Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 1, 2012, 2:58 AM CST for 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 1, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 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
- Mar 1, 2012, 2:58 AM CST (08:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2012, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 5:56 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 3516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
684 WWUS83 KDDC 010858 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 258 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON... .GUSTY DOWNSLOPE WESTERLY WINDS AND COMPRESSIONAL WARMING AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS. KSZ084>088-020100- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0007.120301T1800Z-120302T0100Z/ MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 258 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FAR 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 NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...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...WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...SUSTAINED WINDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL PEAK DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON ALONG WITH THE LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DURING THE AFTERNOON AS WELL. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. * 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. && $$ SUGDEN
1 follow-up statement
563 WWUS83 KDDC 020100 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 700 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE DIMINISHING... KSZ084>088-020200- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120302T0100Z/ MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 700 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITY. $$ 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.