Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at May 14, 2013, 1:36 AM CDT for 15 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 14, 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
- May 14, 2013, 1:36 AM CDT (06:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 14, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 14, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray 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, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:41 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3752 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
440 WWUS83 KDDC 140636 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 136 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TODAY... .STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. KSZ043>045-062>064-075>078-084>088-141800- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0004.130514T1700Z-130515T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0008.130514T1700Z-130515T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 136 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES, MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 283... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT 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 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...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...SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH, WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...PEAK CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FROM NOON CDT UNTIL 8 PM CDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 90S. * 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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ 12
2 follow-up statements
865 WWUS83 KDDC 141736 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1236 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE RESULTED IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. KSZ043>045-062>064-075>078-084>088-150100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130515T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 1236 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...PEAK CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED UNTIL 8 PM CDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MID 90S. * IMPACTS...FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL WILL BE VERY HIGH AND ANY OUTDOOR FLAMES COULD QUICKLY GROW OUT OF CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ SUGDEN
706 WWUS83 KDDC 150055 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 755 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 KSZ043>045-062>064-075>078-084>088-150200- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130515T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 755 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED THIS EVENING. $$ BURGERT
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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.