Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2020
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 19, 2020, 2:44 PM CDT for 16 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 19, 2020, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 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
- Mar 19, 2020, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 19, 2020, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2020, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney 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, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 1637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
265 WWUS83 KDDC 191944 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 244 PM CDT Thu Mar 19 2020 KSZ046-063>066-076>081-085>089-200100- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0005.200319T2100Z-200320T0100Z/ Rush-Finney-Hodgeman-Pawnee-Stafford-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards- Kiowa-Pratt-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche- 244 PM CDT Thu Mar 19 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 046...063... 064...065...066...076...077...078...079...080...081...085...086... 087...088 AND 089... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning For wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect until 8 PM CDT this evening. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 046 Rush...Fire Weather Zone 063 Finney...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 and Fire Weather Zone 089 Comanche. * Winds...Southwest 20 to 40 mph with gusts up to 50 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 8:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 23 min |
| Mar 19, 8:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 23 min |
| Mar 19, 5:13 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 17 more | 7 hr |
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.