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Fire Weather Watch 21, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this fire weather watch at May 8, 2022, 2:52 AM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 9, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2022, 2:52 AM CDT (07:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 9, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 8, 2022, 1:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 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 07:51 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 346 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
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this fire weather watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this fire weather watch went out at May 8, 2:30 AM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 2:30 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 2:34 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 234 AM CDT Sun May 8 2022 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-090745- 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- 234 AM CDT Sun May 8 2022 /134 AM MDT Sun May 8 2022/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...south central...southwest and west central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Day 1 Discussion ---------------- Critical fire weather conditions will be mainly concentrated in our far southwest counties for this afternoon as winds switch back to the southwest and increase to 15-30 mph with relative humidity values falling to around 10%. Day 1 Hazards ------------- * Non-thunderstorm wind: Limited risk * Fire weather: Significant risk .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Days 2-7 Discussion ------------------- A much more widespread elevated to critical fire danger will be in store for Monday as the entire region should see relative humidity values fall to 10% or below with southwest winds at 20-35 mph. Days 2-7 Hazards ---------------- * Monday - Fire weather: Elevated risk * Tuesday - Fire weather: Elevated risk * Wednesday - Fire weather: Elevated risk * Thursday - Excessive cold: Limited risk - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk - Fire weather: Elevated risk * Friday - Excessive cold: Elevated risk - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk * Saturday - Excessive cold: Elevated risk .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight. && For more details visit our webpage https://weather.gov/erh/ghwo?wfo=ddc
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 1:47 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 32 hr |
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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.