Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2018
Red Flag Warning 30, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 29, 2018, 11:59 AM MDT for Hamilton County, Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 30, 2018, 12:00 PM MDT. 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 29, 2018, 11:59 AM MDT (17:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 30, 2018, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2018, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Hamilton County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 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 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 1843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 595 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
150 WWUS83 KDDC 291759 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1259 PM CDT Sun Apr 29 2018 KSZ061-074-084-301100- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0019.180430T1800Z-180501T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0030.180430T1800Z-180501T0100Z/ Hamilton-Stanton-Morton- 1259 PM CDT Sun Apr 29 2018 /1159 AM MDT Sun Apr 29 2018/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...074 AND 084... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning For wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from 1 PM CDT /noon MDT/ to 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ Monday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton and Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton. * Winds...South 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 11 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
2 follow-up statements
402 WWUS83 KDDC 301004 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 504 AM CDT Mon Apr 30 2018 KSZ061-074-084-010200- /O.EXT.KDDC.FW.W.0030.180430T1800Z-180501T0200Z/ Hamilton-Stanton-Morton- 504 AM CDT Mon Apr 30 2018 /404 AM MDT Mon Apr 30 2018/ ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...074 AND 084... * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton and Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton. * Winds...South 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 10 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
266 WWUS83 KDDC 302001 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 301 PM CDT Mon Apr 30 2018 KSZ074-084-010415- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0031.180501T1800Z-180502T0200Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0030.000000T0000Z-180501T0200Z/ Stanton-Morton- 301 PM CDT Mon Apr 30 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 074 AND 084... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 074 AND 084... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning For wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from 1 PM to 9 PM CDT Tuesday. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton and Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton. * Winds...South 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 11 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. && $$ KSZ075-076-085-086-010415- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0031.180501T1800Z-180502T0200Z/ Grant-Haskell-Stevens-Seward- 301 PM CDT Mon Apr 30 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 075...076... 085 AND 086... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning For wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from 1 PM to 9 PM CDT Tuesday. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant...Fire Weather Zone 076 Haskell...Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens and Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward. * Winds...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 12 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ KSZ061-010200- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0030.000000T0000Z-180501T0200Z/ Hamilton- 201 PM MDT Mon Apr 30 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061... * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton. * Winds...South 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 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 29, 4:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 5:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 34 min |
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.