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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 14, 201627 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 14, 2016, 2:20 PM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 15, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 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
Mar 14, 2016, 2:20 PM CDT (19:20 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 15, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 15, 2016, 8:44 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
All 27 counties

Barber County, KS, 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, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 27 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

122 
WWUS83 KDDC 141920
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
220 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2016

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND AGAIN
TUESDAY...

KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-150600-
/O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0006.160315T1900Z-160316T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0007.160315T1700Z-160316T0200Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160315T0200Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-
220 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2016 /120 PM MDT MON MAR 14 2016/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 061...062...074...075...084 AND 085...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM
CDT /8 PM MDT/ TUESDAY 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 NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. 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...WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 25
  MPH TODAY THEN NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH
  ON TUESDAY.

* 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.

&&

$$

KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-150600-
/O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0006.160315T1900Z-160316T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0007.160315T1700Z-160316T0200Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-
BARBER-
220 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY 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 TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* 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 WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
  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)
4 follow-up statements
607 
WWUS83 KDDC 150106
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
806 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2016

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON TUESDAY...

KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-151000-
/O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160315T0200Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0007.160315T1700Z-160316T0200Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-
806 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2016 /706 PM MDT MON MAR 14 2016/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/
TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...074...075...084 AND
085... 
...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED THIS EVENING FOR WINDS 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...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 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.

&&

$$

KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-151000-
/O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0007.160315T1700Z-160316T0200Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-
BARBER-
806 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT
TUESDAY FOR HIGH WINDS 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...

* 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 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 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)
319 
WWUS83 KDDC 150927
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
427 AM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY...

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-152100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0007.160316T1800Z-160317T0100Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0007.160315T1700Z-160316T0200Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
427 AM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 /327 AM MDT TUE MAR 15 2016/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/
TODAY TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
030...031...043...044...045...
046...061...062...063...064...065...066...074...075...076...077...
078...079...080...081...084...085...086...087...088...089 AND
090... 

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
030...031...043...044...045...046...061...062...063...064...
065...066...074...075...076...077...078...079...080...081...084...
085...086...087...088...089 AND 090...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG
WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...ALL FIRE WEATHER ZONES IN WEST
  CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...12 TO 15 PERCENT...EXCEPT 7 TO 12 PERCENT
  FARTHER WEST NEAR COLORADO BORDER.

* TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 60S.

* 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.

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)
510 
WWUS83 KDDC 152115
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
415 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS
EVENING AND WEDNESDAY...

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-160200-
/O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160316T0200Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0007.160316T1800Z-160317T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
415 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 /315 PM MDT TUE MAR 15 2016/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...031...043...044...045...046...061...
062...063...064...065...066...074...075...076...077...078...079...
080...081...084...085...086...087...088...089 AND 090...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND
STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...031...043...044...045...
046...061...062...063...064...065...066...074...075...076...077...
078...079...080...081...084...085...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 061 HAMILTON...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 STAFFORD...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 079 EDWARDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 
  KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT...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...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  090 BARBER.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING... AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 15%.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWER 60S....FALLING TO THE UPPER 50S. 

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL HAVE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR
  AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. 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.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

&&

$$

TURNER

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
129 
WWUS83 KDDC 160144
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
844 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...FIRE DANGER DIMINISHES TONIGHT...
...INCREASED FIRE DANGER AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-160945-
/O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160316T0200Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0007.160316T1800Z-160317T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
844 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 /744 PM MDT TUE MAR 15 2016/

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
030...031...043...044...045...046...061...062...
063...064...065...066...074...075...076...077...078...079...080...
081...084...085...086...087...088...089 AND 090...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
030...031...043...044...045...046...061...
062...063...064...065...066...074...075...076...077...078...079...
080...081...084...085...086...087...088...089 AND 090...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING.

* 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 061 HAMILTON...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 PAWNEE...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 STAFFORD...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 079 EDWARDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 
  KIOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 PRATT...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...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 COMANCHE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  090 BARBER.

* WINDS...LIGHT NW WINDS 5-15 MPH OVERNIGHT. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...IMPROVING TO 50-60% OVERNIGHT. 

* TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S WEDNESDAY 
  MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...FIRE DANGER HAS DIMINISHED GREATLY THIS EVENING AS
  WINDS HAVE RAPIDLY WEAKENED. FIRE DANGER WILL AGAIN INCREASE ON
  WEDNESDAY, AS NW WINDS INCREASE TO 15-25 MPH. THE AIRMASS WILL
  REMAIN QUITE DRY, WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING TO THE 10-15%
  RANGE. 

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.

&&

$$

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 1:18 AM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens19 hr

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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.