Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 7, 2015, 11:55 AM CDT for 14 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 8, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2015, 11:55 AM CDT (16:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 8, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray 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 radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:57 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 5:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 Ese Buttermilk, KS | |
| Apr 8, 5:16 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 Se Buttermilk, KS | THE HAIL NEARLY COVERED THE GROUND. |
| Apr 8, 6:10 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Protection, KS | |
| Apr 8, 6:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 7 S Wilmore, KS | |
| Apr 8, 6:26 PM CDT | TORNADO | 8 E Buttermilk, KS | THE TORNADO WAS OBSERVED BY SEVERE STUDIOS LIVE FEED. |
| Apr 8, 6:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 6 Nw Aetna, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 3816 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
324 WWUS83 KDDC 071655 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1155 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY... .A DRYLINE WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS BY LATE DAY WEDNESDAY. WARM CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH DRY AIR SPREADING EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS BEHIND THIS DRYLINE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING BACK INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. THESE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ALONG WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR ANY OPEN FIRES TO SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. KSZ061>063-074>078-084>089-080100- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0007.150408T1800Z-150409T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0007.150408T1800Z-150409T0200Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- 1155 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...074...075...076...077... 078...084...085...086...087...088 AND 089... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...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...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 80S. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO 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. && $$ KSZ080-081-090-080100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0007.150408T1800Z-150409T0200Z/ KIOWA-PRATT-BARBER- 1155 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...074...075...076...077... 078...084...085...086...087 AND 088... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 80S. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
4 follow-up statements
220 WWUS83 KDDC 080235 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 935 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY... .A DRYLINE WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS BY LATE DAY WEDNESDAY. WARM CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH DRY AIR SPREADING NORTHEAST ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS BEHIND THIS DRYLINE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING BACK INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. THESE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ALONG WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR ANY OPEN FIRES TO SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. KSZ063-077-078-089-080345- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0007.150408T1800Z-150409T0200Z/ FINNEY-GRAY-FORD-COMANCHE- 935 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 063...077...078 AND 089... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTH OVERNIGHT WILL STALL OUT NEAR THE WESTERN KANSAS-OKLAHOMA BORDER. THIS FRONT WILL BE FARTHER SOUTH THAN PREVIOUS FORECAST AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED AS THESE LOCATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE JUST NORTH OF THE FRONT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. $$ KSZ080-081-090-080345- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.A.0007.150408T1800Z-150409T0200Z/ KIOWA-PRATT-BARBER- 935 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 080...081 AND 090... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTH OVERNIGHT WILL STALL OUT NEAR THE WESTERN KANSAS-OKLAHOMA BORDER. THIS FRONT WILL BE FARTHER SOUTH THAN PREVIOUS FORECAST AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED AS THESE LOCATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE JUST NORTH OF THE FRONT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. $$ KSZ061-062-074>076-084>088-081100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0007.150408T1800Z-150409T0200Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- CLARK- 935 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...074...075...076...084...085... 086...087 AND 088... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...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 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES REACHING MID TO UPPER 80S. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
243 WWUS83 KDDC 080916 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 416 AM CDT WED APR 8 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF KANSAS INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTH INTO FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. A DRYLINE WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS BY LATE TODAY. TO THE WEST OF THE DRYLINE AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT, WARM AND DRY AIR WILL SPREAD INTO FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT. IN ADDITION, GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. KSZ061-062-074>076-084>088-081730- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0007.150408T1800Z-150409T0200Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- CLARK- 416 AM CDT WED APR 8 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...074...075... 076...084...085...086...087 AND 088... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...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 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 80S. * TIMING...MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
418 WWUS83 KDDC 081954 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 254 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE TODAY... .A STATIONARY FRONT WILL EXTEND ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A DRYLINE WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. TO THE WEST OF THE DRYLINE AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT... WARM AND DRY AIR WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING BELOW 15 PERCENT. IN ADDITION... GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. KSZ061-062-074>076-087-088-082100- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150409T0200Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MEADE-CLARK- 254 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...074...075...076... 084...085...086...087 AND 088... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. BASED ON THE EXPECTED LOCATION OF THE STATIONARY FRONT LATE TODAY THE WIND SPEEDS WILL BE 1O TO 15 MPH AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL BACK ONLY INTO THE 15 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE. AS A RESULT THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KSZ084>086-090200- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150409T0200Z/ MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 254 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061... 062...074...075...076...084...085...086...087 AND 088... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 80S. * TIMING...LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
536 WWUS83 KDDC 090142 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 842 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015 KSZ084>086-090245- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150409T0200Z/ MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- 842 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 084...085 AND 086... $$ 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 7, 4:05 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 6 more | 4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.