Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2018
Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 25, 2018, 4:22 AM CDT for Morton County, Stanton County, Stevens County, Kansas. It took effect at Mar 25, 2018, 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
- Mar 25, 2018, 4:22 AM CDT (09:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 25, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2018, 6:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 2151 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
157 WWUS83 KDDC 250922 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 422 AM CDT Sun Mar 25 2018 ...Critical Fire Weather Conditions This Afternoon... KSZ074-084-085-251730- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0018.180325T1800Z-180326T0100Z/ Stanton-Morton-Stevens- 422 AM CDT Sun Mar 25 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 074...084 AND 085... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 8 PM CDT this evening. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton... Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton and Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens. * Winds...South 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 12 percent. * Temperatures...Around 75 to 80. * 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
1 follow-up statement
375 WWUS83 KDDC 252341 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 641 PM CDT Sun Mar 25 2018 KSZ074-084-085-260045- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-180326T0100Z/ Stanton-Morton-Stevens- 641 PM CDT Sun Mar 25 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 074...084 AND 085... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has cancelled the Red Flag Warning. Wind speeds have decreased and relative humidities will continue to increase through the rest of the evening. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 3:23 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 19 more | 18 hr |
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.