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Red Flag Warning 25, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Oct 28, 2021, 7:54 AM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 28, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT. 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
- Oct 28, 2021, 7:54 AM CDT (12:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 28, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:55 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 1976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
628 WWUS83 KDDC 281254 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 754 AM CDT Thu Oct 28 2021 KSZ061-062-074>076-084>087-290000- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0025.211028T1700Z-211029T0000Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade- 754 AM CDT Thu Oct 28 2021 /654 AM MDT Thu Oct 28 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...074...075...076... 084...085...086 AND 087... 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 7 PM CDT /6 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 076 Haskell... Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton...Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens... Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward and Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade. * Winds...North 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
1 follow-up statement
895 WWUS83 KDDC 282348 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 648 PM CDT Thu Oct 28 2021 KSZ061-062-074>076-084>087-290100- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0025.000000T0000Z-211029T0000Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade- 648 PM CDT Thu Oct 28 2021 /548 PM MDT Thu Oct 28 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061... 062...074...075...076...084...085...086 AND 087... Dangerous fire weather risk will rapidly wane as relative humidity rises and winds decrease after sunset. $$ 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 28, 2:31 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 16 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.