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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 1, 20125 counties in Kansas

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.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 1, 5:56 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 61Hugoton, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-03-01Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2012-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.