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Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 4, 202112 counties in Kansas

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 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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-04-04Temperature 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 2021-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -55 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.