Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 27, 2017, 2:44 AM CST for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 27, 2017, 1:00 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 27, 2017, 2:44 AM CST (08:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 27, 2017, 1:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2017, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 2731 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
556 WWUS83 KDDC 270844 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 244 AM CST Mon Feb 27 2017 KSZ061-074-075-084>086-271645- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0006.170227T1900Z-170228T0100Z/ Hamilton-Stanton-Grant-Morton-Stevens-Seward- 244 AM CST Mon Feb 27 2017 /144 AM MST Mon Feb 27 2017/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CST /NOON MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...074...075...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 CST /noon MST/ this afternoon to 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ this evening. * Affected Area...in Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton...Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant... Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton...Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens and Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward. * Winds...southwesterly with frequent gusts to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 14 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
1 follow-up statement
527 WWUS83 KDDC 271448 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 848 AM CST Mon Feb 27 2017 KSZ061-074-075-084>086-280100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0006.170227T1900Z-170228T0100Z/ Hamilton-Stanton-Grant-Morton-Stevens-Seward- 848 AM CST Mon Feb 27 2017 /748 AM MST Mon Feb 27 2017/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CST /NOON MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR wind and low humidities FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...074...075...084... 085 AND 086... * Affected Area...in Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton...Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant... Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton...Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens and Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward. * Winds...southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 14 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
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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.