Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 22, 2011, 5:03 AM CDT for 11 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It took effect at Mar 22, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 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 22, 2011, 5:03 AM CDT (10:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 22, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2011, 8:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur 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, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 5622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
907 WWUS83 KGLD 221003 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 403 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011 KSZ004-016-221115- /O.CAN.KGLD.FW.A.0003.110322T1500Z-110323T0200Z/ NORTON-GRAHAM- 503 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 004 AND 016... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED ACROSS NORTON AND GRAHAM COUNTIES TODAY. THEREFORE...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THESE AREAS HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ COZ252>254-KSZ001>003-013>015-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-222215- /O.UPG.KGLD.FW.A.0003.110322T1500Z-110323T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0009.110322T1500Z-110323T0200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN- THOMAS-SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY- HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 403 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011 /503 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 001...002...003...013...014...015... 027...028...029...041...042...079...080...081...252...253 AND 254... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: IN COLORADO...FIRE ZONE 252 YUMA...FIRE ZONE 253 KIT CARSON...FIRE ZONE 254 CHEYENNE CO. IN KANSAS...FIRE ZONE 001 CHEYENNE KS...FIRE ZONE 002 RAWLINS...FIRE ZONE 003 DECATUR...FIRE ZONE 013 SHERMAN...FIRE ZONE 014 THOMAS...FIRE ZONE 015 SHERIDAN... FIRE ZONE 027 WALLACE...FIRE ZONE 028 LOGAN...FIRE ZONE 029 GOVE...FIRE ZONE 041 GREELEY...FIRE ZONE 042 WICHITA. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE ZONE 079 DUNDY...FIRE ZONE 080 HITCHCOCK...FIRE ZONE 081 RED WILLOW. * WIND: WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY BEHIND A COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TODAY WILL FALL TO LESS THAN 15 PERCENT FOR MANY LOCATIONS. * IMPACTS:EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IS LIKELY WITH ANY FIRE WHICH DOES START. ALL BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GOODLAND
3 follow-up statements
124 WWUS83 KGLD 221146 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 546 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011 COZ252>254-KSZ001>003-013>015-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-230200- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0009.110322T1500Z-110323T0200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN- THOMAS-SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY- HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 546 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011 /646 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 001...002...003...013...014... 015... 027...028...029...041...042...079...080...081...252... 253 AND 254... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN COLORADO...FIRE ZONE 252 YUMA...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 013 SHERMAN...FIRE ZONE 014 THOMAS...FIRE ZONE 015 SHERIDAN... FIRE ZONE 027 WALLACE...FIRE ZONE 028 LOGAN...FIRE ZONE 029 GOVE...FIRE ZONE 041 GREELEY...FIRE ZONE 042 WICHITA. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE ZONE 079 DUNDY...FIRE ZONE 080 HITCHCOCK...FIRE ZONE 081 RED WILLOW. * WIND: WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY BEHIND A COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TODAY WILL FALL TO LESS THAN15 PERCENT FOR MANY LOCATIONS. * IMPACTS:EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IS LIKELY WITH ANY FIRE WHICH DOES START. ALL 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GOODLAND
259 WWUS83 KGLD 221855 AAA RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS...UPDATED ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1255 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011 COZ254-KSZ002-003-013>015-027>029-041-042-NEZ080-081-222000- /O.CAN.KGLD.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110323T0200Z/ CHEYENNE CO-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN- GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1255 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011 /155 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 002...003...013...014...015...027...028...029... 041...042...080...081 AND 254... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWEST KANSAS ALONG WITH PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AS CLOUD COVER AND HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE LIMITING FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ COZ252-253-KSZ001-NEZ079-230200- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110323T0200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE KS-DUNDY- 1255 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011 /155 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 001...079...252 AND 253... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN COLORADO...FIRE ZONE 252 YUMA...FIRE ZONE 253 KIT CARSON. IN KANSAS...FIRE ZONE 001 CHEYENNE KS. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE ZONE 079 DUNDY. * WIND: NORTH WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH THE AREA THIS PAST MORNING...ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TURN TO THE WEST...NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY: HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO MINIMUM OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN DURING THE EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS:EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IS LIKELY WITH ANY FIRE WHICH DOES START DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. ALL 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GOODLAND
520 WWUS83 KGLD 230147 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 747 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011 COZ252-253-KSZ001-NEZ079-230300- /O.CAN.KGLD.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110323T0200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE KS-DUNDY- 747 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011 /847 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE ZONES 001...079... 252 AND 253... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN COLORADO...FIRE ZONE 252 YUMA...FIRE ZONE 253 KIT CARSON. IN KANSAS...FIRE ZONE 001 CHEYENNE. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE ZONE 079 DUNDY. $$ MENTZER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 31 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.