Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 11, 2011, 9:54 AM MST for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado; 10 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 7 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
- Mar 11, 2011, 9:54 AM MST (16:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2011, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Graham County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 3607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
921 WWUS83 KGLD 111654 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 954 AM MST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED... .A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY BRINGING STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS TO THE AREA. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY WARM INTO THE LOWER 70S CREATING VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WHILE HUMIDITIES WILL IMPROVE AS THE FRONT PASSES...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SEVERAL HOURS OF DRY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. COZ253-254-KSZ013-027-041-120000- /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0005.110311T1654Z-110312T0000Z/ KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY- 954 AM MST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 013...027...041... 253 AND 254... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA: IN COLORADO...FIRE ZONE 253 KIT CARSON...FIRE ZONE 254 CHEYENNE CO. IN KANSAS...FIRE ZONE 013 SHERMAN... FIRE ZONE 027 WALLACE...FIRE ZONE 041 GREELEY. * WIND: WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS. WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST NORTH OF A STRATTON COLORADO TO SHARON SPRINGS KANSAS LINE. * HUMIDITY: HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT BEFORE NOON. HUMIDITIES WILL IMPROVE DURING THE AFTERNOON AS COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. * IMPACTS: FIRES WILL START AND SPREAD QUICKLY AND BURN INTENSELY. ALTHOUGH A COLD FRONT WILL PROVIDE INCREASED HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL INCREASE AS WELL MAKING FIRE CONTROL VERY DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GOODLAND
2 follow-up statements
912 WWUS83 KGLD 112015 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 115 PM MST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED... .A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY BRINGING STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS TO THE AREA. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY WARM INTO THE LOWER 70S CREATING VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WHILE HUMIDITIES WILL IMPROVE AS THE FRONT PASSES...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SEVERAL HOURS OF DRY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. KSZ001>004-014>016-NEZ079>081-120000- /O.EXA.KGLD.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110312T0000Z/ CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-DUNDY- HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 115 PM MST FRI MAR 11 2011 /215 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 001... 002...003...004...014...015...016...079...080 AND 081... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA: IN KANSAS...FIRE ZONE 001 CHEYENNE KS...FIRE ZONE 002 RAWLINS...FIRE ZONE 003 DECATUR...FIRE ZONE 004 NORTON...FIRE ZONE 014 THOMAS...FIRE ZONE 015 SHERIDAN...FIRE ZONE 016 GRAHAM. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE ZONE 079 DUNDY...FIRE ZONE 080 HITCHCOCK...FIRE ZONE 081 RED WILLOW. * WIND: WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS ALONG THE KANSAS AND NEBRASKA STATE LINE * HUMIDITY: HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS: FIRES WILL START AND SPREAD QUICKLY AND BURN INTENSELY. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 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. && $$ COZ253-254-KSZ013-027-041-120000- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110312T0000Z/ KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY- 115 PM MST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 013... 027...041...253 AND 254... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA: IN COLORADO...FIRE ZONE 253 KIT CARSON...FIRE ZONE 254 CHEYENNE CO. IN KANSAS...FIRE ZONE 013 SHERMAN... FIRE ZONE 027 WALLACE...FIRE ZONE 041 GREELEY. * WIND: WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS. WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST NORTH OF A STRATTON COLORADO TO SHARON SPRINGS KANSAS LINE. * HUMIDITY: HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS: FIRES WILL START AND SPREAD QUICKLY AND BURN INTENSELY. ALTHOUGH A COLD FRONT WILL PROVIDE INCREASED HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL INCREASE AS WELL MAKING FIRE CONTROL VERY DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ JRM HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GOODLAND
327 WWUS83 KGLD 112355 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 455 PM MST FRI MAR 11 2011 COZ253-254-KSZ001>004-013>016-027-041-NEZ079>081-120100- /O.EXP.KGLD.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110312T0000Z/ KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN- THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-GREELEY-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 455 PM MST FRI MAR 11 2011 /555 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 001... 002...003...004...013...014...015...016...027...041...079...080... 081...253 AND 254... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. AFFECTED AREA: IN COLORADO...FIRE ZONE 253 KIT CARSON...FIRE ZONE 254 CHEYENNE CO. IN KANSAS...FIRE ZONE 001 CHEYENNE KS... FIRE ZONE 002 RAWLINS...FIRE ZONE 003 DECATUR...FIRE ZONE 004 NORTON...FIRE ZONE 013 SHERMAN...FIRE ZONE 014 THOMAS...FIRE ZONE 015 SHERIDAN...FIRE ZONE 016 GRAHAM...FIRE ZONE 027 WALLACE...FIRE ZONE 041 GREELEY. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE ZONE 079 DUNDY...FIRE ZONE 080 HITCHCOCK...FIRE ZONE 081 RED WILLOW. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GOODLAND
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 1:10 PM MST | Wind Advisory | GLD | Decatur, Norton, Rawlins | 4 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2011Red Flag Warnings in Nebraska, 2011Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 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.