Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Nov 15, 2007, 3:45 AM CST for 13 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It took effect at Nov 15, 2007, 10:17 AM CST. It was in force for 8 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
- Nov 15, 2007, 3:45 AM CST (09:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 15, 2007, 10:17 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 3215 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS83 KGLD 150945 RFWGLD RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 245 AM MST THU NOV 15 2007 ...EXTREME FIRE DANGER EXPECTED AGAIN ACROSS PARTS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA... .SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS WILL AGAIN FALL TOWARD 15 PERCENT ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO FACTORS WILL REACH RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE COLORADO AND KANSAS BORDER AND GENERALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-151800- /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0013.071115T1700Z-071116T0000Z/ CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- 245 AM MST THU NOV 15 2007 /345 AM CST THU NOV 15 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MST /11 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MST /11 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT AND SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER TODAY. 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. $$ DDT
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS83 KGLD 151617 RFWGLD RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 917 AM MST THU NOV 15 2007 ...EXTREME FIRE DANGER EXPECTED AGAIN ACROSS PARTS OF THE TRI- STATE AREA... .SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE TRI-STATE AREA LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS WILL AGAIN FALL TOWARD 15 PERCENT ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. KSZ015-029-160000- /O.EXA.KGLD.FW.W.0013.071115T1700Z-071116T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-GOVE- 1017 AM CST THU NOV 15 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT AND SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER TODAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-160000- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0013.071115T1700Z-071116T0000Z/ CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- 917 AM MST THU NOV 15 2007 /1017 AM CST THU NOV 15 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT AND SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER TODAY. 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. $$ JDK
000 WWUS83 KGLD 151806 RFWGLD RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1106 AM MST THU NOV 15 2007 ...EXTREME FIRE DANGER EXPECTED AGAIN ACROSS PARTS OF THE TRI- STATE AREA... .SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE TRI-STATE AREA LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS WILL AGAIN FALL TOWARD 15 PERCENT ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. KSZ003-004-016-NEZ081-160000- /O.EXA.KGLD.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-071116T0000Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-GRAHAM-RED WILLOW- 1206 PM CST THU NOV 15 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT AND SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER TODAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ KSZ001-002-013>015-027>029-041-042-NEZ079-080-160000- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-071116T0000Z/ CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE- GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- 1106 AM MST THU NOV 15 2007 /1206 PM CST THU NOV 15 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT AND SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER TODAY. 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. $$ JDK
000 WWUS83 KGLD 152333 RFWGLD RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 433 PM MST THU NOV 15 2007 KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-160045- /O.EXP.KGLD.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-071116T0000Z/ CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM- WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 433 PM MST THU NOV 15 2007 /533 PM CST THU NOV 15 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEGUN TO DROP...AS A RESULT RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE INCREASING. THE WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AS THE SUN SETS. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ JOHNSON
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.