Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2020
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 2, 2020, 1:09 AM MST for 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 2, 2020, 11:00 AM MST. 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 2, 2020, 1:09 AM MST (08:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 2, 2020, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2020, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 3044 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 403 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
718 WWUS83 KDDC 020809 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 209 AM CST Sun Feb 2 2020 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON... .Relative humidity in the 10 to 15 percent range combined with wind gusts in excess of 20 mph will create significant wildfire risk afternoon. KSZ061-062-074-084-022315- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0001.200202T1800Z-200203T0000Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Morton- 209 AM CST Sun Feb 2 2020 /109 AM MST Sun Feb 2 2020/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...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 noon CST /11 AM MST/ today to 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 074 Stanton and Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton. * Winds...South at 15 mph with gusts around to 25 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
2 follow-up statements
345 WWUS83 KDDC 021449 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 849 AM CST Sun Feb 2 2020 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... .Relative humidity in the 10 to 15 percent range combined with wind gusts in excess of 20 mph will create significant wildfire risk afternoon. KSZ061-062-074-084-030000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0001.200202T1800Z-200203T0000Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Morton- 849 AM CST Sun Feb 2 2020 /749 AM MST Sun Feb 2 2020/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...074 AND 084... * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny...Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton and Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton. * Winds...South 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph possible. * Relative Humidity...In the 10-15 percent range. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
401 WWUS83 KDDC 022350 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 550 PM CST Sun Feb 2 2020 KSZ061-062-074-084-030100- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-200203T0000Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Morton- 550 PM CST Sun Feb 2 2020 /450 PM MST Sun Feb 2 2020/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...074 AND 084... Southerly winds have decreased and relative humidity values were at 20 percent or greater. As a result the Red Flag Warning will be allowed to expire at 6 pm CST/5 pm MST. $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
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.