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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

February 18, 201422 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 18, 2014, 2:14 PM CST for 22 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 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
Feb 18, 2014, 2:14 PM CST (20:14 UTC)
Expired
Feb 18, 2014, 7:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
All 22 counties

Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 53 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2014-02-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2014-02-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 530 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
530 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
554 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

441 
WWUS83 KDDC 182014
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
214 PM CST TUE FEB 18 2014

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

.VERY WARM TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND
INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LEAD TO AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS
CONDUCIVE FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>079-084>088-190100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0002.140218T2014Z-140219T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON-STEVENS-
SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
214 PM CST TUE FEB 18 2014 /114 PM MST TUE FEB 18 2014/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR WEST CENTRAL,
CENTRAL, AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING.

* 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 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 EDWARDS...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...NORTH TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM CST.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 70S.

* 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.

&&

$$

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1 follow-up statement
686 
WWUS83 KDDC 190046
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
646 PM CST TUE FEB 18 2014


KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>079-084>088-190200-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140219T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON-STEVENS-
SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
646 PM CST TUE FEB 18 2014 /546 PM MST TUE FEB 18 2014/

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS.

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RISE AS TEMPERATURES FALL EARLY THIS
EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST
HAS ALSO ALLOWED WINDS TO DECREASE. AS A RESULT THE RED FLAG
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST.

$$
BURGERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 2:43 AM CSTWind AdvisoryDDCEllis, Lane, Ness, Rush, Scott, Trego16 hr
Feb 18, 2:53 PM CSTHigh Wind WatchDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more13 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.