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Red Flag Warning 39, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 14, 202212 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Oct 14, 2022, 12:46 AM CDT for 12 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 14, 2022, 1:00 PM CDT. 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
Oct 14, 2022, 12:46 AM CDT (05:46 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 14, 2022, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 14, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:43 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, 5.8 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 00:00Z on 2022-10-14Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2022-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
2877 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

728 
WWUS83 KDDC 140546
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1246 AM CDT Fri Oct 14 2022

KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-079-081-150000-
/O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0028.221014T1800Z-221015T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0039.221014T1800Z-221015T0000Z/
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Finney-Hodgeman-Pawnee-Stafford-
Edwards-Pratt-
1246 AM CDT Fri Oct 14 2022

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 030, 031, 043, 044, 045, 046, 063, 064, 065, 066,
079, AND 081...

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag
Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect
from 1 PM this afternoon to 7 PM CDT this evening. 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 063 Finney, Fire 
  Weather Zone 064 Hodgeman, Fire Weather Zone 065 Pawnee, Fire 
  Weather Zone 066 Stafford, Fire Weather Zone 079 Edwards and 
  Fire Weather Zone 081 Pratt.

* WINDS...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 13 percent.

* IMPACTS...any fires that start may spread rapidly and be 
  impossible to control.

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
004 
WWUS83 KDDC 142016
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
316 PM CDT Fri Oct 14 2022


KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-079-081-150000-
/O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0039.000000T0000Z-221015T0000Z/
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Finney-Hodgeman-Pawnee-Stafford-
Edwards-Pratt-
316 PM CDT Fri Oct 14 2022

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030,
031, 043, 044, 045, 046, 063, 064, 065, 066, 079, AND 081...

* 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 063 Finney, Fire 
  Weather Zone 064 Hodgeman, Fire Weather Zone 065 Pawnee, Fire 
  Weather Zone 066 Stafford, Fire Weather Zone 079 Edwards and 
  Fire Weather Zone 081 Pratt.

* WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 12 percent.

* IMPACTS...any fires that start may spread rapidly and be 
  impossible to control.

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
106 
WWUS83 KDDC 142341
RFWDDC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
641 PM CDT Fri Oct 14 2022


KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-079-081-150045-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0039.000000T0000Z-221015T0000Z/
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Finney-Hodgeman-Pawnee-Stafford-
Edwards-Pratt-
641 PM CDT Fri Oct 14 2022

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 030, 031, 043,
044, 045, 046, 063, 064, 065, 066, 079, AND 081...

$$

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.