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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Goodland, KS

September 20, 2010Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Sep 20, 2010, 12:31 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 5 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
Sep 20, 2010, 12:31 PM MDT (18:31 UTC)
Expired
Sep 20, 2010, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Sep 20, 11:02 AM MDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 11:02 AM MDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 20, 10:23 AM MDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1023 AM MDT MON SEP 20 2010

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-211545-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1023 AM MDT MON SEP 20 2010 /1123 AM CDT MON SEP 20 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SURFACE LOW WILL STRENGTHEN OVER EASTERN COLORADO THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...MAINLY ALONG AND
SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM NORTON TO TRIBUNE KANSAS...WHERE A WIND
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON.

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER EASTERN COLORADO AND EXTREME WESTERN
KANSAS WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO NEAR CRITICAL LEVELS. CHECK
THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS BEFORE CONDUCTING ANY
BURNS SINCE THE DRY AIR MASS COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE
MANAGING FIRES DIFFICULT.

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN COLORADO
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE TONIGHT
OVER THE ENTIRE TRI-STATE AREA AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE
HIGH PLAINS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

MENTZER/DR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 3:36 AM MDTWind AdvisoryGLDGove, Graham, Greeley, Logan, Norton, Sheridan and 1 more14 hr
Sep 20, 5:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma26 min

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2010Every red flag warning in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.