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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 27, 2014, 3:50 AM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 27, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2014, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 27, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2014, 4:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2:02 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | 3 Ne Rozel, KS | MESONET STATION 2 ENE ROZEL /EW3053/ |
| Apr 27, 2:35 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | 2 Ssw Iuka, KS | AWOS STATION PRATT INDUSTRIAL AIRPORT AWOS SITE /PTT/ |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 4316 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
695 WWUS83 KDDC 270850 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 350 AM CDT SUN APR 27 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .DRY AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE 70S, RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND WILL COMBINE WITH THE DRY AIR WHICH WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA THAT STILL HAVE VEGETATION AVAILABLE TO BURN. KSZ031-046-065-066-081-090-271700- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0013.140427T1700Z-140427T2300Z/ ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-PRATT-BARBER- 350 AM CDT SUN APR 27 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 ELLIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 RUSH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 STAFFORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...FROM NOON THROUGH 6 PM CDT SUNDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 70S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES COULD EASILY GET OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
263 WWUS83 KDDC 271708 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1208 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .DRY AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE 70S... RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND WILL COMBINE WITH THE DRY AIR WHICH WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA THAT STILL HAVE VEGETATION AVAILABLE TO BURN. KSZ031-046-065-066-081-090-272300- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140427T2300Z/ ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-PRATT-BARBER- 1208 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 ELLIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 RUSH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 STAFFORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM CDT TODAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 70S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES COULD EASILY GET OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
877 WWUS83 KDDC 272103 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 403 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014 KSZ031-046-065-066-081-090-272215- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140427T2300Z/ ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-PRATT-BARBER- 403 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ SUGDEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 4:17 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:15 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Meade, Morton and 3 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:03 PM CDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Meade, Morton and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:03 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 77 min |
| Apr 27, 4:20 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hamilton and 11 more | 11 hr |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.