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Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS

February 29, 20126 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 29, 2012, 12:12 PM CST for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 6 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
Feb 29, 2012, 12:12 PM CST (18:12 UTC)
Expired
Feb 29, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Ellis County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 92 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2012-02-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2012-02-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -165 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-22 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.

342 
WWUS83 KDDC 291812
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1212 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE PRESENT THIS AFTERNOON...

.GUSTY STRONG WINDS AND A VERY DRY AIRMASS TOGETHER HAVE CAUSED
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO PLUMMET ACROSS THE WARNED AREA TO 10-15
PERCENT. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL
RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE DANGER.  

KSZ030-031-044>046-065-010000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0006.120229T1812Z-120301T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-PAWNEE-
1212 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING 
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR NORTH CENTRAL 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
UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 031 ELLIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 RUSH AND FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 065 PAWNEE.

* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 6PM. GUSTY WINDS WILL
  DECREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON.  

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 50S.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY
  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.

&&

$$


BILLINGS
1 follow-up statement
450 
WWUS83 KDDC 010006
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
606 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE DIMINISHING...

KSZ030-031-044>046-065-010115-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-PAWNEE-
606 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND 
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.


WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS WHICH
IS DIMINISHING THE THREAT FOR WILDFIRES.

$$

GERARD

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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.