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Red Flag Warning 20, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 29, 20126 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Aug 29, 2012, 10:04 AM MDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Aug 29, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. 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: Aug 29, 2012, 10:04 AM MDT (16:04 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 29, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Aug 29, 2012, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Trego County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 111 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2701 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 29 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.

581 
WWUS83 KDDC 291604
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1104 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY EVENING...

.AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES
THIS AFTERNOON, HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP WITH VERY LOW 
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS.

KSZ030-043-044-061-062-074-300015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0020.120829T1800Z-120830T0100Z/
TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-
1104 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012 /1004 AM MDT WED AUG 29 2012/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS FOR PARTS OF 
SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 25 MPH.

* TIMING...1 PM CDT UNTIL 8 PM CDT.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 15 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...95 T0 98 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.

&&

$$

06

2 follow-up statements

002 
WWUS83 KDDC 291909
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
209 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO EARLY
EVENING...

.AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS IN THE LEE OF THE
ROCKIES THIS AFTERNOON...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE
WITH VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS.

KSZ030-043-044-061-062-074-300100-
/O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-120830T0100Z/
TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-
209 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012 /109 PM MDT WED AUG 29 2012/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS FOR
PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 25 
  MPH.

* TIMING...1 PM CDT UNTIL 8 PM CDT.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 15 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...95 T0 98 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.

&&

$$

06

353 
WWUS83 KDDC 300102
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
802 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

...THE FIRE DANGER WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING...

.AS SUNSET APPROACHES AND WINDS SETTLE DOWN TO 12 MILES PER HOUR
OR LESS, THE THREAT OF FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DIMINISH.

KSZ030-043-044-061-062-074-300215-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-120830T0100Z/
TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-
802 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012 /702 PM MDT WED AUG 29 2012/

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS IN WESTERN
KANSAS.

THE RISK OF FIRES HAS DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY THIS EVENING, THUS
THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE.

$$

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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.