Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 25, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Oct 16, 2012, 3:19 PM CDT for 22 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 17, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. 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
- Oct 16, 2012, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 17, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 22 counties
Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 21 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
- 2954 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
862 WWUS83 KDDC 162019 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 319 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THEN POSSIBLE AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS WEDNESDAY WITH NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL AROUND 15 PERCENT FOR A FEW HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN ONCE AGAIN ON THURSDAY WITH WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. IN ADDITION, LOW DEWPOINTS AND HIGHS IN THE 60S WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL INTO THE TEENS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-076>081-087>090-171100- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0013.121017T1800Z-121017T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0025.121017T1800Z-121017T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0014.121018T1800Z-121019T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- 319 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 2012 /219 PM MDT TUE OCT 16 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 6PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...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 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...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 087 MEADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 60S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE WHICH STARTS COULD EASILY SPREAD AND QUICKLY BECOME OUT OF CONTROL. NO OUTDOOR FIRES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. 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. && $$ KSZ074-075-084>086-171100- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0014.121018T1800Z-121019T0000Z/ STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 319 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 60S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE WHICH STARTS COULD EASILY SPREAD AND QUICKLY BECOME OUT OF CONTROL. NO OUTDOOR FIRES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ 42
3 follow-up statements
808 WWUS83 KDDC 170928 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 428 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THEN POSSIBLE AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS FOR BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-076>081-087>090-171730- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0014.121018T1800Z-121019T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0026.121018T1800Z-121018T2300Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0025.121017T1800Z-121017T2300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- 428 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 /328 AM MDT WED OCT 17 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...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 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...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 087 MEADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. STRONGER WINDS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS ON THURSDAY OF UP TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH. * TIMING... BECOMING WINDY THIS MORNING THROUGH 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY AGAIN BY AROUND 9 AM THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 60S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE WHICH STARTS COULD EASILY SPREAD AND QUICKLY BECOME OUT OF CONTROL. NO OUTDOOR FIRES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. 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. && $$ KSZ074-075-084>086-171730- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0014.121018T1800Z-121019T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0026.121018T1800Z-121018T2300Z/ STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 428 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 60S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE WHICH STARTS COULD EASILY SPREAD AND QUICKLY BECOME OUT OF CONTROL. NO OUTDOOR FIRES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ 33
385 WWUS83 KDDC 171929 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 229 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON THEN LIKELY AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AS A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND MIDWEST REGION TODAY AND THURSDAY. AS MUCH DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO 15 PERCENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THURSDAY. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-076>081-087>090-180330- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0025.000000T0000Z-121017T2300Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0026.121018T1800Z-121018T2300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- 229 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 /129 PM MDT WED OCT 17 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ THURSDAY FOR FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...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 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...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 087 MEADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 50S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE WHICH STARTS COULD EASILY SPREAD AND QUICKLY BECOME OUT OF CONTROL. NO OUTDOOR FIRES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. 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. && $$ KSZ074-075-084>086-180330- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0026.121018T1800Z-121018T2300Z/ STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 229 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 60S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE WHICH STARTS COULD EASILY SPREAD AND QUICKLY BECOME OUT OF CONTROL. NO OUTDOOR FIRES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
256 WWUS83 KDDC 172247 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 547 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AS A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND MIDWEST REGION THURSDAY. AS MUCH DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO 15 PERCENT OR BELOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-076>081-087>090-180700- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0025.000000T0000Z-121017T2300Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0026.121018T1800Z-121018T2300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- 547 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 /447 PM MDT WED OCT 17 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ THURSDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...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 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...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 087 MEADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE WHICH STARTS COULD EASILY SPREAD AND QUICKLY BECOME OUT OF CONTROL. NO OUTDOOR FIRES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. 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. && $$ KSZ074-075-084>086-180700- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0026.121018T1800Z-121018T2300Z/ STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 547 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE WHICH STARTS COULD EASILY SPREAD AND QUICKLY BECOME OUT OF CONTROL. NO OUTDOOR FIRES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ 32
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 3:15 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 19 more | 34 hr |
| Oct 16, 3:19 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 13 hr |
Nearby
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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.