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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 11, 2023, 12:42 PM CST for Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It took effect at Feb 11, 2023, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 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
- Feb 11, 2023, 12:42 PM CST (18:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 11, 2023, 1:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 13 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
- 3816 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
103 WWUS83 KDDC 111842 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1242 PM CST Sat Feb 11 2023 KSZ064-078-120000- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0002.230211T1900Z-230212T0000Z/ Hodgeman-Ford- 1242 PM CST Sat Feb 11 2023 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 064 AND 078... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect until 6 PM CST this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...In Kansas, Fire Weather Zone 064 Hodgeman and Fire Weather Zone 078 Ford. * WINDS...South 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 12 percent. 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
1 follow-up statement
796 WWUS83 KDDC 112351 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 551 PM CST Sat Feb 11 2023 ...RED FLAG WARNING EXPIRES AT 6 PM... KSZ064-078-120100- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-230212T0000Z/ Hodgeman-Ford- 551 PM CST Sat Feb 11 2023 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 064 AND 078... Air remains dry this evening, and south winds elevated, but increasing relative humidity and decreasing winds will diminish the risk of wildfire spread after 6 pm. As such, the red flag warning will be allowed to expire at 6 pm CST. $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc Turner
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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.