Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 1, 2014, 3:39 PM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 2, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 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
- Apr 1, 2014, 3:39 PM CDT (20:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 1397 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 737 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
197 WWUS83 KDDC 012039 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 339 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .A WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY. WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SOUTH AND WEST OF THE FRONT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. KSZ061-062-074>076-084>088-020445- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0009.140402T1700Z-140403T0200Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- CLARK- 339 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 /239 PM MDT TUE APR 1 2014/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PARTS OF 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 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...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...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 60S TO MID 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. && $$ GERARD
3 follow-up statements
242 WWUS83 KDDC 020430 AAA RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1130 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .A WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE FRONT DURING THE AFTERNOON. KSZ062-076-087-088-020530- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0009.140402T1700Z-140403T0200Z/ KEARNY-HASKELL-MEADE-CLARK- 1130 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE WARM FRONT IS NOT EXPECTED TO MAKE IT INTO KEARNEY TO HASKELL AND MEADE COUNTIES LIKE EARLIER FORECAST, THEREFORE THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE NOT AS LOW AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. $$ KSZ061-074-075-084>086-021800- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0009.140402T1700Z-140403T0200Z/ HAMILTON-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 1130 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 /1030 PM MDT TUE APR 1 2014/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR A PART OF FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID AND UPPER 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. && $$ 06
479 WWUS83 KDDC 021804 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 104 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... .A WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. WARM TEMPERATURES, LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE FRONT DURING THE AFTERNOON. KSZ061-021915- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140403T0200Z/ HAMILTON- 1204 PM MDT WED APR 2 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR A PART OF FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. A COOLER, MORE MOIST AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WHICH WILL KEEP CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM BECOMING WIDESPREAD. $$ KSZ074-075-084>086-030200- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140403T0200Z/ STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 104 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR A PART OF FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 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. && $$ GERARD
342 WWUS83 KDDC 030157 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 857 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED... KSZ074-075-084>086-030300- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140403T0200Z/ STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 857 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... NOCTURNAL COOLING AND A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH WERE ALLOWING RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO RISE...AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE NO LONGER OCCURRING. $$ UMSCHEID
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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.