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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Cheyenne, WY

October 4, 2011

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this red flag warning at Oct 4, 2011, 2:05 AM CDT. It took effect at Oct 4, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Oct 4, 2011, 2:05 AM CDT (07:05 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 4, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 4, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

848 
WWUS85 KCYS 040705
RFWCYS

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
105 AM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

.WINDS WILL BECOME QUITE GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB TO THE UPPER 80S AND LOW
90S THIS AFTERNOON...DROPPING AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES INTO THE LOW
TEENS. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES
WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH 6 PM THIS
AFTERNOON. 

NEZ311>313-050000-
/O.NEW.KCYS.FW.W.0013.111004T1800Z-111005T0000Z/
PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS-
BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX-
SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS-
105 AM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW AFTERNOON 
HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...NEBRASKA FIRE WEATHER ZONES 311 THROUGH 313.

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING...NOON THROUGH 6 PM.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 80S.

* IMPACTS...COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL
  CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

102 
WWUS85 KCYS 042351
RFWCYS

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
551 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY
WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES IN THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

NEZ311>313-050100-
/O.EXP.KCYS.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-111005T0000Z/
PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS-
BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX-
SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS-
551 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY
WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES IN THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE RISEN ABOVE 15 PERCENT DURING THE PAST 
HOUR. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE EVENING.

$$

JAMSKI

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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.