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Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 1, 20215 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 1, 2021, 8:56 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 1, 2021, 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 1, 2021, 8:56 AM CDT (13:56 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 1, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 1, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-04-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2447 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

646 
WWUS83 KDDC 011356
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
856 AM CDT Thu Apr 1 2021

...Critical Fire Danger Thursday Afternoon and Evening...

KSZ061-074-075-084-085-020100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0010.210401T1800Z-210402T0100Z/
Hamilton-Stanton-Grant-Morton-Stevens-
856 AM CDT Thu Apr 1 2021 /756 AM MDT Thu Apr 1 2021/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...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 CDT /noon MDT/ this afternoon to 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/
this evening.

* Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... 
  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 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

* Relative Humidity...As low as 13 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.

&&

$$

Turner

For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit...
http://weather.gov/ddc
1 follow-up statement
862 
WWUS83 KDDC 020053
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
753 PM CDT Thu Apr 1 2021


KSZ061-074-075-084-085-020200-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210402T0100Z/
Hamilton-Stanton-Grant-Morton-Stevens-
753 PM CDT Thu Apr 1 2021 /653 PM MDT Thu Apr 1 2021/

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061... 074...075...084 AND 085...

$$

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.