Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 16, 2016, 2:31 AM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 16, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 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 16, 2016, 2:31 AM CDT (07:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2016, 4:07 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:36 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, 7.5 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
- 3871 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 91 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
817 WWUS83 KDDC 160731 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 231 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY... KSZ074>076-084>090-160845- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.A.0007.160316T1800Z-160317T0100Z/ STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- BARBER- 231 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH 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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO 12 TO 15 PERCENT, HOWEVER WINDS WILL LIKELY BE A BIT LESS THAN PREVIOUSLY FORECAST, MOST LIKELY IN THE 12 TO 20 MPH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FALLS SHORT OF THE REQUIRED 25 MPH SUSTAINED WIND FOR A RED FLAG WARNING. $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-077>081-161800- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0007.160316T1800Z-160317T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0008.160316T1800Z-160317T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- 231 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 /131 AM MDT WED MAR 16 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...031...043...044... 045...046...061...062...063...064...065...066...077...078...079... 080 AND 081... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL HAVE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
2 follow-up statements
570 WWUS83 KDDC 161710 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1210 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO EARLY EVENING... KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-077>081-170100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0008.160316T1800Z-160317T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- 1210 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 /1110 AM MDT WED MAR 16 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...031...043...044...045...046...061...062...063...064... 065...066...077...078...079...080 AND 081... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 50S TO 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
363 WWUS83 KDDC 162107 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 407 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING CANCELLED... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. HOWEVER...CLOUD COVER HAS KEPT TEMPERATURES COOLER AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY HIGHER THAN FORECASTED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN ABOVE THE 15% CRITICAL THRESHOLD. AS SUCH...THE RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-077>081-162215- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160317T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- 407 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 /307 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...031...043...044...045...046...061... 062...063...064...065...066...077...078...079...080 AND 081... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. HOWEVER...CLOUD COVER HAS KEPT TEMPERATURES COOLER AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY HIGHER THAN FORECASTED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN ABOVE THE 15% CRITICAL THRESHOLD. AS SUCH...THE RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED. $$ TURNER FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC (ALL LOWER CASE)
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.