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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Jan 17, 2022, 1:03 PM CST for Morton County, Seward County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 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
- Jan 17, 2022, 1:03 PM CST (19:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2022, 5:11 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
821 WWUS83 KDDC 171903 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 103 PM CST Mon Jan 17 2022 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON... KSZ084>086-180000- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0002.220117T1903Z-220118T0000Z/ Morton-Stevens-Seward- 103 PM CST Mon Jan 17 2022 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 084...085 AND 086... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect until 6 PM CST this evening. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton... Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens and Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward. * Winds...Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Timing...Through 6 PM CST. * Relative Humidity...As low as 12 percent. * Temperatures...In the upper 50s to the lower 60s. * 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
1 follow-up statement
990 WWUS83 KDDC 172311 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 511 PM CST Mon Jan 17 2022 ...Red Flag Warning Cancelled... KSZ084>086-180015- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-220118T0000Z/ Morton-Stevens-Seward- 511 PM CST Mon Jan 17 2022 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 084...085 AND 086... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has cancelled the Red Flag Warning. Winds have diminished to less than 10 mph across the area, reducing the wildfire threat. Therefore, the Red Flag Warning has been cancelled. $$ 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.