Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 25, 2012, 2:19 AM CST for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 25, 2012, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2012, 2:19 AM CST (08:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2012, 1:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, 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
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2:02 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Hugoton, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 3222 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
698 WWUS83 KDDC 250819 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 219 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... .RAPIDLY FALLING PRESSURES IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTH WINDS BY LATE MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL FAVOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-251630- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0001.120225T1900Z-120226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0003.120225T1900Z-120226T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 219 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 /119 AM MST SAT FEB 25 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CST /NOON MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CST /NOON MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...1 TO 6 PM SATURDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER 60S. * IMPACTS..THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. VEGETATION IS FULLY CURED AND WILL BURN EASILY. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
967 WWUS83 KDDC 251611 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1011 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... .RAPIDLY FALLING PRESSURES IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTH WINDS BY LATE MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL FAVOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-260000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0003.120225T1900Z-120226T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 1011 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 /911 AM MST SAT FEB 25 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...1 TO 6 PM SATURDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 50S. * IMPACTS..THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. VEGETATION IS FULLY CURED AND WILL BURN EASILY. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. 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. && $$
558 WWUS83 KDDC 252345 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 545 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-260045- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120226T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 545 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 /445 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH SUNSET. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL ALSO RECOVER AND INCREASE THROUGH NIGHTFALL. $$ SUGDEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2:53 PM CST | High Wind Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman and 3 more | 4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.