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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at May 26, 2006, 3:20 AM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It took effect at May 26, 2006, 12:00 PM MDT. 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
- May 26, 2006, 3:20 AM MDT (09:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 26, 2006, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- May 26, 2006, 6:46 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 276 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
- 803 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3071 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS83 KGLD 260920 RFWGLD RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 320 AM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006 ...HOT DRY AND BREEZY TO WINDY WEATHER WILL RESULT IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS TODAY AND SATURDAY... COZ253-254-261800- /O.UPG.KGLD.FW.A.0007.060526T1800Z-060527T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0013.060526T1800Z-060527T0300Z/ /O.UPG.KGLD.FW.A.0008.060527T1800Z-060528T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0014.060527T1800Z-060528T0300Z/ KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO- 320 AM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. TEMPERATURES TODAY AND SATURDAY WILL REACH THE MIDDLE 90S. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO AT LEAST 25 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL WORK IN CONCERT WITH THE MUCH ABOVE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES TO LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS INTO THE 15 PERCENT RANGE TODAY AND 10 PERCENT OR LOWER RANGE SATURDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ COZ252-261800- /O.UPG.KGLD.FW.A.0008.060527T1800Z-060528T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0014.060527T1800Z-060528T0300Z/ YUMA- 320 AM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. TEMPERATURES SATURDAY WILL REACH THE MIDDLE 90S. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO AT LEAST 25 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL WORK IN CONCERT WITH THE MUCH ABOVE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES TO LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS INTO 10 PERCENT OR LOWER RANGE SATURDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ DDT
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS83 KGLD 261753 RFWGLD RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1153 AM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006 ...HOT DRY AND BREEZY TO WINDY WEATHER WILL RESULT IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS TODAY AND SATURDAY... COZ253-254-270200- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0013.060526T1800Z-060527T0300Z/ /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0014.060527T1800Z-060528T0300Z/ KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO- 1153 AM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES TODAY AND SATURDAY WILL REACH THE MIDDLE 90S. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST LATER THIS AFTERNOON...USHERING IN LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT FOR A FEW HOURS. ON SATURDAY...WESTERLY WINDS AND THE MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO 10 PERCENT OR LOWER. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ COZ252-270200- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0014.060527T1800Z-060528T0300Z/ YUMA- 1153 AM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY... TEMPERATURES SATURDAY WILL REACH THE MIDDLE 90S. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO AT LEAST 25 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL WORK IN CONCERT WITH THE MUCH ABOVE NORMAL AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES TO LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS INTO 10 PERCENT OR LOWER RANGE SATURDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS83 KGLD 262120 RFWGLD RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 320 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SATURDAY... COZ253-254-270300- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060527T0300Z/ /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0014.060527T1800Z-060528T0300Z/ KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO- 320 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY... HIGH TEMPERATURES SATURDAY WILL BE IN THE MID 90S AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO 10 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE...AND BECOME 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ COZ252-270530- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0014.060527T1800Z-060528T0300Z/ YUMA- 320 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY... HIGH TEMPERATURES SATURDAY WILL BE IN THE MID 90S AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO 10 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE...AND BECOME 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ MENTZER
000 WWUS83 KGLD 270046 RFWGLD RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 646 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SATURDAY... COZ253-254-270900- /O.CAN.KGLD.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060527T0300Z/ /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0014.060527T1800Z-060528T0300Z/ KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO- 646 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ COZ252-270900- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0014.060527T1800Z-060528T0300Z/ YUMA- 646 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY... HIGH TEMPERATURES SATURDAY WILL BE IN THE UPPER 90S AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO 10 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE...AND BECOME 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ LAMMERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 3:20 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 42 hr |
Nearby
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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.