Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS
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 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.
- 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
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.