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Red Flag Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 2, 2021, 3:15 AM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 2, 2021, 12:00 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 2, 2021, 3:15 AM CDT (08:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 3089 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
061 WWUS83 KDDC 020815 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 315 AM CDT Fri Apr 2 2021 KSZ031-046-065-066-079>081-089-090-021615- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0011.210402T1700Z-210403T0000Z/ Ellis-Rush-Pawnee-Stafford-Edwards-Kiowa-Pratt-Comanche-Barber- 315 AM CDT Fri Apr 2 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 031... 046...065...066...079...080...081...089 AND 090... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning FOR Winds and low RH, which is in effect from noon today to 7 PM CDT this evening. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 031 Ellis...Fire Weather Zone 046 Rush...Fire Weather Zone 065 Pawnee...Fire Weather Zone 066 Stafford...Fire Weather Zone 079 Edwards... Fire Weather Zone 080 Kiowa...Fire Weather Zone 081 Pratt... Fire Weather Zone 089 Comanche and Fire Weather Zone 090 Barber. * Winds...South 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Timing... * Relative Humidity...As low as 23 percent. * Temperatures...In the upper 60s. * Lightning... * 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
2 follow-up statements
620 WWUS83 KDDC 021616 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1116 AM CDT Fri Apr 2 2021 KSZ031-046-065-066-079>081-089-090-030000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0011.210402T1700Z-210403T0000Z/ Ellis-Rush-Pawnee-Stafford-Edwards-Kiowa-Pratt-Comanche-Barber- 1116 AM CDT Fri Apr 2 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 031...046... 065...066...079...080...081...089 AND 090... * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 031 Ellis...Fire Weather Zone 046 Rush...Fire Weather Zone 065 Pawnee...Fire Weather Zone 066 Stafford...Fire Weather Zone 079 Edwards... Fire Weather Zone 080 Kiowa...Fire Weather Zone 081 Pratt... Fire Weather Zone 089 Comanche and Fire Weather Zone 090 Barber. * Winds...South 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * Timing... Until 700 PM this evening. * Relative Humidity...As low as 23 percent. * Temperatures...In the mid 60s. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
084 WWUS83 KDDC 030000 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 700 PM CDT Fri Apr 2 2021 KSZ031-046-065-066-079>081-089-090-030100- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-210403T0000Z/ Ellis-Rush-Pawnee-Stafford-Edwards-Kiowa-Pratt-Comanche-Barber- 700 PM CDT Fri Apr 2 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 031...046...065... 066...079...080...081...089 AND 090... $$ 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.