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Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 4, 2021, 1:22 PM CDT for 12 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 4, 2021, 1:22 PM CDT (18:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- 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, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 2268 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
381 WWUS83 KDDC 041822 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 122 PM CDT Sun Apr 4 2021 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON... KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-050100- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0012.210404T1822Z-210405T0100Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Grant-Morton-Stevens- 122 PM CDT Sun Apr 4 2021 /1222 PM MDT Sun Apr 4 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS 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 Red Flag Warning for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect until 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ this evening. * 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...South 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Timing...Until 8 PM CDT this evening. * Relative Humidity...As low as 10 percent. * Temperatures...In the mid 80s. * 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
1 follow-up statement
739 WWUS83 KDDC 041915 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 215 PM CDT Sun Apr 4 2021 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON... KSZ030-043-044-063-076-086-050100- /O.EXA.KDDC.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210405T0100Z/ Trego-Scott-Lane-Finney-Haskell-Seward- 215 PM CDT Sun Apr 4 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...043...044... 063...076 AND 086... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect until 8 PM CDT this evening. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 030 Trego...Fire Weather Zone 043 Scott...Fire Weather Zone 044 Lane...Fire Weather Zone 063 Finney...Fire Weather Zone 076 Haskell and Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward. * Winds...South 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Timing...Until 8 PM CDT this evening. * Relative Humidity...As low as 10 percent. * Temperatures...In the lower to mid 80s. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-050100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210405T0100Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Grant-Morton-Stevens- 215 PM CDT Sun Apr 4 2021 /115 PM MDT Sun Apr 4 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS 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...South 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Timing...Until 8 PM CDT this evening. * Relative Humidity...As low as 10 percent. * Temperatures...In the mid 80s. * 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.