Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 20, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Nov 16, 2016, 6:39 PM CST for 14 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 17, 2016, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr. 3 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
- Nov 16, 2016, 6:39 PM CST (00:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 17, 2016, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2016, 6:42 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark 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, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 4:58 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Satanta, KS | TRAILER DAMAGED AND TREES DOWN IN SATANTA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Nov 17, 5:05 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Sublette, KS | TREES REPORTED DOWN IN SUBLETTE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Nov 17, 5:15 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 8 Se Sublette, KS | REPORTS OF POWER POLES DOWN IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF HASKELL COUNTY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 3828 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 405 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
919 WWUS83 KDDC 170039 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 639 PM CST WED NOV 16 2016 KSZ061>064-074>078-084>088-170845- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-161117T0100Z/ /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0017.161117T1700Z-161118T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0020.161117T1700Z-161118T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 639 PM CST WED NOV 16 2016 /539 PM MST WED NOV 16 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...064...074...075...076... 077...078...084...085...086...087 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 FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THURSDAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 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 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 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 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON, ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY. ABUNDANT CURED GRASSES, RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT, AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH WILL COMBINE TO MAKE AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS LIKELY WITH ANY IGNITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THURSDAY EVENING, AND THIS WILL IMPACT ANY ONGOING FIRE FIGHTING EFFORTS. FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS WILDFIRES THURSDAY 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. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-065-066-079>081-089-090-170145- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-161117T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- 639 PM CST WED NOV 16 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...031...043...044...045... 046 AND 065... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS SLOWLY CLIMBING ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS THIS EVENING, AND WINDS ARE GRADUALLY WEAKENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THIS EVENING. $$ TURNER FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
4 follow-up statements
845 WWUS83 KDDC 170752 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 152 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016 KSZ064-170900- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0020.161117T1700Z-161118T0100Z/ HODGEMAN- 152 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...064...074... 075...076...077...078...084...085...086...087 AND 088... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. A WARM FRONT WILL STAY TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA SO THAT RED FLAG CONDITIONS MAY ONLY BE MET FOR A VERY SHORT PERIOD OR NOT AT ALL. $$ KSZ061>063-074>078-084>088-171600- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0020.161117T1700Z-161118T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 152 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016 /1252 AM MST THU NOV 17 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...064... 074...075...076...077...078...084...085...086...087 AND 088... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL HAVE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
101 WWUS83 KDDC 171534 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 934 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON... KSZ061>063-074>078-084>088-180100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0020.161117T1700Z-161118T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 934 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016 /834 AM MST THU NOV 17 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...064...074...075...076...077...078...084... 085...086...087 AND 088... * 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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
946 WWUS83 KDDC 171925 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 125 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON... KSZ061>063-077-078-172030- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-161118T0100Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-GRAY-FORD- 125 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 /1225 PM MST THU NOV 17 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...064...074... 075...076...077...078...084...085...086...087 AND 088... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LESS THAN 15 PERCENT ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ KSZ074>076-084>088-180100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-161118T0100Z/ STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 125 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061... 062...063...064...074...075...076...077...078...084...085...086... 087 AND 088... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...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 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. * 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
050 WWUS83 KDDC 180042 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 642 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 KSZ074>076-084>088-180145- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-161118T0100Z/ STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 642 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...064...074... 075...076...077...078...084...085...086...087 AND 088... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS RISING WELL ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 5:37 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 38 min |
| Nov 17, 5:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 42 min |
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.