Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 14, 2015, 3:07 PM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 15, 2015, 2:00 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 14, 2015, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 15, 2015, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2015, 8:22 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 1839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
570 WWUS83 KDDC 142007 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 307 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR POSSIBLE SUNDAY... .ANOMALOUSLY WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WILL SUPPORT RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD SUNDAY. AN ABUNDANCE OF VERY DRY LIGHT FUELS WILL FAVOR HOT FIRES THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS HAVE LOWERED MOISTURE VALUES IN HEAVIER FUELS SUCH AS DEAD TREES AND BRUSH PILES, AND THESE FUELS CAN BE EXPECTED TO BURN AGGRESSIVELY. SIMILAR CONDITIONS MAY BE EXPECTED MONDAY. KSZ074>076-084-085-142115- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.A.0001.150315T1800Z-150316T0200Z/ STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS- 307 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 074...075...076...084 AND 085... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. ALTHOUGH DRY FUELS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FAVOR ACTIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR, WINDS WILL BE ONLY 10 TO 20 MPH AND WILL NOT MEET RED FLAG CRITERIA. $$ KSZ030-043>045-150415- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0001.150315T1800Z-150316T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0001.150315T1900Z-150316T0200Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS- 307 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...043...044 AND 045... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. * IMPACTS...HOT, RAPIDLY SPREADING FIRES THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ KSZ031-150415- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0001.150315T1900Z-150316T0200Z/ ELLIS- 307 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 ELLIS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MID TO UPPER 70S. * IMPACTS...HOT, RAPIDLY SPREADING FIRES THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 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. && $$ KSZ061>063-150415- /O.EXT.KDDC.FW.A.0001.150315T1900Z-150316T0200Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY- 307 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND WIND FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062 AND 063... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY. * WINDS...SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MID 70S. * IMPACTS...HOT, RAPIDLY SPREADING FIRES THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
4 follow-up statements
267 WWUS83 KDDC 150301 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1001 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR POSSIBLE SUNDAY... .ANOMALOUSLY WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WILL SUPPORT RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD SUNDAY. AN ABUNDANCE OF VERY DRY LIGHT FUELS WILL FAVOR HOT FIRES THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS HAVE LOWERED MOISTURE VALUES IN HEAVIER FUELS SUCH AS DEAD TREES AND BRUSH PILES... AND THESE FUELS CAN BE EXPECTED TO BURN AGGRESSIVELY. SIMILAR CONDITIONS MAY BE EXPECTED MONDAY. KSZ030-031-043>045-151315- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0001.150315T1900Z-150316T0200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS- 1001 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...043...044 AND 045... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 ELLIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 70S. * IMPACTS...HOT... RAPIDLY SPREADING FIRES THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 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. && $$ KSZ061>063-151315- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0001.150315T1900Z-150316T0200Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY- 1001 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND WIND FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062 AND 063... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY. * WINDS...SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 70. * IMPACTS...HOT... RAPIDLY SPREADING FIRES THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
676 WWUS83 KDDC 150756 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 256 AM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN MONDAY... .WARM TEMPERATURES, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES, AND SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WILL SUPPORT RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON. AN ABUNDANCE OF VERY DRY LIGHT FUELS WILL FAVOR FIRES THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. KSZ061>063-152200- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0001.150315T1900Z-150316T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0002.150316T1700Z-150317T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0001.150315T1900Z-150316T0200Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY- 256 AM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CDT /1 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062 AND 063...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062 AND 063... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CDT /1 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...75 TO 78 TODAY, MID 80S ON MONDAY * IMPACTS...RAPIDLY SPREADING FIRES THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>045-152200- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0002.150316T1700Z-150317T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0001.150315T1900Z-150316T0200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS- 256 AM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...043...044 AND 045... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...031...043...044 AND 045... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 ELLIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...75 TO 78 TODAY, MID 80S ON MONDAY * IMPACTS...RAPIDLY SPREADING FIRES THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ KSZ046-064>066-074>081-084>090-152200- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0002.150316T1700Z-150317T0000Z/ RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- BARBER- 256 AM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 046...064...065...066...074...075...076...077...078...079...080... 081...084...085...086...087...088...089 AND 090... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 RUSH...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 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 80S. * IMPACTS...RAPIDLY SPREADING FIRES THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
428 WWUS83 KDDC 151857 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 157 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN MONDAY... .WARM TEMPERATURES... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... AND SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WILL SUPPORT RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON. AN ABUNDANCE OF VERY DRY LIGHT FUELS WILL FAVOR FIRES THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. KSZ030-031-043>045-061>063-161000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0001.150315T1900Z-150316T0200Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0002.150316T1700Z-150317T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY- 157 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...043...044 AND 045... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...031...043...044 AND 045... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 60S. * IMPACTS...RAPIDLY SPREADING FIRES THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ KSZ046-064>066-074>081-084>090-161000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0002.150316T1700Z-150317T0000Z/ RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- BARBER- 157 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 046...064...065...066...074...075... 076...077...078...079...080...081...084...085...086...087...088... 089 AND 090... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 70S. * IMPACTS...RAPIDLY SPREADING FIRES THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
449 WWUS83 KDDC 160122 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 822 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED MONDAY... .WARM TEMPERATURES... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... AND SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON. AN ABUNDANCE OF VERY DRY LIGHT FUELS WILL FAVOR FIRES THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. KSZ030-031-043>045-061>063-161130- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150316T0200Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0002.150316T1700Z-150317T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY- 822 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...031...043...044...045...061...062 AND 063... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...031...043...044...045... 061...062 AND 063... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. * IMPACTS...RAPIDLY SPREADING FIRES THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ KSZ046-064>066-074>081-084>090-161130- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0002.150316T1700Z-150317T0000Z/ RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- BARBER- 822 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 046...064...065...066...074... 075...076...077...078...079... 080...081...084...085...086... 087...088...089 AND 090... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 80S. * IMPACTS...RAPIDLY SPREADING FIRES THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2:48 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Lane and 6 more | 24 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2015Every red flag warning in 2015
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.