Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at May 4, 2014, 2:34 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 4, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 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 4, 2014, 2:34 AM CDT (07:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 4, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 4, 2014, 8:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:32 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4248 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
653 WWUS83 KDDC 040734 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 234 AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY... .VERY HOT TEMPERATURES IN COMBINATION WITH VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. KSZ080-081-088>090-041800- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0014.140504T1500Z-140505T0300Z/ KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 234 AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...PEAK CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE BETWEEN NOON AND 8 PM CDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL DECREASE TO AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME QUICKLY OUT OF CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED AT ALL. 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. && $$ SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
109 WWUS83 KDDC 041501 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1001 AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING... .HOT TEMPERATURES IN COMBINATION WITH VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. KSZ080-081-088>090-050300- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140505T0300Z/ KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 1001 AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...EXPECT PEAK CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS BETWEEN NOON AND 8 PM CDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME QUICKLY OUT OF CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED AT ALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
245 WWUS83 KDDC 050141 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 841 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2014 KSZ080-081-088>090-050245- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140505T0300Z/ KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 841 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED GIVEN THE DECREASING WINDS AND INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. $$ 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.