Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Oct 16, 2016, 4:03 PM CDT for 24 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 17, 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
- Oct 16, 2016, 4:03 PM CDT (21:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 17, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2016, 7:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 24 counties
Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 3675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
070 WWUS83 KDDC 162103 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 403 PM CDT SUN OCT 16 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AGAIN MONDAY... .A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OUT INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. IN ADDITION...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS RESULTING IN CRITICAL WILDFIRE IN AREAS WHERE FUELS ARE CURED OUT AND DRY. KSZ043-061>063-074>077-084>087-170515- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0015.161017T1700Z-161018T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0018.161017T1700Z-161018T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-161017T0000Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- 403 PM CDT SUN OCT 16 2016 /303 PM MDT SUN OCT 16 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 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... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074...075...076...077... 084...085...086 AND 087... 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 CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ MONDAY. 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 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SUNDAY AND MONDAY * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MONDAY AFTERNOON IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S * 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. && $$ KSZ044-045-064-078-080-088-089-170515- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0015.161017T1700Z-161018T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0018.161017T1700Z-161018T0100Z/ LANE-NESS-HODGEMAN-FORD-KIOWA-CLARK-COMANCHE- 403 PM CDT SUN OCT 16 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 044...045... 064...078...080...088 AND 089... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SUNDAY AND MONDAY * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...MONDAY AFTERNOON IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL HAVE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
3 follow-up statements
990 WWUS83 KDDC 162348 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 648 PM CDT SUN OCT 16 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN ON MONDAY... .VERY DRY AIR WILL PERSIST ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH MONDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON, WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES. CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON, ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF DODGE CITY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING MUCH COOLER AIR AND STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS MONDAY EVENING. KSZ043-061>063-074>077-084>087-171200- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-161017T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0018.161017T1700Z-161018T0100Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- 648 PM CDT SUN OCT 16 2016 /548 PM MDT SUN OCT 16 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074...075...076... 084...085 AND 086... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074... 075...076...084...085 AND 086... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING. * 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 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE. * WINDS...DIMINISHING AND REMAINING SOUTH NEAR 10 MPH OVERNIGHT. INCREASING TO SW AT 15-25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AFTER 10 AM MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...INCREASING RAPIDLY TO 30 TO 40% OVERNIGHT. AS LOW AS 6% MONDAY AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING QUICKLY INTO THE 50S TONIGHT. RISING QUICKLY INTO THE 90S TO NEAR 100 MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE DANGER OF FIRE SPREAD WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING, BUT WILL RETURN JUST AS QUICKLY MONDAY MORNING. ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN OR CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. 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. && $$ KSZ044-045-064-078-080-088-089-171200- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0018.161017T1700Z-161018T0100Z/ LANE-NESS-HODGEMAN-FORD-KIOWA-CLARK-COMANCHE- 648 PM CDT SUN OCT 16 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 044...045...064...078...080...088 AND 089... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE. * WINDS...AFTER 10 AM MONDAY, BECOMING SW 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH. * TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 90S TO NEAR 100. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL HAVE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED, ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF DODGE CITY MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && TURNER $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
902 WWUS83 KDDC 170937 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 437 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS TODAY. AS DAYTIME HEATING INCREASES, WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING MUCH COOLER AIR AND STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS MONDAY EVENING. KSZ030-031-046-065-079-180100- /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0018.161017T1700Z-161018T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-EDWARDS- 437 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...031...046...065 AND 079... 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 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 ELLIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 RUSH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 EDWARDS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. * 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. && $$ KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-080-084>089-180100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0018.161017T1700Z-161018T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-KIOWA-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE- 437 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2016 /337 AM MDT MON OCT 17 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...045...061...062... 063...064...074...075...076...077...078...080...084...085...086... 087...088 AND 089... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 95 TO 100. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL HAVE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && GERARD $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
056 WWUS83 KDDC 180049 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 749 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016 ...FIRE DANGER SUBSIDING ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS... NORTH WINDS WILL USHER IN COOLER AIR AND HIGHER HUMIDITY TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>080-084>089-180200- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-161018T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- 749 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016 /649 PM MDT MON OCT 17 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...045...061...062... 063...064...074...075...076...077...078...080...084...085...086... 087...088 AND 089... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. NORTH WINDS WILL USHER IN COOLER AIR AND HIGHER HUMIDITY TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. $$ TURNER 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 9:56 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Hodgeman, Kiowa and 6 more | 11 hr |
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.