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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 6, 2021, 2:43 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 6, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2021, 2:43 AM CDT (07:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Grant 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 07:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 9:01 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 5 Wnw Elkhart, KS | MESONET STATION CW8810 ELKHART. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 755 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2275 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
935 WWUS83 KDDC 060743 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 243 AM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021 KSZ074-075-084-085-062100- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0013.210406T1800Z-210407T0200Z/ Stanton-Grant-Morton-Stevens- 243 AM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 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 this afternoon to 9 PM CDT this evening. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton... Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant...Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton and Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens. * Winds...West 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 5 to 10 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
1 follow-up statement
769 WWUS83 KDDC 061814 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 114 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021 KSZ074-075-084-085-070200- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210407T0200Z/ Stanton-Grant-Morton-Stevens- 114 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 074... 075...084 AND 085... * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton... Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant...Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton and Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens. * Winds...Northwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 5 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 11:03 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 9 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 6, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 41 min |
| Apr 6, 6:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 41 min |
| Apr 6, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Rush | 51 min |
| Apr 6, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 46 min |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.