Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 28, 2017, 3:08 AM CST for 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 28, 2017, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 2 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 28, 2017, 3:08 AM CST (09:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2017, 1:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2017, 3:23 PM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:13 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 3231 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
476 WWUS83 KDDC 280908 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 308 AM CST Tue Feb 28 2017 KSZ086>090-281715- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0007.170228T1900Z-170301T0100Z/ Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber- 308 AM CST Tue Feb 28 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 086...087...088...089 AND 090... 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 7 PM CST this evening. * Affected Area...in Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward... Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade...Fire Weather Zone 088 Clark... Fire Weather Zone 089 Comanche and Fire Weather Zone 090 Barber. * Winds...West-southwest 20 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
2 follow-up statements
053 WWUS83 KDDC 281501 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 901 AM CST Tue Feb 28 2017 KSZ084-085-282315- /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0007.170228T1900Z-170301T0100Z/ Morton-Stevens- 901 AM CST Tue Feb 28 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 084 AND 085... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning For wind and low relative humidity...which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 7 PM CST this evening. * Affected Area...in Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton and Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens. * Winds...west 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 18 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ KSZ086>090-282315- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0007.170228T1900Z-170301T0100Z/ Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber- 901 AM CST Tue Feb 28 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 086...087...088...089 AND 090... * Affected Area...in Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward... Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade...Fire Weather Zone 088 Clark... Fire Weather Zone 089 Comanche and Fire Weather Zone 090 Barber. * Winds...west 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
138 WWUS83 KDDC 282123 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 323 PM CST Tue Feb 28 2017 KSZ084>090-282230- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170301T0100Z/ Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber- 323 PM CST Tue Feb 28 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WINDS AND RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 084...085...086...087...088...089 AND 090... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has cancelled the Red Flag Warning. $$ 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.