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Red Flag Warning 15, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 23, 2017, 1:38 AM MDT for Hamilton County, Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It took effect at Mar 23, 2017, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr. 7 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
- Mar 23, 2017, 1:38 AM MDT (07:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2017, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2017, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Hamilton County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 4:15 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | Elkhart, KS | . |
| Mar 23, 4:33 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 Wnw Wilburton, KS | . |
| Mar 23, 4:45 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Ene Richfield, KS | MOST OF THE HAILSTONES WERE SOFT AND SPLATTERED ON IMPACT. |
| Mar 23, 4:55 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 S Big Bow, KS | 50-55 MPH WIND GUSTS WERE ALSO REPORTED AT THIS LOCATION. . |
| Mar 23, 5:05 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Sse Big Bow, KS | THE HAIL COVERED THE GROUND. |
| Mar 23, 5:28 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 2 W Rolla, KS | . |
| Mar 23, 6:07 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 2 S Rolla, KS | . |
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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 1630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
905 WWUS83 KDDC 230738 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 238 AM CDT Thu Mar 23 2017 KSZ061-074-084-232100- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0011.170323T1700Z-170324T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0015.170323T1700Z-170324T0100Z/ Hamilton-Stanton-Morton- 238 AM CDT Thu Mar 23 2017 /138 AM MDT Thu Mar 23 2017/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...074 AND 084... 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/ today to 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...in Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton and Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton. * Winds...south 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...15-20 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
1 follow-up statement
508 WWUS83 KDDC 232051 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 351 PM CDT Thu Mar 23 2017 KSZ061-074-084-240100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-170324T0100Z/ Hamilton-Stanton-Morton- 351 PM CDT Thu Mar 23 2017 /251 PM MDT Thu Mar 23 2017/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...074 AND 084... * Affected Area...in Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton and Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton. * Winds...south 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 14 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2:56 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:48 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 21 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:31 PM MDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Meade | 5 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 47 min |
| Mar 23, 4:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 44 min |
| Mar 23, 4:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 4:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton | 55 min |
| Mar 23, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 46 min |
| Mar 23, 4:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 18 min |
| Mar 23, 5:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 57 min |
| Mar 23, 5:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 52 min |
| Mar 23, 5:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 36 min |
| Mar 23, 5:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Morton, Scott and 1 more | 55 min |
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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.