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WWUS83 KDDC 311810  
RFWDDC  
 
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS  
110 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2026  
   
..RISK OF WILDFIRE SPREAD THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING  
 
KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-011200-  
/O.NEW.KDDC.FW.A.0010.260402T1700Z-260403T0100Z/  
HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-  
110 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2026 /1210 PM MDT TUE MAR 31 2026/  
 
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH  
THURSDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE  
WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN  
EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.  
 
* 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 084 MORTON AND FIRE WEATHER  
ZONE 085 STEVENS.  
 
* TIMING...FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.  
 
* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  
 
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT.  
 
* IMPACTS...ANY IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW INTO  
WILDFIRES AND BURN OUT OF CONTROL. AVOID OUTDOOR BURNING.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE  
RED FLAG WARNINGS.  
 
 
 
 
 
TURNER  
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...  
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC  
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