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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 8, 2020, 12:24 PM CDT for 22 counties in Kansas. 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 8, 2020, 12:24 PM CDT (17:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 22 counties
Clark County, KS, Edwards 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, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:28 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -463 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
957 WWUS83 KDDC 081724 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1224 PM CDT Wed Apr 8 2020 ...Red Flag Conditions developing... .Extreme fire behavior is likely this aftenoon as relative humidity hits 15 percent or less and winds gust to around 30 mph frequently. KSZ043>046-061>066-074>080-084>088-090000- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0008.200408T1724Z-200409T0000Z/ Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Pawnee- Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-Morton- Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark- 1224 PM CDT Wed Apr 8 2020 /1124 AM MDT Wed Apr 8 2020/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...045...046...061...062...063...064...065...066...074... 075...076...077...078...079...080...084...085...086...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 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ this evening. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 043 Scott...Fire Weather Zone 044 Lane...Fire Weather Zone 045 Ness...Fire Weather Zone 046 Rush...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton...Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny...Fire Weather Zone 063 Finney...Fire Weather Zone 064 Hodgeman...Fire Weather Zone 065 Pawnee... Fire Weather Zone 066 Stafford...Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton...Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant...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 084 Morton...Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens...Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward...Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade and Fire Weather Zone 088 Clark. * Winds...North 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
1 follow-up statement
568 WWUS83 KDDC 082350 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 650 PM CDT Wed Apr 8 2020 KSZ043>046-090100- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-200409T0000Z/ Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush- 650 PM CDT Wed Apr 8 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...045 AND 046... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has cancelled the Red Flag Warning. Winds are diminishing and relative humidities are rising, therefore Red Flag conditions are no longer met. $$ KSZ061>066-074>080-084>088-090100- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-200409T0000Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Pawnee-Stafford-Stanton-Grant- Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark- 650 PM CDT Wed Apr 8 2020 /550 PM MDT Wed Apr 8 2020/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...063...064...065...066...074...075...076...077...078... 079...080...084...085...086...087 AND 088... Winds are diminishing and relative humidities are rising, therefore Red Flag conditions are no longer met. $$ 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.