Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 26, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this red flag warning at May 21, 2012, 3:53 PM CDT. It took effect at May 22, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 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
- May 21, 2012, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 22, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 22, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
046 WWUS85 KCYS 212053 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 253 PM MDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM LATE MORNING TO EARLY EVENING TUESDAY FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SNOWY AND SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGES... .VERY WARM...DRY AND WINDY WEATHER AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST WYOMING ON TUESDAY. FUELS REMAIN DRY ENOUGH OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND THE SNOWY RANGE TO SUPPORT RAPID FIRE GROWTH. WYZ307-309-220500- /O.UPG.KCYS.FW.A.0021.120522T1700Z-120523T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.FW.W.0026.120522T1700Z-120523T0100Z/ SNOWY RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- 253 PM MDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 307 AND 309... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...LOWER ELEVATIONS OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 307 SNOWY RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 309 SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WINDY AND DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH DORMANT GRASSES AND CURED SMALL FUELS...MAY PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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
5 follow-up statements
708 WWUS85 KCYS 212218 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 418 PM MDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM LATE MORNING TO EARLY EVENING TUESDAY FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SNOWY AND SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGES... .VERY WARM...DRY AND WINDY WEATHER AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ON TUESDAY. FUELS REMAIN DRY ENOUGH OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND THE SNOWY RANGE TO SUPPORT RAPID FIRE GROWTH. AFTER COORDINATION WITH THE PANHANDLE FUELS PERSON...IT WAS DETERMINED FUELS ARE READY IN THE PANHANDLE AS WELL. NEZ311>313-WYZ301-302-221200- /O.EXA.KCYS.FW.W.0026.120522T1700Z-120523T0100Z/ PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS- BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX- SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS- NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- 418 PM MDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301...302... 311...312 AND 313... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301 NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 302 NORTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF...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...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WINDY AND DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH DORMANT GRASSES AND CURED SMALL FUELS...MAY PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ WYZ307-309-221200- /O.CON.KCYS.FW.W.0026.120522T1700Z-120523T0100Z/ SNOWY RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- 418 PM MDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 307 AND 309... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 307 SNOWY RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 309 SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WINDY AND DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH DORMANT GRASSES AND CURED SMALL FUELS...MAY PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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. && $$
461 WWUS85 KCYS 220836 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 236 AM MDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM LATE MORNING TO EARLY EVENING TODAY... .VERY WARM...DRY AND WINDY WEATHER AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. FUELS REMAIN DRY ENOUGH OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND THE SNOWY RANGE TO SUPPORT RAPID FIRE GROWTH. NEZ311>313-WYZ301-302-307-309-222130- /O.CON.KCYS.FW.W.0026.120522T1700Z-120523T0100Z/ PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS- BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX- SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS- NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- SNOWY RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- 236 AM MDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301...302...307...309 ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 311...312...313 OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WINDY AND DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH DORMANT GRASSES AND CURED SMALL FUELS...MAY PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
674 WWUS85 KCYS 221838 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1238 PM MDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... .VERY WARM...DRY AND WINDY WEATHER AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. GRASSES REMAIN DORMANT AND DRY OVER SOME OF THE REGION AND COMBINED WITH THE CRITICAL WEATHER WILL SUPPORT LARGE FIRE GROWTH. NEZ311>313-WYZ301-302-307-309-230100- /O.CON.KCYS.FW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120523T0100Z/ PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS- BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX- SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS- NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- SNOWY RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- 1238 PM MDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301... 302...307...309...311...312 AND 313... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301 NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 302 NORTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 307 SNOWY RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 309 SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF...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...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WINDY AND DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH DORMANT GRASSES AND CURED SMALL FUELS...MAY PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ WEILAND
823 WWUS85 KCYS 222014 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 214 PM MDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... .VERY WARM...DRY AND WINDY WEATHER AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. GRASSES REMAIN DORMANT AND DRY OVER SOME OF THE REGION AND COMBINED WITH THE CRITICAL WEATHER WILL SUPPORT LARGE FIRE GROWTH. WYZ310-230100- /O.EXA.KCYS.FW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120523T0100Z/ PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE- 214 PM MDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 310... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 310 PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WINDY AND DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH DORMANT GRASSES AND CURED SMALL FUELS...MAY PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ NEZ311>313-WYZ301-302-307-309-230100- /O.CON.KCYS.FW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120523T0100Z/ PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS- BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX- SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS- NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- SNOWY RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- 214 PM MDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301... 302...307...309...311...312 AND 313... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301 NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 302 NORTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 307 SNOWY RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 309 SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF...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...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WINDY AND DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH DORMANT GRASSES AND CURED SMALL FUELS...MAY PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ WEILAND
867 WWUS85 KCYS 230058 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 658 PM MDT TUE MAY 22 2012 NEZ311>313-WYZ301-302-307-309-310-230200- /O.EXP.KCYS.FW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120523T0100Z/ PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS- BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX- SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS- NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- SNOWY RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE- 658 PM MDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301...302... 307...309...310...311...312 AND 313... FALLING TEMPERATURES AND IMPROVING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE COMBINED WITH DECREASING WINDS TO BRING AN END TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM. $$ HAHN
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Nebraska, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Wyoming, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.