Alert archive / Wyoming / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 56, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this red flag warning at Aug 28, 2012, 2:10 PM MDT. It took effect at Aug 29, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 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
- Aug 28, 2012, 2:10 PM MDT (20:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 29, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2012, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
820 WWUS85 KCYS 282010 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 210 PM MDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY... .HOT CONDITIONS AND LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASINGLY BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND ALL OF THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ON WEDNESDAY. NEZ311>313-WYZ301>303-308>310-291200- /O.UPG.KCYS.FW.A.0042.120829T1800Z-120830T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.FW.W.0056.120829T1800Z-120830T0300Z/ 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- CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CARBON/FERRIS-SEMINOE-SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- LARAMIE VALLEY/SHIRLEY BASIN-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE- 210 PM MDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301...302... 303...308...309...310...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 NOON TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * 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 303 CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CARBON/FERRIS-SEMINOE- SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 308 LARAMIE VALLEY/SHIRLEY BASIN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 309 SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 310 PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE...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 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD AND FIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ HAHN
3 follow-up statements
565 WWUS85 KCYS 290852 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 252 AM MDT WED AUG 29 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY... .HOT CONDITIONS AND LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASINGLY BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND ALL OF THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. NEZ311>313-WYZ301>303-308>310-300000- /O.CON.KCYS.FW.W.0056.120829T1800Z-120830T0300Z/ 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- CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CARBON/FERRIS-SEMINOE-SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- LARAMIE VALLEY/SHIRLEY BASIN-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE- 252 AM MDT WED AUG 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301...302...303...308...309...310...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 303 CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CARBON/FERRIS-SEMINOE- SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 308 LARAMIE VALLEY/SHIRLEY BASIN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 309 SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 310 PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE...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 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HIGH BASED AND DRY...CREATING ERRATIC DOWNBURST WINDS TO 50 MPH AND POSSIBLE FIRE STARTS. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD AND FIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$
896 WWUS85 KCYS 292142 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 342 PM MDT WED AUG 29 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY... ...CRITICAL CONDITIONS MAY RETURN TO THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ON THURSDAY... .HOT CONDITIONS AND LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASINGLY BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND ALL OF THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE EVENING. ANOTHER CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER DAY WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ON THURSDAY. NEZ313-300515- /O.NEW.KCYS.FW.A.0043.120830T1800Z-120831T0300Z/ /O.CON.KCYS.FW.W.0056.000000T0000Z-120830T0300Z/ SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS- 342 PM MDT WED AUG 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301... 302...303...308...309...310...311...312 AND 313... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 313... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 313 SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HIGH BASED AND DRY...CREATING ERRATIC WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND POSSIBLE FIRE STARTS. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD AND FIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ NEZ311-312-WYZ301>303-308>310-300300- /O.CON.KCYS.FW.W.0056.000000T0000Z-120830T0300Z/ PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS- BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX- NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CARBON/FERRIS-SEMINOE-SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- LARAMIE VALLEY/SHIRLEY BASIN-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE- 342 PM MDT WED AUG 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301... 302...303...308...309...310...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 303 CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CARBON/FERRIS-SEMINOE- SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 308 LARAMIE VALLEY/SHIRLEY BASIN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 309 SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 310 PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 311 PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 312 BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HIGH BASED AND DRY...CREATING ERRATIC WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND POSSIBLE FIRE STARTS. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD AND FIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ HAHN
905 WWUS85 KCYS 300258 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 858 PM MDT WED AUG 29 2012 ...CRITICAL CONDITIONS MAY RETURN TO THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ON THURSDAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT BRINGING SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES THURSDAY. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. SOUTH OF THE FRONT...HOT CONDITIONS AND LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAY COMBINE WITH BREEZY SOUTH WINDS TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NEZ313-301700- /O.EXP.KCYS.FW.W.0056.000000T0000Z-120830T0300Z/ /O.CON.KCYS.FW.A.0043.120830T1800Z-120831T0300Z/ SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS- 858 PM MDT WED AUG 29 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 313... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 313... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 313...SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS MAY PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD AND FIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ NEZ311-312-WYZ301>303-308>310-300400- /O.EXP.KCYS.FW.W.0056.000000T0000Z-120830T0300Z/ PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS- BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX- NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CARBON/FERRIS-SEMINOE-SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- LARAMIE VALLEY/SHIRLEY BASIN-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE- 858 PM MDT WED AUG 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301...302... 303...308...309...310...311 AND 312... RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT AS HUMIDITES HAVE INCREASED ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS...AND WINDS HAVE DECREASED MAKING RAPID FIRE SPREAD LESS LIKELY. $$ LIEBL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 3:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 43 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Wyoming, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Nebraska, 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.