Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 9, 2017, 9:57 AM CDT for 18 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 9, 2017, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 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
- Apr 9, 2017, 9:57 AM CDT (14:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2017, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2017, 7:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark 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, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:02 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 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 4468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
035 WWUS83 KDDC 091457 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 957 AM CDT Sun Apr 9 2017 KSZ061>063-074>077-084>087-092300- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0016.170409T1700Z-170410T0100Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Morton-Stevens- Seward-Meade- 957 AM CDT Sun Apr 9 2017 /857 AM MDT Sun Apr 9 2017/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...074...075...076...077...084...085...086 AND 087... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning For wind and low relative humidity...which is in effect until 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ this evening. * Affected Area...in Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny...Fire Weather Zone 063 Finney... Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton...Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant... Fire Weather Zone 076 Haskell...Fire Weather Zone 077 Gray... Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton...Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens... Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward and Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade. * Winds...west 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
2 follow-up statements
288 WWUS83 KDDC 091921 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 221 PM CDT Sun Apr 9 2017 KSZ030-043>045-064-078-088-100100- /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170410T0100Z/ Trego-Scott-Lane-Ness-Hodgeman-Ford-Clark- 221 PM CDT Sun Apr 9 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...043... 044...045...064...078 AND 088... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning For wind and low relative humidity...which is in effect until 8 PM CDT this evening. * Affected Area...in Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 030 Trego...Fire Weather Zone 043 Scott...Fire Weather Zone 044 Lane...Fire Weather Zone 045 Ness...Fire Weather Zone 064 Hodgeman...Fire Weather Zone 078 Ford and Fire Weather Zone 088 Clark. * Winds...west 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 10 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ KSZ061>063-074>077-084>087-100100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170410T0100Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Morton-Stevens- Seward-Meade- 221 PM CDT Sun Apr 9 2017 /121 PM MDT Sun Apr 9 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...062...063...074...075...076...077...084...085... 086 AND 087... * Affected Area...in Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny...Fire Weather Zone 063 Finney... Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton...Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant... Fire Weather Zone 076 Haskell...Fire Weather Zone 077 Gray... Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton...Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens... Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward and Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade. * Winds...west 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
595 WWUS83 KDDC 100017 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 717 PM CDT Sun Apr 9 2017 ...Fire danger diminishing this evening... .A strong dry cold front will bring gusty NW winds this evening, along with higher relative humidity. KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-100130- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170410T0100Z/ Trego-Scott-Lane-Ness-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Stanton- Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark- 717 PM CDT Sun Apr 9 2017 /617 PM MDT Sun Apr 9 2017/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...074...075... 076...077...084...085...086 AND 087... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has cancelled the Red Flag Warning. A strong dry cold front will bring strong gusty NW winds for several hours this evening, along with higher relative humidity. The red flag warning is cancelled. $$ Turner 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.