Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 1, 2015, 5:39 AM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 1, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 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, 2015, 5:39 AM CDT (10:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 1, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 3576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
292 WWUS83 KDDC 011039 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 539 AM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .HOT TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND BREEZY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS SUPPORT AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH WILL OCCUR. AN ABUNDANCE OF VERY DRY LIGHT FUELS WILL FAVOR FIRES THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. IN ADDITION... LIGHTNING FROM AN ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORM OR TWO THIS AFTERNOON MAY IGNITE A FIRE. EXPECT WINDS TO CHANGE IN SPEED AND DIRECTION UNPREDICTABLY IN AND AROUND THE LIGHT SHOWERS AND ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS. KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086-012000- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0004.150401T1700Z-150402T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0004.150401T1700Z-150402T0100Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD- 539 AM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITIES, BREEZY WINDS, AND AN ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORM FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074...075...076... 084...085 AND 086... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITIES, BREEZY WINDS, AND AN ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORM...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...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 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...NOON THROUGH 8 PM CDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 TO 13 PERCENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. * OTHER THREATS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS. * 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
2 follow-up statements
531 WWUS83 KDDC 011837 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 137 PM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .HOT TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND BREEZY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS SUPPORT AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH WILL OCCUR. AN ABUNDANCE OF VERY DRY LIGHT FUELS WILL FAVOR FIRES THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. IN ADDITION... LIGHTNING FROM AN ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORM OR TWO THIS AFTERNOON MAY IGNITE A FIRE. EXPECT WINDS TO CHANGE IN SPEED AND DIRECTION UNPREDICTABLY IN AND AROUND THE LIGHT SHOWERS AND ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS. KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086-020100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150402T0100Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD- 137 PM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074...075...076...084...085 AND 086... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...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 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...NOON THROUGH 8 PM CDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 80. * OTHER THREATS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS. * 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
530 WWUS83 KDDC 020051 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 751 PM CDT WED APR 1 2015 KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086-020200- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150402T0100Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD- 751 PM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074...075...076...084...085 AND 086... WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND RH'S HAVE INCREASED ALLOWING THE RED FLAG WARNING TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 46 min |
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.