Alert archive / Wyoming / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this red flag warning at Mar 5, 2012, 9:18 PM MST. It took effect at Mar 6, 2012, 10:00 AM MST. 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 5, 2012, 9:18 PM MST (04:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2012, 10:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2012, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
914 WWUS85 KCYS 060418 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 918 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 ...MILD...VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON TUESDAY OVER THE PANHANDLE AND NEARBY PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING... .A WARM AND 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-WYZ310-061230- /O.UPG.KCYS.FW.A.0001.120306T1700Z-120307T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.FW.W.0002.120306T1700Z-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- 918 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND FAR SOUTHEAST WYOMING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND NEARBY PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 5 PM TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 60S. * IMPACTS...THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DORMANT GRASSES WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID 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. && $$ WEILAND
3 follow-up statements
639 WWUS85 KCYS 061053 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 353 AM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...MILD...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON OVER THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND NEARBY PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING... .A WARM AND DRY AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND NEARBY PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING TODAY. IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 35 MPH FROM THE LATE MORNING HOURS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION ALONG WITH DORMANT GRASSES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. NEZ311>313-WYZ310-062330- /O.CON.KCYS.FW.W.0002.120306T1700Z-120307T0000Z/ PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS- BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX- SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS- PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE- 353 AM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND FAR SOUTHEAST WYOMING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND NEARBY PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 5 PM TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 60S TO LOWER 70S. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
494 WWUS85 KCYS 061852 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1152 AM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...MILD...DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND NEARBY PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING... .A WARM AND DRY AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND NEARBY PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING TODAY. IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 30 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THIS ALONG WITH DORMANT GRASSES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. NEZ311>313-WYZ310-070000- /O.CON.KCYS.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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- 1152 AM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND FAR SOUTHEAST WYOMING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND NEARBY PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING. * WINDS...SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...UNTIL TO 5 PM TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 TO 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. 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. && $$
723 WWUS85 KCYS 070014 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 514 PM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE EASED OVER THE PANHANDLE AND NEARBY PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING... .WINDS HAVE SLOWLY DIMINISHED OVER THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND NEARBY PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING EARLY THIS EVENING. THAT TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL SLOWLY INCREASE OVER THAT AREA. AS WINDS DECREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY INCREASES...THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EASE OVER THE AREA. NEZ311>313-WYZ310-070115- /O.EXP.KCYS.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120307T0000Z/ PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS- BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX- SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS- PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE- 514 PM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND FAR SOUTHEAST WYOMING... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE SLOWLY INCREASED. THAT TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. FOR THAT REASON...THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE EASED AND THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ WEILAND
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.