Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 6, 2016, 2:45 AM CDT for 21 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 6, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 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 6, 2016, 2:45 AM CDT (07:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 21 counties
Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:45 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
560 WWUS83 KDDC 060745 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 245 AM CDT WED APR 6 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... .THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PROVIDE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-061800- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0016.160406T1700Z-160407T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- BARBER- 245 AM CDT WED APR 6 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...031...043...044...045...046...063...064...065...066...076... 077...078...079...080...081...086...087...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 7 PM CDT THIS 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...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 RUSH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 STAFFORD...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 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH AND DECREASING SLOWLY IN THE MID TO 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)
1 follow-up statement
970 WWUS83 KDDC 061802 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 102 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... .THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PROVIDE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-070000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160407T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- BARBER- 102 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...031... 043...044...045...046...063...064...065...066...076...077...078... 079...080...081...086...087...088...089 AND 090... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 ELLIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 RUSH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 STAFFORD...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 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 BARBER. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 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)
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 8:40 PM CDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego | 88 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2016Every red flag warning in 2016
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.