Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2020
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 6, 2020, 7:33 AM CDT for 11 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 6, 2020, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 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
- Apr 6, 2020, 7:33 AM CDT (12:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2020, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2020, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell 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), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -507 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1150 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 455 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 440 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
976 WWUS83 KDDC 061233 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 733 AM CDT Mon Apr 6 2020 KSZ074-075-084-085-062045- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0007.200406T1800Z-200407T0100Z/ Stanton-Grant-Morton-Stevens- 733 AM CDT Mon Apr 6 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 074...075...084 AND 085... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning For wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 8 PM CDT this evening. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton... Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant...Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton and Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens. * Winds...Southwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 9 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
1 follow-up statement
826 WWUS83 KDDC 061528 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1028 AM CDT Mon Apr 6 2020 ...Red Flag conditions expected this afternoon... .Low relative humidity and frequent wind gusts of 20 to 30 mph will lead to extreme fire behavior potential this afternoon. KSZ061>063-076-077-086-087-070030- /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0007.200406T1800Z-200407T0100Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Haskell-Gray-Seward-Meade- 1028 AM CDT Mon Apr 6 2020 /928 AM MDT Mon Apr 6 2020/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...076...077...086 AND 087... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning For wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect until 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ this evening. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny...Fire Weather Zone 063 Finney... Fire Weather Zone 076 Haskell...Fire Weather Zone 077 Gray... Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward and Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade. * Winds...Southwest 10 to 20 mph with frequent gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 10 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ KSZ074-075-084-085-070030- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0007.200406T1800Z-200407T0100Z/ Stanton-Grant-Morton-Stevens- 1028 AM CDT Mon Apr 6 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 074... 075...084 AND 085... * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton... Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant...Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton and Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens. * Winds...Southwest 10 to 20 mph with frequent gusts up to 25 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 9 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
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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.