Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 13, 2014, 3:16 AM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 13, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT. 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
- Mar 13, 2014, 3:16 AM CDT (08:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 13, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 27 counties
Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche 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, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:18 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 2891 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
011 WWUS83 KDDC 130816 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 316 AM CDT THU MAR 13 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON... .VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES APPROACH 70 DEGREES AND DEWPOINTS FALL INTO THE TEENS. IN ADDITION, AN INTENSIFYING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO WILL ALLOW FOR WINDS TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-131630- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0004.140313T1800Z-140314T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 316 AM CDT THU MAR 13 2014 /216 AM MDT THU MAR 13 2014/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR WEST CENTRAL, CENTRAL, AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ 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 066 STAFFORD...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 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE...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 35 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
965 WWUS83 KDDC 131449 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 949 AM CDT THU MAR 13 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON... .VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES APPROACH 70 DEGREES AND DEWPOINTS FALL INTO THE TEENS. IN ADDITION, AN INTENSIFYING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO WILL ALLOW FOR WINDS TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-140000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0004.140313T1800Z-140314T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 949 AM CDT THU MAR 13 2014 /849 AM MDT THU MAR 13 2014/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR WEST CENTRAL, CENTRAL, AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * 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 066 STAFFORD...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 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE...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 35 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. * 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. && $$ BURGERT
487 WWUS83 KDDC 132353 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 653 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2014 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-140100- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140314T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 653 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2014 /553 PM MDT THU MAR 13 2014/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS... WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BETWEEN 7 PM CDT AND 8 PM CDT. MARGINAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THIS HOUR. AFTER 8 PM CDT...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. $$ SUGDEN
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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.