Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

May 4, 2013, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)

Expired

May 4, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

4 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, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS83 KDDC 041945
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
245 PM CDT SAT MAY 4 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON...

.LOWER THAN EXPECTED DEW POINTS HAVE LED TO VERY LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS WILL CAUSE CRITICAL FIRE DANGER THIS
THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. 

KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-085>088-050000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0007.130504T1945Z-130505T0000Z/
SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
245 PM CDT SAT MAY 4 2013 /145 PM MDT SAT MAY 4 2013/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR OW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS 
IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING.

* 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 085 STEVENS...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK.

* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM CDT OR 6 PM MDT.

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

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 60S.

* IMPACTS...GRASS FIRES CAN 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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

276 
WWUS83 KDDC 042358
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
658 PM CDT SAT MAY 4 2013

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ENDING THIS EVENING...

.STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS
EVENING. MEANWHILE, RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE BEGINNING TO CLIMB
ABOVE RED FLAG CRITERIA.

KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-085>088-050100-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130505T0000Z/
SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
658 PM CDT SAT MAY 4 2013 /558 PM MDT SAT MAY 4 2013/

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR SOUTHWEST
AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO LESSEN THIS EVENING
AS WINDS SLOWLY SUBSIDE. THEREFORE, THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

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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.