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Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 28, 202127 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 28, 2021, 12:04 PM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 29, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr. 9 reports 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
Mar 28, 2021, 12:04 PM CDT (17:04 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 29, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 29, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
All 27 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:04 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 29, 2:55 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 492 Ssw Iuka, KSAWOS STATION KPTT PRATT INDUST.
Mar 29, 3:15 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 552 Sse Lake Coldwater, KSAWOS STATION K3K8 COMANCHE COUNTY AIRPORT.
Mar 29, 3:45 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 563 W Bloom, KSMESONET STATION DW9907 BLOOM.
Mar 29, 4:05 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 524 Ne Hayne, KSMESONET STATION UR350 4.4 NE HAYNE (UPR).
Mar 29, 4:52 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 523 Ene Dodge City, KSASOS STATION KDDC DODGE CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT.
Mar 29, 4:56 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 492 Wsw Liberal, KSAWOS STATION KLBL LIBERAL.
Mar 29, 5:10 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 512 Wsw Mullinville, KSMESONET STATION UP372 2.3 W MULLINVILLE (UPR).
Mar 29, 5:23 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 529 Nw Wilburton, KSMESONET STATION CGLK1 CIMARRON.
Mar 29, 6:54 PM CDTNON-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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 2021-03-28Temperature 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 2021-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
2075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

779 
WWUS83 KDDC 281704
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1204 PM CDT Sun Mar 28 2021

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-291200-
/O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0006.210329T1700Z-210330T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0009.210329T1700Z-210330T0200Z/
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-
Pawnee-Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-
Pratt-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber-
1204 PM CDT Sun Mar 28 2021 /1104 AM MDT Sun Mar 28 2021/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM
CDT /8 PM MDT/ MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 030...031...043...044...045...046...061...062...
063...064...065...066...074...075...076...077...078...079...080...
081...084...085...086...087...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 noon CDT /11 AM MDT/ to 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ Monday. The Fire
Weather Watch is no longer in effect.

* Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 030 Trego...Fire 
  Weather Zone 031 Ellis...Fire Weather Zone 043 Scott...Fire 
  Weather Zone 044 Lane...Fire Weather Zone 045 Ness...Fire 
  Weather Zone 046 Rush...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton...Fire 
  Weather Zone 062 Kearny...Fire Weather Zone 063 Finney...Fire 
  Weather Zone 064 Hodgeman...Fire Weather Zone 065 Pawnee...
  Fire Weather Zone 066 Stafford...Fire Weather Zone 074 
  Stanton...Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant...Fire Weather Zone 076 
  Haskell...Fire Weather Zone 077 Gray...Fire Weather Zone 078 
  Ford...Fire Weather Zone 079 Edwards...Fire Weather Zone 080 
  Kiowa...Fire Weather Zone 081 Pratt...Fire Weather Zone 084 
  Morton...Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens...Fire Weather Zone 086 
  Seward...Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade...Fire Weather Zone 088 
  Clark...Fire Weather Zone 089 Comanche and Fire Weather Zone 
  090 Barber.

* Winds...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* Timing...Monday afternoon and evening.

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

* Temperatures...In the 80s.

* 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
2 follow-up statements
805 
WWUS83 KDDC 290804
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
304 AM CDT Mon Mar 29 2021

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-300200-
/O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0009.210329T1700Z-210330T0200Z/
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-
Pawnee-Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-
Pratt-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber-
304 AM CDT Mon Mar 29 2021 /204 AM MDT Mon Mar 29 2021/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/
TODAY TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 
030...031...043...044...045... 
046...061...062...063...064...065...066...074...075...076...077...
078...079...080...081...084...085...086...087...088...089 AND 
090...

* Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 030 Trego...Fire 
  Weather Zone 031 Ellis...Fire Weather Zone 043 Scott...Fire 
  Weather Zone 044 Lane...Fire Weather Zone 045 Ness...Fire 
  Weather Zone 046 Rush...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton...Fire 
  Weather Zone 062 Kearny...Fire Weather Zone 063 Finney...Fire 
  Weather Zone 064 Hodgeman...Fire Weather Zone 065 Pawnee...
  Fire Weather Zone 066 Stafford...Fire Weather Zone 074 
  Stanton...Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant...Fire Weather Zone 076 
  Haskell...Fire Weather Zone 077 Gray...Fire Weather Zone 078 
  Ford...Fire Weather Zone 079 Edwards...Fire Weather Zone 080 
  Kiowa...Fire Weather Zone 081 Pratt...Fire Weather Zone 084 
  Morton...Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens...Fire Weather Zone 086 
  Seward...Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade...Fire Weather Zone 088 
  Clark...Fire Weather Zone 089 Comanche and Fire Weather Zone 
  090 Barber.

* Winds...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* Timing...Monday afternoon and evening.

* Relative Humidity...As low as 8 percent.

* Temperatures...In the 80s.

* 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
666 
WWUS83 KDDC 300150
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
850 PM CDT Mon Mar 29 2021


KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-300300-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210330T0200Z/
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-
Pawnee-Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-
Pratt-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber-
850 PM CDT Mon Mar 29 2021 /750 PM MDT Mon Mar 29 2021/

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
030...031...043...044...045...046...061...062...063...064...065...
066...074...075...076...077...078...079...080...081...084...085...
086...087...088...089 AND 090...

Gusty southwest winds were slowly decreasing early this evening as
the humidity increases. Critical fire weather conditions are no
longer expected so the Red Flag Warning will be allowed to expire.

Outdoor burning is still discouraged overnight given that a cold
front crossing southwest Kansas between midnight and 6 am will
bring an abrupt change in the winds along with a brief period of
wind gusts greater than 50 mph being possible behind this front. 


$$

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 2:03 PM CDTHigh Wind WatchDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 14 more25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.