Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2018
Red Flag Warning 33, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at May 11, 2018, 1:33 AM CDT for Morton County, Seward County, Stevens County, Kansas. It took effect at May 11, 2018, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 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
- May 11, 2018, 1:33 AM CDT (06:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 11, 2018, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 11, 2018, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1264 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2328 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
031 WWUS83 KDDC 110633 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 133 AM CDT Fri May 11 2018 KSZ084>086-120200- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0020.180511T1700Z-180512T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0033.180511T1700Z-180512T0200Z/ Morton-Stevens-Seward- 133 AM CDT Fri May 11 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 084...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 noon today to 9 PM CDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton... 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 11 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Do not burn. 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
2 follow-up statements
554 WWUS83 KDDC 111955 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 255 PM CDT Fri May 11 2018 KSZ084>086-120200- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-180512T0200Z/ Morton-Stevens-Seward- 255 PM CDT Fri May 11 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 084... 085 AND 086... * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton... Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens and Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward. * Winds...South 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 14 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
795 WWUS83 KDDC 120137 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 837 PM CDT Fri May 11 2018 KSZ084>086-120245- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-180512T0200Z/ Morton-Stevens-Seward- 837 PM CDT Fri May 11 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 084...085 AND 086... $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
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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.