Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 3, 2016, 2:51 AM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 3, 2016, 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 3, 2016, 2:51 AM CDT (07:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2016, 8:12 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:51 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 2843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
753 WWUS83 KDDC 030751 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 251 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 KSZ065-078-079-087-030900- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.A.0012.160403T1700Z-160404T0200Z/ PAWNEE-FORD-EDWARDS-MEADE- 251 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 065...078...079 AND 087... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$ KSZ066-080-081-088>090-040200- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0012.160403T1700Z-160404T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0014.160403T1700Z-160404T0200Z/ STAFFORD-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 251 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...080...081...088...089 AND 090... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 STAFFORD... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL HAVE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD NOT BE EXECUTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
2 follow-up statements
366 WWUS83 KDDC 032000 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 300 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY THROUGH THIS EVENING... KSZ066-080-081-088>090-040200- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160404T0200Z/ STAFFORD-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 300 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066... 080...081...088...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 088 CLARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 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. && $$ TURNER FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
564 WWUS83 KDDC 040112 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 812 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 KSZ066-080-081-088>090-040215- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160404T0200Z/ STAFFORD-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 812 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...080...081...088...089 AND 090... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS NO LONGER EXIST. THEREFORE, THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
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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.