Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Sep 18, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Sep 19, 2017, 1:00 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
- Sep 18, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT (15:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 19, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2017, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 23 counties
Clark 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, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:01 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 48 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
- 71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -361 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1305 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
166 WWUS83 KDDC 181500 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1000 AM CDT Mon Sep 18 2017 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON... KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086-191200- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0012.170919T1800Z-170920T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0017.170919T1800Z-170920T0000Z/ Scott-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Morton-Stevens- Seward- 1000 AM CDT Mon Sep 18 2017 /900 AM MDT Mon Sep 18 2017/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074...075...076... 084...085 AND 086... 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/ to 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ Tuesday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...in Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 043 Scott...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 084 Morton...Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens and Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward. * Winds...southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 14 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that ignite may exhibit extreme fire behavior and be difficult to control. Avoid outdoor burning. 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. && $$ KSZ030-044-045-064-077-078-087-088-191200- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0017.170919T1800Z-170920T0000Z/ Trego-Lane-Ness-Hodgeman-Gray-Ford-Meade-Clark- 1000 AM CDT Mon Sep 18 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...044... 045...064...077...078...087 AND 088... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning For wind and low relative humidity...which is in effect from 1 PM to 7 PM CDT Tuesday. * Affected Area...in Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 030 Trego...Fire Weather Zone 044 Lane...Fire Weather Zone 045 Ness...Fire Weather Zone 064 Hodgeman...Fire Weather Zone 077 Gray...Fire Weather Zone 078 Ford...Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade and Fire Weather Zone 088 Clark. * Winds...southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 16 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that ignite may exhibit extreme fire behavior and be difficult to control. Avoid outdoor burning. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ TURNER For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
2 follow-up statements
983 WWUS83 KDDC 190714 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 214 AM CDT Tue Sep 19 2017 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... KSZ031-046-065-079-080-192100- /O.EXB.KDDC.FW.W.0017.170919T1800Z-170920T0100Z/ Ellis-Rush-Pawnee-Edwards-Kiowa- 214 AM CDT Tue Sep 19 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 031...046...065...079 AND 080... 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 this afternoon to 8 PM CDT this evening. * Affected Area...in Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 031 Ellis...Fire Weather Zone 046 Rush...Fire Weather Zone 065 Pawnee...Fire Weather Zone 079 Edwards and Fire Weather Zone 080 Kiowa. * Winds...south 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 13 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. && $$ KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-192100- /O.EXT.KDDC.FW.W.0017.170919T1800Z-170920T0100Z/ Trego-Scott-Lane-Ness-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Stanton- Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark- 214 AM CDT Tue Sep 19 2017 /114 AM MDT Tue Sep 19 2017/ ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...044...045...064... 077...078...087 AND 088... * Affected Area...in Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 030 Trego...Fire Weather Zone 043 Scott...Fire Weather Zone 044 Lane...Fire Weather Zone 045 Ness...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton...Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny...Fire Weather Zone 063 Finney...Fire Weather Zone 064 Hodgeman...Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton... Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant...Fire Weather Zone 076 Haskell... Fire Weather Zone 077 Gray...Fire Weather Zone 078 Ford...Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton...Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens...Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward...Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade and Fire Weather Zone 088 Clark. * Winds...southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 9 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
301 WWUS83 KDDC 192127 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 427 PM CDT Tue Sep 19 2017 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>080-084>088-200100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-170920T0100Z/ Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman- Pawnee-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-Morton- Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark- 427 PM CDT Tue Sep 19 2017 /327 PM MDT Tue Sep 19 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 030...044...045...064...077...078...087 AND 088... * 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 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 084 Morton... Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens...Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward... Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade and Fire Weather Zone 088 Clark. * Winds...southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 11:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 64 min |
| Sep 18, 12:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 63 min |
| Sep 18, 1:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade, Seward | 62 min |
| Sep 18, 2:31 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 4 more | 7 hr |
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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.