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Red Flag Warning 27, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
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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.
- 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
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
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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.