Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 30, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Dec 10, 2021, 1:32 AM CST for Barber County, Clark County, Comanche County, Kansas. It took effect at Dec 10, 2021, 9:00 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
- Dec 10, 2021, 1:32 AM CST (07:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2021, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2021, 3:08 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:37 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 2668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 473 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
710 WWUS83 KDDC 100732 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 132 AM CST Fri Dec 10 2021 KSZ074>078-080-081-084>087-100845- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.A.0014.211210T1500Z-211211T0000Z/ Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Kiowa-Pratt-Morton-Stevens-Seward- Meade- 132 AM CST Fri Dec 10 2021 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 074...075...076...077...078... 080...081...084...085...086 AND 087... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has cancelled the Fire Weather Watch. Elevated fire weather conditions are still expected across the region, however critically low relative humidity down into the teens is no longer expected, thus the Fire Weather Watch has been cancelled. $$ KSZ088>090-102100- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0014.211210T1500Z-211211T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0030.211210T1500Z-211211T0000Z/ Clark-Comanche-Barber- 132 AM CST Fri Dec 10 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 088...089 AND 090... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning For wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from 9 AM this morning to 6 PM CST this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 088 Clark...Fire Weather Zone 089 Comanche and Fire Weather Zone 090 Barber. * Winds...West-southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. Wind shift to the northwest late in the afternoon at speeds of 20 to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 15 to 20 percent ahead of the cold front. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. A shift in the wind direction from west-southwest to northwest is forecast later in the afternoon as a strong cold front pushes south PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
2 follow-up statements
594 WWUS83 KDDC 101937 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 137 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021 ...Critical Fire Danger Through 3 pm Friday... KSZ088>090-110000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0030.000000T0000Z-211211T0000Z/ Clark-Comanche-Barber- 137 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 088... 089 AND 090... * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 088 Clark...Fire Weather Zone 089 Comanche and Fire Weather Zone 090 Barber. * Winds...West 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 20 percent. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. A strong cold will bring an abrupt shift to strong northwest winds and much higher relative humidity by 3 pm. 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. && $$ Turner For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
315 WWUS83 KDDC 102108 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 308 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021 KSZ088>090-102215- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0030.000000T0000Z-211211T0000Z/ Clark-Comanche-Barber- 308 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 088...089 AND 090... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has cancelled the Red Flag Warning. Strong cold front has now cleared all of southwest KS, and therefore relative humidity will be increasing through the rest of the day. That said, winds will shift to northwesterly and remain quite strong for several hours. $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc Springer
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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.