Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2018
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 3, 2018, 2:55 PM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 4, 2018, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Apr 3, 2018, 2:55 PM CDT (19:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 4, 2018, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2018, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 27 counties
Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche 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, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
065 WWUS83 KDDC 031955 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 255 PM CDT Tue Apr 3 2018 ...Critical Fire Weather Conditions Tuesday & Wednesday... KSZ061>064-074>078-084>088-040400- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0015.180404T1700Z-180405T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0021.180404T1700Z-180405T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-180404T0100Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford- Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark- 255 PM CDT Tue Apr 3 2018 /155 PM MDT Tue Apr 3 2018/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...064...074...075...076...077...078...084... 085...086...087 AND 088... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...064...074...075...076... 077...078...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 from noon CDT /11 AM MDT/ to 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ Wednesday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny...Fire Weather Zone 063 Finney... Fire Weather Zone 064 Hodgeman...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 084 Morton...Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens...Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward...Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade and Fire Weather Zone 088 Clark. * Winds...Today, South 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. Tomorrow, Southwest 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...Today, as low as 13 percent. Tomorrow, 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. && $$ KSZ043>046-065-079-080-089-040400- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0021.180404T1700Z-180405T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-180404T0100Z/ Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Pawnee-Edwards-Kiowa-Comanche- 255 PM CDT Tue Apr 3 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043... 044...045...046...065...079...080 AND 089... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044... 045...046...065...079...080 AND 089... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning For wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from noon to 8 PM CDT Wednesday. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 043 Scott...Fire Weather Zone 044 Lane...Fire Weather Zone 045 Ness...Fire Weather Zone 046 Rush...Fire Weather Zone 065 Pawnee...Fire Weather Zone 079 Edwards...Fire Weather Zone 080 Kiowa and Fire Weather Zone 089 Comanche. * Winds...Today, South 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. Tomorrow, Southwest 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...Today, as low as 13 percent. Tomorrow, as low as 10 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ KSZ030-031-040400- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0021.180404T1700Z-180405T0100Z/ Trego-Ellis- 255 PM CDT Tue Apr 3 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030 AND 031... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning For wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from noon to 8 PM CDT Wednesday. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 030 Trego and Fire Weather Zone 031 Ellis. * Winds...Tomorrow, Southwest 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...Tomorrow, 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. && $$ KSZ066-081-090-040100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-180404T0100Z/ Stafford-Pratt-Barber- 255 PM CDT Tue Apr 3 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066... 081 AND 090... * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 066 Stafford... Fire Weather Zone 081 Pratt and Fire Weather Zone 090 Barber. * Winds...North 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 19 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
3 follow-up statements
034 WWUS83 KDDC 040100 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 800 PM CDT Tue Apr 3 2018 ...Critical Fire Weather Conditions will return Wednesday... KSZ043>046-061>065-074>080-084>089-041000- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-180404T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0021.180404T1700Z-180405T0100Z/ Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Pawnee- Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-Morton-Stevens- Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche- 800 PM CDT Tue Apr 3 2018 /700 PM MDT Tue Apr 3 2018/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...045...046...061... 062...063...064...065...074...075...076...077...078...079...080... 084...085...086...087...088 AND 089... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...045...046...061...062...063...064...065...074...075... 076...077...078...079...080...084...085...086...087...088 AND 089... * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 043 Scott...Fire Weather Zone 044 Lane...Fire Weather Zone 045 Ness...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...Fire Weather Zone 088 Clark and Fire Weather Zone 089 Comanche. * Winds...South 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 35 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. && $$ KSZ066-081-090-040200- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-180404T0100Z/ Stafford-Pratt-Barber- 800 PM CDT Tue Apr 3 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...081 AND 090... Relative humidity values were rising into the 20 to 25 percent range as north wind decrease into the 10 to 15 mph range. Critical fire weather conditions are no longer expected this evening. $$ KSZ030-031-041000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0021.180404T1700Z-180405T0100Z/ Trego-Ellis- 800 PM CDT Tue Apr 3 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030 AND 031... * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 030 Trego and Fire Weather Zone 031 Ellis. * Winds...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
457 WWUS83 KDDC 040717 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 217 AM CDT Wed Apr 4 2018 ...Critical Fire Weather Conditions will return Wednesday... KSZ066-081-090-050100- /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0021.180404T1700Z-180405T0100Z/ Stafford-Pratt-Barber- 217 AM CDT Wed Apr 4 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 066...081 AND 090... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning For wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from noon today to 8 PM CDT this evening. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 066 Stafford... Fire Weather Zone 081 Pratt and Fire Weather Zone 090 Barber. * Winds...South 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 15 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>080-084>089-050100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0021.180404T1700Z-180405T0100Z/ Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman- Pawnee-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-Morton- Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche- 217 AM CDT Wed Apr 4 2018 /117 AM MDT Wed Apr 4 2018/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...045...046... 061...062...063...064...065...074...075...076...077...078...079... 080...084...085...086...087...088 AND 089... * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 030 Trego...Fire Weather Zone 031 Ellis...Fire Weather Zone 043 Scott...Fire Weather Zone 044 Lane...Fire Weather Zone 045 Ness...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...Fire Weather Zone 088 Clark and Fire Weather Zone 089 Comanche. * Winds...South 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
857 WWUS83 KDDC 050049 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 749 PM CDT Wed Apr 4 2018 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-050200- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-180405T0100Z/ Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman- Pawnee-Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa- Pratt-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber- 749 PM CDT Wed Apr 4 2018 /649 PM MDT Wed Apr 4 2018/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...031...043...044...045...046...061...062...063...064...065... 066...074...075...076...077...078...079...080...081...084...085... 086...087...088...089 AND 090... Winds will continue to diminish as relative humidity rises above critical levels this evening. $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 3:15 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 8 more | 12 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.