Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Cheyenne, WY

Issued

Aug 30, 2006, 1:59 AM MDT (07:59 UTC)

In effect from

Aug 30, 2006, 10:00 AM MDT

Expired

Aug 30, 2006, 8:54 PM MDT

In force

11 hr

Issued by

NWS Cheyenne, WY

000 
WWUS85 KCYS 300759
RFWCYS

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
159 AM MDT WED AUG 30 2006

...HOT AND DRY WEATHER RETURNING TO THE DISTRICT TODAY...

.RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT.

NEZ200-300900-
/O.CAN.KCYS.FW.A.0013.060830T1500Z-060831T0300Z/
NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST AND THE OGALLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS-
159 AM MDT WED AUG 30 2006

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 200 IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.

FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED LATER TODAY AS TEMPERATURES SOAR INTO
THE 90S WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...HOWEVER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY
READINGS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO DIP BELOW 15 PERCENT...THUS THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

WYZ290-291-293>295-310300-
/O.UPG.KCYS.FW.A.0013.060830T1500Z-060831T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KCYS.FW.W.0013.060830T1600Z-060831T0300Z/
SOUTHEAST WYOMING PLAINS INCLUDING PINE BLUFFS/CHEYENNE
FOOTHILLS/
PLATTE COUNTY/GOSHEN COUNTY-EAST-
CENTRAL WYOMING. CONVERSE AND NIOBRARA COUNTIES-
NORTH AND SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-LARAMIE MOUNTAIN RANGE NORTH-
LARAMIE MOUNTAIN RANGE SOUTH-
159 AM MDT WED AUG 30 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE DISTRICT TODAY WILL BE AROUND 10 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL...WITH HIGHS REACHING 85 TO 85 DEGREES AT LOWER
ELEVATIONS AND THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S ABOVE 7000 FEET. A VERY
DRY AIR MASS WILL ALSO BE IN PLACE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
DIPPING TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT. ADDITIONALLY...AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT WILL CAUSE INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...WITH
FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH.

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

SOWKO

000 
WWUS85 KCYS 310254
RFWCYS

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
854 PM MDT WED AUG 30 2006

...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

.SINCE SUNSET...THE TEMPERATURES HAVE COOLED SOME AND THE WINDS
HAVE DECREASED OVER THE DISTRICT. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE 
MO LONGER MEETING RED FLAG CRITERIA. HOWEVER...A COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE INTO THE DISTRICT LATER TONIGHT AND FIRST THING
THURSDAY MORNING. THE FRONT IS OF CONCERN DUE TO A SHIFT IN
THE WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT AND AN INCREASE AGAIN IN WIND SPEEDS.

WYZ290-291-293>295-310400-
/O.CAN.KCYS.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060831T0300Z/
SOUTHEAST WYOMING PLAINS INCLUDING PINE BLUFFS/CHEYENNE
FOOTHILLS/
PLATTE COUNTY/GOSHEN COUNTY-EAST-
CENTRAL WYOMING. CONVERSE AND NIOBRARA COUNTIES-
NORTH AND SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-LARAMIE MOUNTAIN RANGE NORTH-
LARAMIE MOUNTAIN RANGE SOUTH-
854 PM MDT WED AUG 30 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING. 

WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE NO LONGER MEETING RED FLAG CRITERIA 
AS OF 830 PM.  SO THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  


$$

WEILAND

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