Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 23, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 23, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 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 23, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT (08:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:00 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 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 4189 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
947 WWUS83 KDDC 230800 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 300 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...CRITICAL WILDFIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL SWITCH TO THE SOUTHWEST BY LATE MORNING...ALLOWING WARM AND DRY AIR TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA. THIS WILL CREATE CRITICAL WILDFIRE CONDITIONS LATER THIS MORNING UNTIL THIS EVENING. KSZ066-080-081-089-090-240200- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0010.160323T1600Z-160324T0200Z/ STAFFORD-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- 300 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...080...081...089 AND 090... 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 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 STAFFORD... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. WINDS BECOMING NORTH 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 BY LATE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL HAVE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT ADVISED. 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
2 follow-up statements
650 WWUS83 KDDC 231700 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1200 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 KSZ065-078-079-088-240200- /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160324T0200Z/ PAWNEE-FORD-EDWARDS-CLARK- 1200 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 065...078... 079 AND 088... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 EDWARDS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. WINDS BECOMING NORTH 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 BY LATE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL HAVE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ KSZ066-080-081-089-090-240200- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160324T0200Z/ STAFFORD-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- 1200 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...080...081...089 AND 090... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 STAFFORD... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. WINDS BECOMING NORTH 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 BY LATE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL HAVE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT ADVISED. 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
306 WWUS83 KDDC 240139 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 839 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 KSZ065-066-078>081-088>090-240245- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160324T0200Z/ PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 839 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 065...078... 079 AND 088... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASES. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 25 TO 40 MPH FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT. $$ 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 23, 3:52 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 89 min |
| Mar 23, 2:51 PM CDT | Dense Smoke Advisory | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 9 hr |
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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.