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Red Flag Warning 28, NWS Dodge City, KS

November 12, 20218 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Nov 12, 2021, 11:01 AM CST for 8 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 12, 2021, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 12, 2021, 11:01 AM CST (17:01 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 12, 2021, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Nov 12, 2021, 5:42 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 12, 12:54 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 493 Nw Pierceville, KSASOS STATION KGCK GARDEN CITY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 12:00Z on 2021-11-12Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2021-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -222 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-222 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-328 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

897 
WWUS83 KDDC 121701
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1101 AM CST Fri Nov 12 2021

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...

KSZ043>045-062>064-077-078-130000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0028.211112T1800Z-211113T0000Z/
Scott-Lane-Ness-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Gray-Ford-
1101 AM CST Fri Nov 12 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 
043...044...045... 062...063...064...077 AND 078...

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag
Warning for low relative humidity and gusty winds, which is in 
effect until 6 PM CST this evening.

* Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 043 Scott...Fire 
  Weather Zone 044 Lane...Fire Weather Zone 045 Ness...Fire 
  Weather Zone 062 Kearny...Fire Weather Zone 063 Finney...Fire 
  Weather Zone 064 Hodgeman...Fire Weather Zone 077 Gray and 
  Fire Weather Zone 078 Ford.

* Winds...Northwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* Timing...Through 6 PM CST.

* Relative Humidity...As low as 10 percent.

* Temperatures...In the upper 40s to the lower 50s.

* 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
946 
WWUS83 KDDC 122342
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
542 PM CST Fri Nov 12 2021

KSZ043>045-062>064-077-078-130045-
/O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-211113T0000Z/
Scott-Lane-Ness-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-Gray-Ford-
542 PM CST Fri Nov 12 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND
GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 043...044...045...062...063...
064...077 AND 078...

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has cancelled the Red
Flag Warning.

Northwest winds have diminished rapidly this evening, and the red
flag warning is cancelled. 

$$

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.