Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS

Issued

May 23, 2008, 3:41 AM MDT (09:41 UTC)

In effect from

May 23, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT

Expired

May 23, 2008, 8:00 PM MDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Greeley County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WWUS83 KGLD 230941
RFWGLD

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
341 AM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND
WEST CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...

.A LARGE LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES WILL
ONCE AGAIN PRODUCE A STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH
PLAINS TODAY. A DRYER AREA WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS AT THE SURFACE WILL
EXIST ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND EXTEND
NORTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS IN THE VICINITY OF THE
COLORADO AND KANSAS BORDER. WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND STRONG WINDS
EXPECTED...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON.

COZ253-254-KSZ027-041-042-231800-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0021.080523T1800Z-080524T0200Z/
KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-WALLACE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
341 AM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008 /441 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ TODAY TO
8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ TODAY TO
8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. 

TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT. THESE DRY AND
WARM CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH THE EXPECTED SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS
OVER 30 MPH AND GUSTS AROUND 45MPH WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO.

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.

$$

LOCKHART

000 
WWUS83 KGLD 231658
RFWGLD

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1058 AM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...

.A LARGE LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES WILL
ONCE AGAIN PRODUCE A STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL
HIGH PLAINS TODAY. A DRYER AREA WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS AT THE
SURFACE WILL EXIST ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES
AND EXTEND NORTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS IN THE VICINITY
OF THE COLORADO AND KANSAS BORDER. WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND STRONG
WINDS EXPECTED...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST THIS
AFTERNOON.

KSZ027-041-042-231800-
/O.CAN.KGLD.FW.W.0021.080523T1800Z-080524T0200Z/
WALLACE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
1058 AM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008 /1158 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008/

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO STAY HIGH ENOUGH TO KEEP
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WELL ABOVE THE CRITICAL THRESHOLD. THEREFORE
THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

COZ253-254-240100-
/O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0021.080523T1800Z-080524T0200Z/
KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-
1058 AM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S WITH
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT. THESE
DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH THE EXPECTED SUSTAINED WIND
SPEEDS OVER 30 MPH AND GUSTS AROUND 45MPH WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AND EAST
CENTRAL COLORADO.

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.

$$

FS

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