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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 16, 2014, 2:00 PM CDT for 21 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 17, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 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 16, 2014, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 17, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2014, 6:57 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 21 counties
Clark 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), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
489 WWUS83 KDDC 161900 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 200 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON... .A WARM AND VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS MONDAY IN ADVANCE OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. WINDS FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WILL INCREASE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. KSZ043-044-061>063-074>078-084>088-170300- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0003.140317T1700Z-140318T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0005.140317T1700Z-140318T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 200 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 /100 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2014/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ MONDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY...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 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. * IMPACTS...VERY AGGRESSIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR COULD LEAD TO FIRES QUICKLY GROWING 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. && $$ KSZ030-045-064-170300- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0005.140317T1700Z-140318T0100Z/ TREGO-NESS-HODGEMAN- 200 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S. * IMPACTS...VERY AGGRESSIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR COULD LEAD TO FIRES QUICKLY GROWING OUT OF CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ UMSCHEID
4 follow-up statements
040 WWUS83 KDDC 170257 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 957 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON... .A WARM AND VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS MONDAY IN ADVANCE OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. WINDS FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WILL INCREASE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-171500- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0005.140317T1700Z-140318T0100Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 957 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 /857 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2014/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ MONDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR THAT AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM WAKEENEY TO NEAR JETMORE TO ASHLAND... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...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 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 60S. * IMPACTS...VERY AGGRESSIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR COULD LEAD TO FIRES QUICKLY GROWING 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. && $$ 12
527 WWUS83 KDDC 170812 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 312 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .A WARM AND VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. WINDS FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WILL INCREASE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. KSZ031-046-065-171600- /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0005.140317T1700Z-140318T0100Z/ ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE- 312 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS ANDLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 ELLIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 RUSH AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 60S. * IMPACTS...VERY AGGRESSIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR COULD LEAD TO FIRES QUICKLY GROWING OUT OF CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-171600- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0005.140317T1700Z-140318T0100Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 312 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 /212 AM MDT MON MAR 17 2014/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...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 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 60S. * IMPACTS...VERY AGGRESSIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR COULD LEAD TO FIRES QUICKLY GROWING 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. && $$
168 WWUS83 KDDC 172104 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 404 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .A WARM AND VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. WINDS FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WILL INCREASE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>078-084>088-180100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140318T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- MEADE-CLARK- 404 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 /304 PM MDT MON MAR 17 2014/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR CENTRAL...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN 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 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 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 60S. * IMPACTS...VERY AGGRESSIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR COULD LEAD TO FIRES QUICKLY GROWING 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
404 WWUS83 KDDC 172357 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 657 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... .FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED A LITTLE, AND RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA ARE NOT EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>078-084>088-180100- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140318T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- MEADE-CLARK- 657 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 /557 PM MDT MON MAR 17 2014/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR CENTRAL...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN ... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS HAVE FALLEN AND SOME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE RISEN...THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED. $$ 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 38 min |
| Mar 16, 4:19 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 9 more | 10 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.