Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2018
Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 9, 2018, 9:08 AM CST for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 9, 2018, 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
- Mar 9, 2018, 9:08 AM CST (15:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 9, 2018, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2018, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 23 counties
Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis 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, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:12 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 3960 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
608 WWUS83 KDDC 091508 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 908 AM CST Fri Mar 9 2018 KSZ030-043>045-100000- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0012.180309T1800Z-180310T0000Z/ Trego-Scott-Lane-Ness- 908 AM CST Fri Mar 9 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...043... 044 AND 045... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning For wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect until 6 PM CST this evening. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 030 Trego...Fire Weather Zone 043 Scott...Fire Weather Zone 044 Lane and Fire Weather Zone 045 Ness. * Winds...Northwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 13 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
604 WWUS83 KDDC 091737 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1137 AM CST Fri Mar 9 2018 KSZ031-046-061>065-074>080-084>088-100000- /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0012.180309T1800Z-180310T0000Z/ Ellis-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Pawnee-Stanton-Grant- Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark- 1137 AM CST Fri Mar 9 2018 /1037 AM MST Fri Mar 9 2018/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 031...046...061...062...063...064...065...074...075...076...077... 078...079...080...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 until 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ this evening. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 031 Ellis...Fire Weather Zone 046 Rush...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton...Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny...Fire Weather Zone 063 Finney...Fire Weather Zone 064 Hodgeman...Fire Weather Zone 065 Pawnee... 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 079 Edwards... Fire Weather Zone 080 Kiowa...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 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...10-15 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. && $$ KSZ030-043>045-100000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0012.180309T1800Z-180310T0000Z/ Trego-Scott-Lane-Ness- 1137 AM CST Fri Mar 9 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030... 043...044 AND 045... * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 030 Trego...Fire Weather Zone 043 Scott...Fire Weather Zone 044 Lane and Fire Weather Zone 045 Ness. * Winds...Northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 10 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
492 WWUS83 KDDC 092346 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 546 PM CST Fri Mar 9 2018 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>080-084>088-100100- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-180310T0000Z/ Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman- Pawnee-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-Morton- Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark- 546 PM CST Fri Mar 9 2018 /446 PM MST Fri Mar 9 2018/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...031...043...044...045...046...061...062...063...064...065... 074...075...076...077...078...079...080...084...085...086... 087 AND 088... $$ 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.