Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 19, 2014, 3:23 PM CST for 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 20, 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
- Feb 19, 2014, 3:23 PM CST (21:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Grant County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 2665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 402 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
057 WWUS83 KDDC 192123 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 323 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .STRONG NORTHWEST DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL USHER IN MUCH DRIER AIR THURSDAY WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. KSZ074-075-084-085-201000- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0003.140220T1800Z-140221T0000Z/ STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- 323 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 40S. * IMPACTS...VERY AGGRESSIVE AND UNCONTROLLABLE FIRE BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD NOT BE OCCURRING DURING THE AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
365 WWUS83 KDDC 200920 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 320 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .STRONG NORTHWEST DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL USHER IN MUCH DRIER AIR THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. KSZ074-075-084-085-210000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0003.140220T1800Z-140221T0000Z/ STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- 320 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 40S. * IMPACTS...VERY AGGRESSIVE AND UNCONTROLLABLE FIRE BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD NOT BE OCCURRING DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ 33
298 WWUS83 KDDC 202351 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 551 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 KSZ074-075-084-085-210100- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140221T0000Z/ STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- 551 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS... GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE EARLY THIS EVENING WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY INCREASES SO THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. $$ BURGERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2:46 AM CST | High Wind Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 19, 1:12 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 29 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.