Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Cheyenne, WY

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
331 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012

...DRY WITH GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...

.A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE TODAY AND TOMORROW. DRY AIR
WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS AND UNSEASONABLY
WARM TEMPERATURES. THIS WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
WEATHER CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. CONDITIONS
WILL IMPROVE THIS EVENING AS WIND DECREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY
INCREASES...HOWEVER...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL RETURN LATE TUESDAY
MORNING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

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PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS-
BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX-
SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS-
PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE-
331 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR THE WESTERN
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND FAR SOUTHEAST WYOMING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR THE WESTERN
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND FAR SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
MST THIS AFTERNOON.

* AFFECTED AREA...WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND FAR SOUTHEAST 
  WYOMING. 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. THE
  STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING. WINDS
  WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING BUT WILL AGAIN INCREASE TUESDAY. 

* TIMING...RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. FIRE
  WEATHER WATCH 10 AM MST TUESDAY THROUGH 5 PM MST TUESDAY.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...60 TO 75 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...WEATHER CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH 
  AND FIRE 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.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

&&

$$

LIEBL

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
525 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012

...WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING OVER THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE AND NEARBY PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING...
...BREEZY...MILD AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN FROM
LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON TUESDAY OVER THE PANHANDLE AND
NEARBY PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

.WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE OVER THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
AND NEARBY PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS EVENING. AT THE SAME
TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL SLOWLY INCREASE. FOR THOSE
REASONS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO EASE
OVER THAT AREA THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN 
EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE AND NEARBY PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AGAIN ON TUESDAY.
IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 35
MPH FROM THE LATE MORNING HOURS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE
COMBINATION ALONG WITH DORMANT GRASSES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER WEATHER CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH.

NEZ311>313-WYZ310-060600-
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/O.CON.KCYS.FW.A.0001.120306T1700Z-120307T0000Z/
PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS-
BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX-
SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS-
PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE-
525 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR
THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND FAR SOUTHEAST WYOMING...
...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS
FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND FAR SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

* AFFECTED AREA...WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND FAR SOUTHEAST 
  WYOMING. 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING...FIRE WEATHER WATCH 10 AM MST TUESDAY THROUGH 5 PM MST
  TUESDAY.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS FROM 65 TO 75.  

* IMPACTS...WEATHER CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH 
  AND FIRE SPREAD. 

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.

&&

$$

WEILAND