE IN THE WATCH AREA ON MONDAY. 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. && $$ KSZ031-046-065-066-079>081-088>090-212100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0008.110322T1700Z-110323T0100Z/ ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE- BARBER- 400 AM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 031...046...065...066...079...080...081...088... 089 AND 090... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 ELLIS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 RUSH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 STAFFORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 EDWARDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TUESDAY. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE AROUND 15 PERCENT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * FIRES WILL GROW VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS. NO PRESCRIBED OUTDOOR BURNING OF ANY KIND SHOULD BE TAKING PLACE IN THE WATCH AREA ON MONDAY. 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
924 WWUS83 KDDC 212050 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 350 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .STRONG SURFACE WINDS BEHIND A DRY LINE, IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY SURFACE HUMIDITIES WILL HELP CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS THIS EVENING. AS WINDS TURN WESTERLY TUESDAY, A MUCH LARGER PORTION OF THE AREA WILL BE AFFECTED BY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. KSZ030-043>045-063-064-076>078-086-087-220900- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110322T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0008.110322T1700Z-110323T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0009.110322T1800Z-110323T0100Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-SEWARD- MEADE- 350 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...045...061...062...074... 075...076... 084... 085...086 AND 087......FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...045... 061...062... 074...075...076...084... 085...086 AND 087... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER, A NEW RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...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...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TUESDAY. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE EXTREMELY LOW IN THE 5 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * FIRES WILL GROW VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-220900- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0008.110322T1700Z-110323T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0009.110322T1800Z-110323T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110322T0000Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- 350 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 /250 PM MDT MON MAR 21 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 030...045...061...062...074... 075...076...084... 085... 086 AND 087......FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...045... 061...062...074... 075...076...084... 085...086 AND 087... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...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...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY ON TUESDAY. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE EXTREMELY LOW IN THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * FIRES WILL GROW VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ KSZ031-046-065-066-079>081-088>090-220900- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0008.110322T1700Z-110323T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0009.110322T1800Z-110323T0100Z/ ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE- BARBER- 350 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 ELLIS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 RUSH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 STAFFORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 EDWARDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TUESDAY. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE AROUND 15 PERCENT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * FIRES WILL GROW VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
988 WWUS83 KDDC 212112 AAA RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 412 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .STRONG SURFACE WINDS BEHIND A DRY LINE...IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DRY SURFACE HUMIDITIES WILL HELP CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS THIS EVENING. AS WINDS TURN WESTERLY TUESDAY A MUCH LARGER PORTION OF THE AREA WILL BE AFFECTED BY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-220915- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110322T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0009.110322T1800Z-110323T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- 412 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 /312 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...074...075...084 AND 085... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...074...075...084 AND 085... * 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. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY ON TUESDAY. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE EXTREMELY LOW IN THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * FIRES WILL GROW VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-220915- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0009.110322T1800Z-110323T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- BARBER- 412 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...031...043...044...045...046...063...064...065...066... 076...077...078...079...080...081...086...087...088...089 AND 090... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 ELLIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 RUSH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 STAFFORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 EDWARDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TUESDAY. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE EXTREMELY LOW IN THE 5 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * FIRES WILL GROW VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
724 WWUS83 KDDC 220006 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 706 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TEMPERATURES ARE BEGINNING TO DROP AS SUNSET APPROACHES. THIS WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO INCREASE THIS EVENING. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST ON TUESDAY. WITH DRY AIR PUSHING EAST ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP. KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-221215- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110322T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0009.110322T1800Z-110323T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- 706 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 /606 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...074...075...084 AND 085... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING 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. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-221215- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0009.110322T1800Z-110323T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- BARBER- 706 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...031...043...044...045...046...063...064...065...066... 076...077...078...079...080...081...086...087...088...089 AND 090... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 ELLIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 RUSH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 STAFFORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 EDWARDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TUESDAY. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE EXTREMELY LOW IN THE 5 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * FIRES WILL GROW VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 1:39 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Scott | 112 min |
| Mar 20, 3:41 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell and 10 more | 27 hr |
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Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2011Every red flag warning in 2011
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.