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Red Flag Warning 19, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 2, 20144 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Jun 2, 2014, 10:20 PM MDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 3, 2014, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 5 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: Jun 2, 2014, 10:20 PM MDT (04:20 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 3, 2014, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired: Jun 3, 2014, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 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
Jun 3, 6:32 PM MDT	TSTM WND DMG	7 Nnw Deerfield, KS	AN IRRIGATION SPRINKLER WAS ROLLED OVER.
Jun 3, 6:58 PM MDT	HAIL 1	5 N Syracuse, KS

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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1168 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1275 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

456 
WWUS83 KDDC 030420
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1120 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2014

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...

.WINDY CONDITIONS AND A SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASING RELATIVE
HUMIDITY TREND COULD LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
BEING MET LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TUESDAY EVENING.

KSZ061-062-074-084-031800-
/O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0014.140603T2000Z-140604T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0019.140603T2000Z-140604T0100Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-MORTON-
1120 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2014 /1020 PM MDT MON JUN 2 2014/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CDT /2 PM MDT/ TO 8 PM
CDT /7 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
FOR FAR WESTERN KANSAS...

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 3 PM CDT /2 PM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ TUESDAY.
THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING TUESDAY.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 90S.

* IMPACTS...GRASS FIRES CAN QUICKLY BECOME 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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

12

3 follow-up statements

728 
WWUS83 KDDC 031503
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1003 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

.WINDY CONDITIONS AND A SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASING RELATIVE
HUMIDITY TREND COULD LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
BEING MET LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.

KSZ061-062-074-084-040015-
/O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0019.140603T2000Z-140604T0100Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-MORTON-
1003 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014 /903 AM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CDT /2 PM MDT/
THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WINDY 
CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 90S.

* IMPACTS...GRASS FIRES CAN QUICKLY BECOME 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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

33

968 
WWUS83 KDDC 032347
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
647 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING...

.WINDY CONDITIONS AND A SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASING RELATIVE
HUMIDITY TREND COULD LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
EARLY THIS EVENING.

KSZ061-062-074-084-040100-
/O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140604T0100Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-MORTON-
647 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014 /547 PM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING FOR WINDY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON.

* WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 90S.

* IMPACTS...GRASS FIRES CAN QUICKLY BECOME 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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

833 
WWUS83 KDDC 040044
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
744 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

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

.ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING,
RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE BEGUN TO RISE. THE POTENTIAL FOR RED
FLAG CONDITIONS HAS ENDED.

KSZ061-062-074-084-040145-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140604T0100Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-MORTON-
744 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014 /644 PM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014/

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING FOR WINDY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING, RELATIVE
HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE BEGUN TO RISE. THEREFORE, THE RED FLAG WARNING
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 5:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	51 min
Jun 3, 5:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	46 min

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.