Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Jun 11, 2013, 3:02 AM CDT for 12 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 11, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Jun 11, 2013, 3:02 AM CDT (08:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 11, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:03 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 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 1275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3395 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
290 WWUS83 KDDC 110802 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 302 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2013 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY... .DOWNSLOPE SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS TUESDAY. KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>086-111615- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0006.130611T1700Z-130612T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0013.130611T1700Z-130612T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 302 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2013 /202 AM MDT TUE JUN 11 2013/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ 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 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...100 TO 110. * IMPACTS...FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL WILL BE VERY HIGH AND ANY OUTDOOR FLAMES COULD QUICKLY GROW OUT OF CONTROL. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ GERARD
2 follow-up statements
695 WWUS83 KDDC 111542 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1042 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2013 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .DOWNSLOPE SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS TUESDAY. KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>086-120100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0013.130611T1700Z-130612T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 1042 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2013 /942 AM MDT TUE JUN 11 2013/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL ARE EXPECTED FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...100 TO 110. * IMPACTS...FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL WILL BE VERY HIGH AND ANY OUTDOOR FLAMES COULD QUICKLY GROW OUT OF CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
284 WWUS83 KDDC 120042 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 742 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2013 KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>086-120145- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130612T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 742 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2013 /642 PM MDT TUE JUN 11 2013/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... $$ 06
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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.