Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Sep 20, 2017, 12:14 PM CDT for 18 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Sep 21, 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 20, 2017, 12:14 PM CDT (17:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 21, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2017, 8:00 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 17:14 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, 5.2 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
- 2382 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
491 WWUS83 KDDC 201714 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1214 PM CDT Wed Sep 20 2017 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER EXPECTED AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON... KSZ043-061>063-074-075-084-211200- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0013.170921T1800Z-170922T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0018.170921T1800Z-170922T0100Z/ Scott-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Stanton-Grant-Morton- 1214 PM CDT Wed Sep 20 2017 /1114 AM MDT Wed Sep 20 2017/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062...063...074...075 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 1 PM CDT /noon MDT/ to 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ Thursday. 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 and Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton. * Winds...south or southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 15 percent. * Impacts...Any fire ignitions may exhibit extreme fire behavior and be difficult to control. Outdoor burning is strongly discouraged. 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. && $$ KSZ030-044-045-064-076>078-085>088-211200- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0018.170921T1800Z-170922T0100Z/ Trego-Lane-Ness-Hodgeman-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Stevens-Seward-Meade- Clark- 1214 PM CDT Wed Sep 20 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...044... 045...064...076...077...078...085...086...087 AND 088... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning For wind and low relative humidity...which is in effect from 1 PM to 8 PM CDT Thursday. * Affected Area...in Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 030 Trego...Fire Weather Zone 044 Lane...Fire Weather Zone 045 Ness...Fire Weather Zone 064 Hodgeman...Fire Weather Zone 076 Haskell... Fire Weather Zone 077 Gray...Fire Weather Zone 078 Ford...Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens...Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward...Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade and Fire Weather Zone 088 Clark. * Winds...south or southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 15 percent. * Impacts...Any fire ignitions may exhibit extreme fire behavior and be difficult to control. Outdoor burning is strongly discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ TURNER For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
2 follow-up statements
376 WWUS83 KDDC 210821 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 321 AM CDT Thu Sep 21 2017 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER EXPECTED AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON... KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-211630- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0018.170921T1800Z-170922T0100Z/ Trego-Scott-Lane-Ness-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Stanton- Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark- 321 AM CDT Thu Sep 21 2017 /221 AM MDT Thu Sep 21 2017/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS 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 043...061...062... 063...074...075 AND 084... * 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...south 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 15 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
792 WWUS83 KDDC 211416 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 916 AM CDT Thu Sep 21 2017 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON... KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-220100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0018.170921T1800Z-170922T0100Z/ Trego-Scott-Lane-Ness-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Stanton- Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark- 916 AM CDT Thu Sep 21 2017 /816 AM MDT Thu Sep 21 2017/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...061...062... 063...074...075 AND 084... * Affected Area...in Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 030 Trego...Fire Weather Zone 043 Scott...Fire Weather Zone 044 Lane...Fire Weather Zone 045 Ness...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton...Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny...Fire Weather Zone 063 Finney...Fire Weather Zone 064 Hodgeman...Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton... Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant...Fire Weather Zone 076 Haskell... Fire Weather Zone 077 Gray...Fire Weather Zone 078 Ford...Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton...Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens...Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward...Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade and Fire Weather Zone 088 Clark. * Winds...south 20 to 30 mph with gusts near 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 15 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is strongly discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ TURNER For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 2:45 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Scott and 1 more | 9 hr |
Nearby
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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.