Alert archive / Wyoming / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this red flag warning at Mar 24, 2012, 7:15 PM MDT. It took effect at Mar 25, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 6 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 24, 2012, 7:15 PM MDT (01:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 25, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2012, 4:34 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
427 WWUS85 KCYS 250115 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 715 PM MDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301...309 AND 310 FROM 11 AM THROUGH 7 PM SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ZONES 301 AND 309 THROUGH 313 FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN SUNDAY FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. IN ADDITION...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DORMANT GRASSES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE LATE MONDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO WESTERN WYOMING. SUSATINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOW TEENS LATE MONDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON...CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER EVENT. WYZ301-309-310-251300- /O.UPG.KCYS.FW.A.0008.120325T1800Z-120326T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.FW.W.0010.120325T1700Z-120326T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.FW.A.0009.120326T1600Z-120327T0100Z/ NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE- 715 PM MDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301...309 AND 310... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301 AND 309 THROUGH 313... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301 NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND...NORTHERN FIRE WEATHER ZONE 309 NORTH OF SYBILLE CANYON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 310 PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE. * WINDS...FOR SUNDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. FOR MONDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...NOON UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH MONDAY RUNS FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 60S. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS CONVERSE...NIOBRARA AND NORTHERN PLATTE COUNTIES IN WYOMING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF RAINFALL AND COULD PRODUCE FIRE STARTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...BREEZY...WARM AND DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH DORMANT GRASSES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ANY FIRES THAT DO INITIATE. 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. && $$ NEZ311>313-251300- /O.NEW.KCYS.FW.A.0009.120326T1600Z-120327T0100Z/ PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS- BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX- SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS- 715 PM MDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 311 THROUGH 313... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 311 PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 312 BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 313 SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 70S. * LIGHTNING...ADDITIONALLY...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE MUCH IN THE WAY OF RAINFALL AND COULD PRODUCE SEVERAL LIGHTNING SPARKED FIRES. * IMPACTS...BREEZY...WARM AND DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH DORMANT GRASSES COULD PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ANY FIRES THAT DO INITIATE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
3 follow-up statements
354 WWUS85 KCYS 251039 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 439 AM MDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301...309 AND 310 FROM 11 AM THROUGH 7 PM TODAY FOR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ZONES 301 AND 309 THROUGH 313 FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TODAY FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DORMANT GRASSES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ALONG AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOW TEENS LATE MONDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON...CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER EVENT. WYZ301-309-310-252300- /O.CON.KCYS.FW.W.0010.120325T1700Z-120326T0100Z/ /O.CON.KCYS.FW.A.0009.120326T1600Z-120327T0100Z/ NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE- 439 AM MDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301...309 AND 310. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS OVER 60 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * TIMING...NOON UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH MONDAY RUNS FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON OVER MAINLY NIOBRARA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF RAINFALL AND COULD PRODUCE FIRE STARTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...BREEZY...WARM AND DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH DORMANT GRASSES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ANY FIRES THAT DO INITIATE. 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. && $$ NEZ311>313-252300- /O.CON.KCYS.FW.A.0009.120326T1600Z-120327T0100Z/ PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS- BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX- SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS- 439 AM MDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 311...312...AND 313. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN PANHANDLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE MUCH IN THE WAY OF RAINFALL AND COULD PRODUCE LIGHTNING SPARKED FIRES. * IMPACTS...BREEZY...WARM AND DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH DORMANT GRASSES COULD PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ANY FIRES THAT DO INITIATE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ RE
654 WWUS85 KCYS 252033 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 233 PM MDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301...309 AND 310 THROUGH 7 PM TODAY FOR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ZONES 301 AND 309 THROUGH 313 FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TODAY FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DORMANT GRASSES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ALONG AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED. AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS LATE MONDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON...CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER EVENT. WYZ301-309-310-261100- /O.CON.KCYS.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120326T0100Z/ /O.CON.KCYS.FW.A.0009.120326T1600Z-120327T0100Z/ NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE- 233 PM MDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301 NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 309 SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 310 PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. WEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * TIMING...UNTIL 7 PM TODAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH MONDAY RUNS FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 60S TO LOWER 70S TODAY AND IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S ON MONDAY. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON OVER MAINLY NIOBRARA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF RAINFALL AND COULD PRODUCE FIRE STARTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...BREEZY...WARM AND DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH DORMANT GRASSES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ANY FIRES THAT DO INITIATE. 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. && $$ NEZ311>313-261100- /O.CON.KCYS.FW.A.0009.120326T1600Z-120327T0100Z/ PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS- BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX- SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS- 233 PM MDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 311 PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 312 BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 313 SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN PANHANDLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE MUCH IN THE WAY OF RAINFALL AND COULD PRODUCE LIGHTNING SPARKED FIRES. * IMPACTS...BREEZY...WARM AND DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH DORMANT GRASSES COULD PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ANY FIRES THAT DO INITIATE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ RUBIN
938 WWUS85 KCYS 252234 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 434 PM MDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301...309 AND 310 CANCELLED FOR TODAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ZONES 301 AND 309 THROUGH 313 FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .DENSE CLOUDS HAVE INHIBITED MIXING AND HAS HELD DOWN TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON. THUS...GUSTY WINDS HAVE NOT MATERIALIZED. THE RED FLAG WARNINGS FOR THIS AFTERNOON HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ALONG AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED. AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS LATE MONDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON... CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER EVENT. WYZ301-309-310-260645- /O.CAN.KCYS.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120326T0100Z/ /O.CON.KCYS.FW.A.0009.120326T1600Z-120327T0100Z/ NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE- 434 PM MDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301 AND 309 THROUGH 313... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301...309 AND 310... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301 NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 309 SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 310 PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE. * WINDS...FOR MONDAY...SOUTH 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH MONDAY RUNS FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 60S. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON OVER MAINLY NIOBRARA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF RAINFALL AND COULD PRODUCE FIRE STARTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...BREEZY...WARM AND DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH DORMANT GRASSES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ANY FIRES THAT DO INITIATE. 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. && $$ NEZ311>313-260645- /O.CON.KCYS.FW.A.0009.120326T1600Z-120327T0100Z/ PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS- BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX- SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS- 434 PM MDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 311 THROUGH 313... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 311 PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 312 BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 313 SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 70S. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN PANHANDLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE MUCH IN THE WAY OF RAINFALL AND COULD PRODUCE LIGHTNING SPARKED FIRES. * IMPACTS...BREEZY...WARM AND DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH DORMANT GRASSES COULD PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ANY FIRES THAT DO INITIATE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 7:15 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | CYS | 22 hr | |
| Mar 25, 3:44 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Converse, Goshen, Laramie, Niobrara and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:30 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | CYS | Albany, Carbon, Converse, Goshen, Laramie, Niobrara and 1 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 25, 5:26 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | CYS | 26 hr |
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