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Red Flag Warning 24, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 12, 2018, 10:13 PM CDT for Barber County, Comanche County, Pratt County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 13, 2018, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 112 min. 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 12, 2018, 10:13 PM CDT (03:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 13, 2018, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2018, 1:52 PM CDT
- In force
- 112 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 4937 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
101 WWUS83 KDDC 130313 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1013 PM CDT Thu Apr 12 2018 KSZ081-089-090-140000- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0018.180413T1800Z-180414T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0024.180413T1700Z-180414T0000Z/ Pratt-Comanche-Barber- 1013 PM CDT Thu Apr 12 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 081... 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 noon to 7 PM CDT Friday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 081 Pratt...Fire Weather Zone 089 Comanche and Fire Weather Zone 090 Barber. * Winds...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
2 follow-up statements
274 WWUS83 KDDC 130913 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 413 AM CDT Fri Apr 13 2018 KSZ081-089-090-132100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0024.180413T1700Z-180414T0000Z/ Pratt-Comanche-Barber- 413 AM CDT Fri Apr 13 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 081...089 AND 090... * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 081 Pratt...Fire Weather Zone 089 Comanche and Fire Weather Zone 090 Barber. * Winds...West 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 14 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
126 WWUS83 KDDC 131852 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 152 PM CDT Fri Apr 13 2018 ...Critical fire weather conditions have dissipated... KSZ081-089-090-132000- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-180414T0000Z/ Pratt-Comanche-Barber- 152 PM CDT Fri Apr 13 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 081...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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 4:13 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 31 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.