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Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 27, 2018, 12:59 PM CST for Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 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
- Feb 27, 2018, 12:59 PM CST (18:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2018, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 3082 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
970 WWUS83 KDDC 271859 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1259 PM CST Tue Feb 27 2018 ...Critical Fire Weather Conditions This Afternoon... KSZ074-084-280100- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0006.180227T1859Z-180228T0100Z/ Stanton-Morton- 1259 PM CST Tue Feb 27 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING 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 until 7 PM CST this evening. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton and Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton. * Winds...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...8 to 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
1 follow-up statement
691 WWUS83 KDDC 280031 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 631 PM CST Tue Feb 27 2018 KSZ074-084-280145- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-180228T0100Z/ Stanton-Morton- 631 PM CST Tue Feb 27 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 074 AND 084... $$ 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.