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Red Flag Warning 32, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at May 2, 2018, 3:04 AM CDT for Morton County, Stevens County, Kansas. It took effect at May 2, 2018, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 82 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
- May 2, 2018, 3:04 AM CDT (08:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 2, 2018, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 2, 2018, 3:22 PM CDT
- In force
- 82 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Morton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 1113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2318 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted.
322 WWUS83 KDDC 020804 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 304 AM CDT Wed May 2 2018 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... KSZ084-085-021615- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0032.180502T1900Z-180503T0200Z/ Morton-Stevens- 304 AM CDT Wed May 2 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 084 AND 085... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect from 2 PM this afternoon to 9 PM CDT this evening. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton and Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens. * Winds...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 12 percent. * Temperatures...In the low to mid 80s. * 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
2 follow-up statements
412 WWUS83 KDDC 021738 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1238 PM CDT Wed May 2 2018 KSZ084-085-030200- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0032.180502T1900Z-180503T0200Z/ Morton-Stevens- 1238 PM CDT Wed May 2 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 084 AND 085... * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton and Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens. * Winds...South 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 13 percent. * Temperatures...In the upper 70s. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
050 WWUS83 KDDC 022022 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 322 PM CDT Wed May 2 2018 KSZ084-085-022130- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-180503T0200Z/ Morton-Stevens- 322 PM CDT Wed May 2 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 084 AND 085... 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 29 min |
| May 1, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 11 min |
| May 1, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 44 min |
| May 1, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 17 min |
| May 1, 8:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 22 min |
| May 2, 12:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 60 min |
| May 2, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 54 min |
| May 2, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 57 min |
| May 2, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa | 52 min |
| May 2, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee | 62 min |
| May 2, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 25 min |
| May 2, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 65 min |
| May 2, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 44 min |
| May 2, 2:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 26 min |
| May 2, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 38 min |
| May 2, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 38 min |
| May 2, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 17 min |
| May 2, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 32 min |
| May 2, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 52 min |
| May 2, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 66 min |
| May 2, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 67 min |
| May 2, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 47 min |
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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.