Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2018
Red Flag Warning 29, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 18, 2018, 3:57 AM CDT for 14 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 18, 2018, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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 18, 2018, 3:57 AM CDT (08:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 18, 2018, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2018, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 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 18, 4:17 PM CDT | WILDFIRE | 6 Sse Kendall, KS | WILDFIRE SEEN FROM GOES-16 SATELLITE AND CONFIRMED BY COUNTY DISPATCH. |
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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 86 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.
447 WWUS83 KDDC 180857 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 357 AM CDT Wed Apr 18 2018 KSZ061-062-074>076-084>089-181700- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0029.180418T1900Z-180419T0100Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade- Clark-Comanche- 357 AM CDT Wed Apr 18 2018 /257 AM MDT Wed Apr 18 2018/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CDT /1 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...074...075... 076...084...085...086...087...088 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 2 PM CDT /1 PM MDT/ this afternoon to 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ this evening. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny...Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton... Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant...Fire Weather Zone 076 Haskell... 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...North 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 35 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
2 follow-up statements
178 WWUS83 KDDC 181626 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1126 AM CDT Wed Apr 18 2018 KSZ061-062-074>076-084>089-190100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0029.180418T1900Z-180419T0100Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade- Clark-Comanche- 1126 AM CDT Wed Apr 18 2018 /1026 AM MDT Wed Apr 18 2018/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...074...075...076...084...085...086...087... 088 AND 089... * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny...Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton... Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant...Fire Weather Zone 076 Haskell... Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton...Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens... Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward...Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade...Fire Weather Zone 088 Clark and Fire Weather Zone 089 Comanche. * Winds...North 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 13 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
406 WWUS83 KDDC 181833 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 133 PM CDT Wed Apr 18 2018 KSZ063-077-078-190100- /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0029.180418T1900Z-180419T0100Z/ Finney-Gray-Ford- 133 PM CDT Wed Apr 18 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 063... 077 AND 078... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning For wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect until 8 PM CDT this evening. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 063 Finney... Fire Weather Zone 077 Gray and Fire Weather Zone 078 Ford. * Winds...North 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 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. && $$ KSZ061-062-074>076-084>089-190100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0029.180418T1900Z-180419T0100Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade- Clark-Comanche- 133 PM CDT Wed Apr 18 2018 /1233 PM MDT Wed Apr 18 2018/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...074...075...076...084...085...086...087... 088 AND 089... * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny...Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton... Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant...Fire Weather Zone 076 Haskell... Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton...Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens... Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward...Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade...Fire Weather Zone 088 Clark and Fire Weather Zone 089 Comanche. * Winds...North 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 12 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 9:03 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 19 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2018Every red flag warning in 2018
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.