Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at May 1, 2021, 3:14 AM MDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 1, 2021, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 8 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
- May 1, 2021, 3:14 AM MDT (09:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 1, 2021, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 1, 2021, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 3280 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
949 WWUS83 KDDC 010914 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 414 AM CDT Sat May 1 2021 KSZ061-074-084-020100- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0009.210501T1700Z-210502T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0018.210501T1700Z-210502T0100Z/ Hamilton-Stanton-Morton- 414 AM CDT Sat May 1 2021 /314 AM MDT Sat May 1 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...074 AND 084... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning For wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from noon CDT /11 AM MDT/ today to 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton and Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton. * Winds...South 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 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. && $$ KSZ062-020100- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0018.210501T1700Z-210502T0100Z/ Kearny- 414 AM CDT Sat May 1 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning For wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from noon today to 8 PM CDT this evening. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny. * Winds...South around 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 15 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
2 follow-up statements
142 WWUS83 KDDC 011749 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1249 PM CDT Sat May 1 2021 ...Fire Danger Saturday Afternoon and Early Evening... KSZ061-062-074-084-020100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210502T0100Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Morton- 1249 PM CDT Sat May 1 2021 /1149 AM MDT Sat May 1 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...074 AND 084... * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny...Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton and Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton. * Winds...South around 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 12 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. && $$ Turner For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
112 WWUS83 KDDC 020103 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 803 PM CDT Sat May 1 2021 KSZ061-062-074-084-020215- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210502T0100Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Morton- 803 PM CDT Sat May 1 2021 /703 PM MDT Sat May 1 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...074 AND 084... South winds were decreasing and the relative humidity values were climbing into the 20 to 30 percent range early this evening. As a result the red flag warning has been allowed to expire. $$ 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.