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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Dec 19, 2019, 9:37 AM CST for 14 counties in Kansas. 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
- Dec 19, 2019, 9:37 AM CST (15:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2019, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman 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), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 3638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
040 WWUS83 KDDC 191537 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 937 AM CST Thu Dec 19 2019 KSZ061>063-074>076-084>086-200000- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0007.191219T1537Z-191220T0000Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Morton-Stevens- Seward- 937 AM CST Thu Dec 19 2019 /837 AM MST Thu Dec 19 2019/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...074...075...076...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 until 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ this evening. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny...Fire Weather Zone 063 Finney... 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 and Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward. * Winds...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
2 follow-up statements
565 WWUS83 KDDC 191852 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1252 PM CST Thu Dec 19 2019 KSZ064-077-078-087-088-200000- /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-191220T0000Z/ Hodgeman-Gray-Ford-Meade-Clark- 1252 PM CST Thu Dec 19 2019 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 064...077... 078...087 AND 088... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning For wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect until 6 PM CST this evening. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 064 Hodgeman... Fire Weather Zone 077 Gray...Fire Weather Zone 078 Ford...Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade and Fire Weather Zone 088 Clark. * Winds...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 15 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ KSZ061>063-074>076-084>086-200000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-191220T0000Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Morton-Stevens- Seward- 1252 PM CST Thu Dec 19 2019 /1152 AM MST Thu Dec 19 2019/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...074...075...076...084...085 AND 086... * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny...Fire Weather Zone 063 Finney... 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 and Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward. * Winds...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
902 WWUS83 KDDC 192338 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 538 PM CST Thu Dec 19 2019 ...Red Flag Warning will be allowed to expire... .The Red Flag Warning will be allowed to expire at 6 pm CST. KSZ061>064-074>078-084>088-200045- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-191220T0000Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford- Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark- 538 PM CST Thu Dec 19 2019 /438 PM MST Thu Dec 19 2019/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...064...074...075...076...077...078...084...085...086... 087 AND 088... $$ 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.