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Red Flag Warning 28, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 17, 2018, 9:03 PM CDT for 25 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 10 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2018, 9:03 PM CDT (02:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2018, 12:34 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 25 counties
Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards 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
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 9:10 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 11 N Jetmore, KS | MESONET STATION K5NES, 11 N JETMORE. |
| Apr 17, 9:52 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 3 Ene Dodge City, KS | REPORT FROM DODGE CITY ASOS. |
| Apr 17, 10:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Kinsley, KS | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA: CARPORT ON ITS SIDE AND HEAVILY DAMAGED. |
| Apr 17, 10:25 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Lewis, KS | SEMI ROLLOVER ON HIGHWAY 50. |
| Apr 17, 10:25 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ene Offerle, KS | SEMI ROLLOVER ON HIGHWAY 50. |
| Apr 17, 10:30 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Coats, KS | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF A POWER POLE SNAPPED IN HALF. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Apr 17, 10:52 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Garfield, KS | PART OF GARAGE ROOF MISSING AND HOUSE SHINGLES MISSING. MANY TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT GARFIELD KS AS WELL. |
| Apr 17, 10:55 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Ssw Iuka, KS | REPORT FROM PRATT AWOS. |
| Apr 17, 11:15 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Pratt Industrial Airpor, KS | AWOS STATION PTT, PRATT INDUSTRIAL AIRPORT AWOS SITE. |
| Apr 18, 12:02 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Medicine Lodge Asos Sit, KS | ASOS STATION P28, MEDICINE LODGE ASOS SITE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 4551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
103 WWUS83 KDDC 180203 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 903 PM CDT Tue Apr 17 2018 ...Critical Fire Weather Conditions This Evening... KSZ043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-180600- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-180418T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0028.180418T0203Z-180418T0600Z/ 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- 903 PM CDT Tue Apr 17 2018 /803 PM MDT Tue Apr 17 2018/ ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 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... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, which is in effect until 1 AM CDT /midnight MDT/ 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 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 066 Stafford...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 081 Pratt...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...Fire Weather Zone 089 Comanche and Fire Weather Zone 090 Barber. * Winds...Northwest 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 15 percent. * Temperatures...In the mid 60s. * 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
1 follow-up statement
124 WWUS83 KDDC 180534 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1234 AM CDT Wed Apr 18 2018 KSZ043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-180645- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-180418T0600Z/ Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Pawnee- Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-Pratt- Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber- 1234 AM CDT Wed Apr 18 2018 /1134 PM MDT Tue Apr 17 2018/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...045...046...061... 062...063...064...065...066...074... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has cancelled the Red Flag Warning. $$ 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 18, 3:57 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 8 more | 16 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.