Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Jun 26, 2012, 1:52 AM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 26, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Jun 26, 2012, 1:52 AM CDT (06:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 26, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Ellis County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:58 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 5335 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
780 WWUS83 KDDC 260652 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 152 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS... EXTREMELY HOT TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS. KSZ030-031-261500- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0010.120626T1800Z-120627T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0017.120626T1800Z-120627T0200Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0011.120627T1800Z-120628T0200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS- 152 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 ELLIS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS WINDS BECOME GUSTY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FALL RAPIDLY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 90S. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. 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. && $$ GERARD
4 follow-up statements
898 WWUS83 KDDC 261314 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 814 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... EXTREMELY HOT TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. KSZ030-031-270200- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0017.120626T1800Z-120627T0200Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0011.120627T1800Z-120628T0200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS- 814 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 ELLIS. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY AND THEN AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS BECOME GUSTY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FALL RAPIDLY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL PEAK TO AROUND 110 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ SUGDEN
590 WWUS83 KDDC 261812 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 112 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... EXTREMELY HOT TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. KSZ045-046-064>066-270200- /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120627T0200Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.A.0011.120627T1800Z-120628T0200Z/ NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- 112 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 RUSH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 STAFFORD. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY AND THEN AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS BECOME GUSTY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FALL RAPIDLY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL PEAK TO AROUND 110 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. 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. && $$ KSZ030-031-270200- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120627T0200Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0011.120627T1800Z-120628T0200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS- 112 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 ELLIS. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY AND THEN AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS BECOME GUSTY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FALL RAPIDLY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL PEAK TO AROUND 110 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ SUGDEN
318 WWUS83 KDDC 270136 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 836 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...CRITICAL FIR WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... EXTREMELY HOT TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR WEDNESDAY. KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-270945- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120627T0200Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0011.120627T1800Z-120628T0200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- 836 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 ELLIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 RUSH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 STAFFORD. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS BECOME GUSTY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FALL RAPIDLY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 90S. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. 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. && $$ 06
134 WWUS83 KDDC 270141 CCA RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 840 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... EXTREMELY HOT TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR WEDNESDAY. KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-271000- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120627T0200Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0011.120627T1800Z-120628T0200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- 840 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 ELLIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 RUSH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 STAFFORD. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS BECOME GUSTY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FALL RAPIDLY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 90S. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 12:00 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ford and 8 more | 33 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
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.