Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Cheyenne, WY

Issued

Nov 4, 2007, 1:17 PM CST (19:17 UTC)

Expired

Nov 4, 2007, 5:55 PM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Cheyenne, WY

000 
WWUS85 KCYS 041917
RFWCYS

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1217 PM MST SUN NOV 4 2007

...DRY AND WINDY ACROSS THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS
AFTERNOON...

.STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT...AND THE AIR MASS IS EXTREMELY DRY. THE COMBINATION OF
THESE FACTORS IS CAUSING RED FLAG CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON.
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS EVENING.

NEZ200-202-050000-
/O.NEW.KCYS.FW.W.0013.071104T1917Z-071105T0000Z/
NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST AND THE OGALLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS-
SCOTTSBLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT AND THE WILDCAT HILLS OF WESTERN
NEBRASKA-
1217 PM MST SUN NOV 4 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE HAVE
ALREADY DIPPED INTO THE LOW AND MIDDLE TEENS. MEANWHILE...WIND
SPEEDS ARE FREQUENTLY GUSTING OVER 30 MPH. EXPECT THESE
CONDITIONS TO REMAIN UNTIL SUNSET.  

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 042355
RFWCYS

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
455 PM MST SUN NOV 4 2007

...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE 
WILL BE CANCELED AS OF 5 PM...

.THE STRONG WEST WINDS THAT HAVE BEEN OBSERVED OVER MOST OF THE
WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TODAY WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH AFTER
SUNSET. IN ADDITION...THE TEMPERATURES WILL DECREASE AND
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES RISE THIS EVENING.  FOR THOSE REASONS...
THE RED FLAG WARNING OVER THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE WILL
BE CANCELED AS OF 5 PM.

NEZ200-202-050100-
/O.CAN.KCYS.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-071105T0000Z/
NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST AND THE OGALLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS-
SCOTTSBLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT AND THE WILDCAT HILLS OF WESTERN
NEBRASKA-
455 PM MST SUN NOV 4 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELED THE RED
FLAG WARNING FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.  THE WINDS 
WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET AND TEMPERATURES WILL LOWER
AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RISE. THE DANGER OF A RAPID FIRE
SPREAD WILL END QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET.   


$$

WEILAND

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