Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2022
Red Flag Warning 39, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
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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.
- 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
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 The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.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.