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Fire Weather Watch 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this fire weather watch at Nov 21, 2021, 3:42 AM CST for 11 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 23, 2021, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 21, 2021, 3:42 AM CST (09:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 23, 2021, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2021, 1:16 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 2046 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
601 WWUS83 KDDC 210942 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 342 AM CST Sun Nov 21 2021 KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-220000- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0013.211123T1800Z-211124T0000Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Grant-Morton-Stevens- 342 AM CST Sun Nov 21 2021 /242 AM MST Sun Nov 21 2021/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...074... 075...084 AND 085... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Fire Weather Watch For wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect Tuesday afternoon. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny...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 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 12 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
4 follow-up statements
580 WWUS83 KDDC 211928 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 128 PM CST Sun Nov 21 2021 KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-221200- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0013.211123T1800Z-211124T0000Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Grant-Morton-Stevens- 128 PM CST Sun Nov 21 2021 /1228 PM MST Sun Nov 21 2021/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062... 074...075...084 AND 085... * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny...Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton... Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant...Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton and Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens. * Winds...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 12 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
947 WWUS83 KDDC 220630 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1230 AM CST Mon Nov 22 2021 KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-222100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0013.211123T1800Z-211124T0000Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Grant-Morton-Stevens- 1230 AM CST Mon Nov 22 2021 /1130 PM MST Sun Nov 21 2021/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062... 074...075...084 AND 085... * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny...Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton... Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant...Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton and Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens. * Winds...Southwest 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 12 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
442 WWUS83 KDDC 222034 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 234 PM CST Mon Nov 22 2021 KSZ043-044-063-076-086-230900- /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.A.0013.211123T1800Z-211124T0000Z/ Scott-Lane-Finney-Haskell-Seward- 234 PM CST Mon Nov 22 2021 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...063... 076 AND 086... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Fire Weather Watch For wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect Tuesday afternoon. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 043 Scott...Fire Weather Zone 044 Lane...Fire Weather Zone 063 Finney...Fire Weather Zone 076 Haskell and Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward. * Winds...South 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 15 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$ KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-230900- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0013.211123T1800Z-211124T0000Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Grant-Morton-Stevens- 234 PM CST Mon Nov 22 2021 /134 PM MST Mon Nov 22 2021/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062... 074...075...084 AND 085... * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny...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 25 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 Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
676 WWUS83 KDDC 230716 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 116 AM CST Tue Nov 23 2021 KSZ043-044-061>063-074>076-084>086-240000- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0013.211123T1800Z-211124T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0029.211123T1800Z-211124T0000Z/ Scott-Lane-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Morton- Stevens-Seward- 116 AM CST Tue Nov 23 2021 /1216 AM MST Tue Nov 23 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...061...062...063... 074...075...076...084...085 AND 086... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning For wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from noon CST /11 AM MST/ today to 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 043 Scott...Fire Weather Zone 044 Lane...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton...Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny...Fire Weather Zone 063 Finney...Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton...Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant...Fire Weather Zone 076 Haskell...Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton...Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens and Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward. * Winds...South 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 11 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ KSZ030-045-064-077-078-087-088-240000- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0029.211123T1800Z-211124T0000Z/ Trego-Ness-Hodgeman-Gray-Ford-Meade-Clark- 116 AM CST Tue Nov 23 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...045...064...077...078...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 from noon today to 6 PM CST this evening. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 030 Trego...Fire Weather Zone 045 Ness...Fire Weather Zone 064 Hodgeman...Fire Weather Zone 077 Gray...Fire Weather Zone 078 Ford...Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade and Fire Weather Zone 088 Clark. * Winds...South 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 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
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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.