Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 19, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Oct 26, 2017, 10:14 PM CDT for 18 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 27, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Oct 26, 2017, 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 27, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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 03:18 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 00:00Z, 3.2 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
- 1779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
819 WWUS83 KDDC 270314 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1014 PM CDT Thu Oct 26 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .Critical fire weather conditions are expected by the early afternoon hours Friday. Dry air leading to low relative humidity will combine with windy conditions, meeting red flag criteria though the end of the afternoon. KSZ030-043-044-061-062-271115- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0014.171027T1800Z-171028T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0019.171027T1800Z-171028T0000Z/ Trego-Scott-Lane-Hamilton-Kearny- 1014 PM CDT Thu Oct 26 2017 /914 PM MDT Thu Oct 26 2017/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ FRIDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...043...044...061 AND 062... 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/ Friday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 030 Trego...Fire Weather Zone 043 Scott...Fire Weather Zone 044 Lane...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton and Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny. * Winds...North 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 11 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. && $$ KSZ045-063-064-074>078-084>088-271115- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0019.171027T1800Z-171028T0000Z/ Ness-Finney-Hodgeman-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Morton- Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark- 1014 PM CDT Thu Oct 26 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 045...063... 064...074...075...076...077...078...084...085...086...087 AND 088... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning For wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from 1 PM to 7 PM CDT Friday. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 045 Ness...Fire Weather Zone 063 Finney...Fire Weather Zone 064 Hodgeman... Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton...Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant... Fire Weather Zone 076 Haskell...Fire Weather Zone 077 Gray... Fire Weather Zone 078 Ford...Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton... Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens...Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward... Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade and Fire Weather Zone 088 Clark. * Winds...North 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 12 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
2 follow-up statements
988 WWUS83 KDDC 272011 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 311 PM CDT Fri Oct 27 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .Critical fire weather conditions are expected by the early afternoon hours Friday. Dry air leading to low relative humidity will combine with windy conditions, meeting red flag criteria though the end of the afternoon. KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-280000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-171028T0000Z/ Trego-Scott-Lane-Ness-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Stanton- Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark- 311 PM CDT Fri Oct 27 2017 /211 PM MDT Fri Oct 27 2017/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...043...044...045...061...062...063...064...074...075... 076...077...078...084...085...086...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...North 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 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 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
182 WWUS83 KDDC 280019 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 719 PM CDT Fri Oct 27 2017 KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-280130- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-171028T0000Z/ Trego-Scott-Lane-Ness-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Stanton- Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark- 719 PM CDT Fri Oct 27 2017 /619 PM MDT Fri Oct 27 2017/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...043...044...045...061...062...063... 064...074...075...076...077...078...084...085...086...087 AND 088... Winds have diminished to around 5 to 10 mph and the humidity is beginning to climb back above 15 percent. Therefore, the Red Flag Warning has been allowed to expire on time. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 10:52 AM CDT | Hard Freeze Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Pratt | 21 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.