Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 8, 2017, 3:10 AM CST for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 8, 2017, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 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 8, 2017, 3:10 AM CST (09:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2017, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2017, 7:09 PM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:07 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 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 4806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
971 WWUS83 KDDC 080910 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 310 AM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 ...Critical fire weather conditions expected again today... .Low relative humidity levels will persist across the area again today. A weak surface low will move east along and north of the Oklahoma border. Variable winds this morning will become gusty from the southwest this afternoon. KSZ066-080-081-088>090-082100- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0010.170308T1500Z-170309T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0014.170308T1500Z-170309T0300Z/ Stafford-Kiowa-Pratt-Clark-Comanche-Barber- 310 AM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...080...081...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 9 AM this morning to 9 PM CST this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...in Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 066 Stafford... Fire Weather Zone 080 Kiowa...Fire Weather Zone 081 Pratt... Fire Weather Zone 088 Clark...Fire Weather Zone 089 Comanche and Fire Weather Zone 090 Barber. * Winds...southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Timing...late morning through evening. * Relative Humidity...as low as 13 percent. * Temperatures...in the upper 50s. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning should not be attempted. 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
1 follow-up statement
149 WWUS83 KDDC 090109 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 709 PM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 KSZ066-080-081-088>090-090215- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-170309T0300Z/ Stafford-Kiowa-Pratt-Clark-Comanche-Barber- 709 PM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...080...081...088...089 AND 090... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has cancelled the Red Flag Warning. Relative humidity values were climbing to around 20 percent early this evening and the wind speeds were at less than 10 mph. As a result the red flag warning has been cancelled. Overnight the winds will be southeasterly at less than 10 mph as the relative humidity climbs into the 70 to 80 percent range by daybreak. $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
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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.