Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2026
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Jan 17, 2026, 2:08 AM CST for 8 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 17, 2026, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 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, 2026, 2:08 AM CST (08:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 17, 2026, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2026, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 2682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
351 WWUS83 KDDC 170808 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 208 AM CST Sat Jan 17 2026 KSZ030-043>045-063-064-077>081-087>090-170915- /O.CAN.KDDC.FW.A.0001.260117T1800Z-260118T0100Z/ Trego-Scott-Lane-Ness-Finney-Hodgeman-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa- Pratt-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber- 208 AM CST Sat Jan 17 2026 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has cancelled the Fire Weather Watch. While northerly winds will be sufficiently strong for critical fire weather conditions, relative humidity will be too high to meet Red Flag Warning criteria. $$ KSZ061-062-074>076-084>086-171615- /O.UPG.KDDC.FW.A.0001.260117T1800Z-260118T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0002.260117T1800Z-260118T0100Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Morton-Stevens-Seward- 208 AM CST Sat Jan 17 2026 /108 AM MST Sat Jan 17 2026/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from noon CST /11 AM MST/ today to 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton, Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny, Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton, Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant, Fire Weather Zone 076 Haskell, Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton, Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens and Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward. * TIMING...From noon CST /11 AM MST/ today to 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ this evening. * WINDS...North 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && Springer $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
2 follow-up statements
682 WWUS83 KDDC 171158 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 558 AM CST Sat Jan 17 2026 KSZ061-062-074>076-084>086-180000- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0002.260117T1800Z-260118T0100Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Morton-Stevens-Seward- 558 AM CST Sat Jan 17 2026 /458 AM MST Sat Jan 17 2026/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton, Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny, Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton, Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant, Fire Weather Zone 076 Haskell, Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton, Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens and Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward. * TIMING...From noon CST /11 AM MST/ today to 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ this evening. * WINDS...North 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. 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. && Springer $$ For more information from NOAA/National weather service visit... http://weather.gov/ddc
074 WWUS83 KDDC 172038 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 238 PM CST Sat Jan 17 2026 KSZ061-062-074>076-084>086-180100- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-260118T0100Z/ Hamilton-Kearny-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Morton-Stevens-Seward- 238 PM CST Sat Jan 17 2026 /138 PM MST Sat Jan 17 2026/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton, Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny, Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton, Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant, Fire Weather Zone 076 Haskell, Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton, Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens and Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward. * TIMING...Until 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ this evening. * WINDS...Northwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && Burgert $$ 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.