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Fire Weather Watch 13, NWS Goodland, KS

May 6, 201110 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this fire weather watch at May 6, 2011, 2:49 PM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Nebraska. It took effect at May 8, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2011, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
In effect from
May 8, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 8, 2011, 5:05 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Gove County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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 fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at May 6, 1:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 1:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 11:49 AM CDT, 3 hours before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 4:10 AM CDTRed Flag WarningGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas16 hr

Nearby

Fire Weather Watches in Kansas, 2011Fire Weather Watches in Colorado, 2011Fire Weather Watches in Nebraska, 2011Every fire weather watch in 2011

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.