Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 3, 2012, 2:10 AM CST for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 3, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. 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
- Mar 3, 2012, 2:10 AM CST (08:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 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 08:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 8.2 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
- 3226 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
107 WWUS83 KDDC 030810 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 210 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS AROUND 15 PERCENT TO CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-040000- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0002.120303T1800Z-120304T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0008.120303T1800Z-120304T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 210 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 /110 AM MST SAT MAR 3 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS 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 HUMIDITY LEVELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * 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...WINDS WILL BE NORTHWESTERLY AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY AS WINDS INCREASE ABOVE 25 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FALL RAPIDLY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL PEAK IN THE LOW TO MID 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. && $$ SUGDEN
1 follow-up statement
159 WWUS83 KDDC 040020 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 619 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-040130- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120304T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 619 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 /519 PM MST SAT MAR 3 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS... RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS INCREASED SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2:02 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 11 more | 14 hr |
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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.