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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 29, 2020, 10:50 AM CST for 15 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
- Feb 29, 2020, 10:50 AM CST (16:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2020, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 2840 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
971 WWUS83 KDDC 291650 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1050 AM CST Sat Feb 29 2020 KSZ064>066-076>081-085>090-010100- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0002.200229T1650Z-200301T0100Z/ Hodgeman-Pawnee-Stafford-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-Pratt- Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber- 1050 AM CST Sat Feb 29 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 064...065... 066...076...077...078...079...080...081...085...086...087...088... 089 AND 090... 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 064 Hodgeman... Fire Weather Zone 065 Pawnee...Fire Weather Zone 066 Stafford... Fire Weather Zone 076 Haskell...Fire Weather Zone 077 Gray...Fire Weather Zone 078 Ford...Fire Weather Zone 079 Edwards...Fire Weather Zone 080 Kiowa...Fire Weather Zone 081 Pratt...Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens...Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward...Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade...Fire Weather Zone 088 Clark...Fire Weather Zone 089 Comanche and Fire Weather Zone 090 Barber. * Winds...South 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
1 follow-up statement
160 WWUS83 KDDC 010115 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 715 PM CST Sat Feb 29 2020 KSZ064>066-076>081-085>090-010215- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200301T0100Z/ Hodgeman-Pawnee-Stafford-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-Pratt- Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber- 715 PM CST Sat Feb 29 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 064...065...066...076...077... 078...079...080...081...085...086...087...088...089 AND 090... $$ 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.