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Red Flag Warning 27, NWS Dodge City, KS

November 11, 20215 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Nov 11, 2021, 3:46 AM CST for 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 11, 2021, 11:00 AM CST. 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
Nov 11, 2021, 3:46 AM CST (09:46 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 11, 2021, 11:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 11, 2021, 5:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Ellis County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 00:00Z on 2021-11-11Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2021-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -99 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

085 
WWUS83 KDDC 110946
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
346 AM CST Thu Nov 11 2021


KSZ030-031-043>045-112300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0027.211111T1700Z-211111T2300Z/
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-
346 AM CST Thu Nov 11 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 030...031...043...044 AND 045...

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag
Warning For wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect
from 11 AM this morning to 5 PM CST this afternoon.

* Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 030 Trego...Fire 
  Weather Zone 031 Ellis...Fire Weather Zone 043 Scott...Fire 
  Weather Zone 044 Lane and Fire Weather Zone 045 Ness.

* Winds...Northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

* Relative Humidity...As low as 17 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
116 
WWUS83 KDDC 112303
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
503 PM CST Thu Nov 11 2021

...Red Flag Warning expired...

KSZ030-031-043>045-120015-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-211111T2300Z/
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-
503 PM CST Thu Nov 11 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030...031...043...044 AND 045...

Winds will diminish and relative humidity will climb late this
evening. The red flag warning is expired. 

$$

Turner

For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit...
http://weather.gov/ddc

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.