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Red Flag Warning 33, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Oct 1, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas; Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It took effect at Oct 1, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT. 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
- Oct 1, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 1, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2011, 7:02 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Logan County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 3242 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
644 WWUS83 KGLD 010900 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 300 AM MDT SAT OCT 1 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR PARTS OF THE TRI- STATE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... .THE COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 20 PERCENT...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR PARTS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ002-003-014-015-028-029-042-011800- /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0033.111001T1900Z-111002T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA- 400 AM CDT SAT OCT 1 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 002...003...014...015...028...029 AND 042... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 RAWLINS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 DECATUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 THOMAS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 028 LOGAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 GOVE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 WICHITA. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
341 WWUS83 KGLD 011655 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1055 AM MDT SAT OCT 1 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR PARTS OF THE TRI- STATE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... .THE COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 20 PERCENT... SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR PARTS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ002-003-014-015-028-029-042-020000- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0033.111001T1900Z-111002T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA- 1155 AM CDT SAT OCT 1 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 002... 003...014...015...028...029 AND 042... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 RAWLINS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 DECATUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 THOMAS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 028 LOGAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 GOVE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 WICHITA. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS... LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
968 WWUS83 KGLD 011827 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1227 PM MDT SAT OCT 1 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR PARTS OF THE TRI- STATE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... .THE COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 20 PERCENT... SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR PARTS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. NEZ080-081-020000- /O.EXA.KGLD.FW.W.0033.111001T1900Z-111002T0000Z/ HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 127 PM CDT SAT OCT 1 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 080 AND 081... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 HITCHCOCK AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 RED WILLOW. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS... LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ KSZ002-003-014-015-028-029-042-020000- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0033.111001T1900Z-111002T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA- 127 PM CDT SAT OCT 1 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 002... 003...014...015...028...029 AND 042... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 RAWLINS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 DECATUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 THOMAS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 028 LOGAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 GOVE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 WICHITA. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS... LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ JRM
533 WWUS83 KGLD 012013 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 213 PM MDT SAT OCT 1 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR PARTS OF THE TRI- STATE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON... KSZ002-003-014-015-028-029-042-NEZ080-081-020000- /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.A.0023.111002T1800Z-111003T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-111002T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- 313 PM CDT SAT OCT 1 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 002... 003...014...015...028...029...042...080 AND 081... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 002...003...014...015...028...029...042...080 AND 081... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 HITCHCOCK AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 RED WILLOW. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS... LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ KSZ004-016-020000- /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.A.0023.111002T1800Z-111003T0000Z/ NORTON-GRAHAM- 313 PM CDT SAT OCT 1 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 004 AND 016... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 NORTON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 016 GRAHAM. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
212 WWUS83 KGLD 020002 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 602 PM MDT SAT OCT 1 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED AGAIN FOR PARTS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON... KSZ002-003-014-015-028-029-042-NEZ080-081-021200- /O.CAN.KGLD.FW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-111002T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGLD.FW.A.0023.111002T1800Z-111003T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- 702 PM CDT SAT OCT 1 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 002...003...014...015...028...029...042... 080 AND 081... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 002...003...014...015...028... 029...042...080 AND 081... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 HITCHCOCK AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 RED WILLOW. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS... LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ KSZ004-016-021200- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.A.0023.111002T1800Z-111003T0000Z/ NORTON-GRAHAM- 702 PM CDT SAT OCT 1 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 004 AND 016... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 NORTON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 016 GRAHAM. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 21 PERCENT. * IMPACTS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 3:13 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton, Rawlins and 3 more | 17 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2011Red Flag Warnings in Nebraska, 2011Every red flag warning 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.