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Red Flag Warning 24, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Oct 25, 2021, 1:20 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 26, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Oct 25, 2021, 1:20 PM CDT (18:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 26, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
510 WWUS83 KDDC 251820 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 120 PM CDT Mon Oct 25 2021 ...Critical Fire Weather Conditions Tuesday Afternoon... KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-260900- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0012.211026T1800Z-211027T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0024.211026T1800Z-211027T0000Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Grant-Morton-Stevens- 120 PM CDT Mon Oct 25 2021 /1220 PM MDT Mon Oct 25 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR WIND 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 wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from 1 PM CDT /noon MDT/ to 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ Tuesday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * 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 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * Timing...Tuesday afternoon into early evening. * Relative Humidity...As low as 12 percent. * Temperatures...Around 80. * 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
2 follow-up statements
717 WWUS83 KDDC 260349 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1049 PM CDT Mon Oct 25 2021 ...Critical Fire Weather Conditions Tuesday Afternoon... KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-270000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0024.211026T1800Z-211027T0000Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Grant-Morton-Stevens- 1049 PM CDT Mon Oct 25 2021 /949 PM MDT Mon Oct 25 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061, 062, 074, 075, 084, AND 085... * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton... Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny...Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton... Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant...Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton and Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens. * Winds...South 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * Timing...Tuesday afternoon into early evening. * Relative Humidity...As low as 12 percent. * Temperatures...Around 80. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
322 WWUS83 KDDC 261304 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 804 AM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON... KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-270000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0024.211026T1800Z-211027T0000Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Grant-Morton-Stevens- 804 AM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021 /704 AM MDT Tue Oct 26 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING 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 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Timing...Tuesday afternoon into early evening. * Relative Humidity...As low as 14 percent. * Temperatures...Around 80. * 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2:32 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 11 hr |
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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.