Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Jan 16, 2014, 2:33 AM CST for 19 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 16, 2014, 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
- Jan 16, 2014, 2:33 AM CST (08:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 16, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 2778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
480 WWUS83 KDDC 160833 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 233 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS TODAY. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AT 20 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE DAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS AROUND OR BELOW 15 PERCENT ARE LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON. KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-077>081-087>090-161645- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0001.140116T1800Z-140117T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0001.140116T1800Z-140117T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 233 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR AREAS EAST OF GARDEN CITY TO MEADE... 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 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 ELLIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 RUSH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 STAFFORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 EDWARDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM CST. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 40S. * IMPACTS...VERY AGGRESSIVE FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR COULD LEAD TO FIRES QUICKLY GROWING OUT OF CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. 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. && $$ 42
1 follow-up statement
121 WWUS83 KDDC 161647 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1047 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AT 20 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND OR BELOW 15 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-077>081-087>090-170000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0001.140116T1800Z-140117T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 1047 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS ALONG AND EAST OF A GARDEN CITY TO MEADE LINE... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 ELLIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 RUSH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 STAFFORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 EDWARDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM CST. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 40S. * IMPACTS...VERY AGGRESSIVE FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR COULD LEAD TO FIRES QUICKLY GROWING OUT OF CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2:26 AM CST | High Wind Warning | DDC | Ellis, Lane, Ness, Rush, Scott, Trego | 17 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.