Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 11, 2017, 1:17 AM CST for 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 11, 2017, 12:00 PM CST. 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
- Feb 11, 2017, 1:17 AM CST (07:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 11, 2017, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:20 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 3682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
898 WWUS83 KDDC 110717 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 117 AM CST Sat Feb 11 2017 KSZ084>088-111530- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0002.170211T1800Z-170212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0003.170211T1800Z-170212T0000Z/ Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark- 117 AM CST Sat Feb 11 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 084... 085...086...087 AND 088... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning FOR low relative humidity and strong winds...which is in effect from noon today to 6 PM CST this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...in Kansas...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...west 15 to 25 mph with gusts of 25 to 35 mph. * Timing...this afternoon * Relative Humidity...as low as 13 percent. * Temperatures...in the lower 80s. * 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
2 follow-up statements
658 WWUS83 KDDC 110906 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 306 AM CST Sat Feb 11 2017 KSZ084>088-120000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0003.170211T1800Z-170212T0000Z/ Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark- 306 AM CST Sat Feb 11 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 084...085...086...087 AND 088... * Affected Area...in Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton... Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens...Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward... Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade and Fire Weather Zone 088 Clark. * Winds...west 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Timing...this afternoon * Relative Humidity...as low as 15 percent. * Temperatures...in the upper 70s. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
592 WWUS83 KDDC 112357 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 557 PM CST Sat Feb 11 2017 KSZ084>088-120100- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170212T0000Z/ Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark- 557 PM CST Sat Feb 11 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 084... 085...086...087 AND 088... The relative humidity is slowly climbing above critical thresholds. As a result the red flag warning will be allowed to expire $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
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.