Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Dec 24, 2016, 3:41 PM CST for 19 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 25, 2016, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr. 16 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
- Dec 24, 2016, 3:41 PM CST (21:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2016, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2016, 5:48 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards 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, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 1:23 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 9 Nw Wilburton, KS | MESONET STATION 8 WNW WILBURTON /CGLK1/. |
| Dec 25, 1:35 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 8 Wnw Wilburton, KS | MESONET STATION 7 WNW WILBURTON /K5EHT/. |
| Dec 25, 1:49 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 8 S Johnson City, KS | MESONET STATION 8 S JOHNSON CITY /E5582/. |
| Dec 25, 1:51 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 Nw Pierceville, KS | ASOS STATION GARDEN CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT /GCK/. |
| Dec 25, 2:15 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 1 S Coolidge, KS | MESONET STATION COOLIDGE /K5COO/. |
| Dec 25, 2:19 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Nnw Ulysses, KS | MESONET STATION 1 NW ULYSSES /KULS/. |
| Dec 25, 2:23 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 9 Nw Wilburton, KS | MESONET STATION 8 WNW WILBURTON /CGLK1/. |
| Dec 25, 2:25 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 Ne Hayne, KS | MESONET STATION 4 NE HAYNE /UR350/. |
| Dec 25, 2:29 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 1 Ese Scott City, KS | MESONET STATION 1 ESE SCOTT CITY /KTQK/. |
| Dec 25, 2:30 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 2 Wsw Minneola, KS | MESONET STATION 2 WSW MINNEOLA /UP313/. |
| Dec 25, 2:54 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 4 Nw Pierceville, KS | ASOS STATION GARDEN CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT /GCK/. |
| Dec 25, 2:55 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Sw Hugoton, KS | AWOS STATION HUGOTON /HQG/. |
| Dec 25, 3:00 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 2 Nw Ft. Dodge, KS | DODGE CITY AIRPORT ASOS MESONET M62 MPH. |
| Dec 25, 3:02 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Sw Hugoton, KS | MESONET STATION 1 WSW HUGOTON /KHQG/. |
| Dec 25, 3:10 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 4 Ssw Kismet, KS | MESONET STATION 4 SSW KISMET /K5KSM/. |
| Dec 25, 3:16 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 3 W Bloom, KS | MESONET STATION 3 W BLOOM /D9907/. |
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 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 2741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
503 WWUS83 KDDC 242141 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 341 PM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-250545- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0019.161225T1700Z-161226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0022.161225T1700Z-161226T0000Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- 341 PM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 /241 PM MST SAT DEC 24 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...074...075...084 AND 085... 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 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ SUNDAY. 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 074 STANTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS 55 TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S. * 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. && $$ KSZ063-064-076>080-086>089-250545- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0019.161225T1700Z-161226T0000Z/ FINNEY-HODGEMAN-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-SEWARD-MEADE- CLARK-COMANCHE- 341 PM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...064...074...075...076... 077...078...079...080...084...085...086...087...088 AND 089... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 EDWARDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 50S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL HAVE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
3 follow-up statements
147 WWUS83 KDDC 250325 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 925 PM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-251330- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0022.161225T1700Z-161226T0000Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- 925 PM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 /825 PM MST SAT DEC 24 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...074...075...084 AND 085... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS 55 TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 40S. * 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. && $$ KSZ063-064-076>080-086>089-251330- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0019.161225T1700Z-161226T0000Z/ FINNEY-HODGEMAN-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-SEWARD-MEADE- CLARK-COMANCHE- 925 PM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...064...074...075...076... 077...078...079...080...084...085...086...087...088 AND 089... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 EDWARDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 50S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL HAVE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
712 WWUS83 KDDC 251008 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 408 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 KSZ063-064-076>080-086>089-260000- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0019.161225T1700Z-161226T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0022.161225T1700Z-161226T0000Z/ FINNEY-HODGEMAN-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-SEWARD-MEADE- CLARK-COMANCHE- 408 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 063...064...076...077...078...079...080...086...087...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 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...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 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS 55 TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S. * 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. && $$ KSZ043-044-260000- /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0022.161225T1700Z-161226T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE- 408 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043 AND 044... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS 55 TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL HAVE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-260000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0022.161225T1700Z-161226T0000Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- 408 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 /308 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...074...075... 084 AND 085... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 55 TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...50 TO 55. * 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
115 WWUS83 KDDC 252348 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 548 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 KSZ043-044-061>064-074>080-084>089-260100- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-161226T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL- GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE- 548 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 /448 PM MST SUN DEC 25 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...074...075...084 AND 085... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL SLOWLY RECOVER AS TEMPERATURES COOL. THE DANGER OF WILDFIRE SPREAD IS MUCH REDUCED, AND THE RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE) TURNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 3:47 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 12 more | 17 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:47 PM CST | High Wind Watch | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Meade, Morton, Seward and 2 more | 12 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.