Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 57, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this red flag warning at Aug 30, 2012, 5:01 AM CDT. It took effect at Aug 30, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. 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
- Aug 30, 2012, 5:01 AM CDT (10:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 30, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2012, 7:23 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
463 WWUS85 KCYS 301001 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 401 AM MDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING BRINGING SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. TO THE SOUTH OF THE FRONT...HOT TEMPERATURES AND LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CHEYENNE COUNTY WILL BE THE DRIEST AND WINDIEST OF THE AREAS IN THE RED FLAG WARNING. NEZ313-302200- /O.UPG.KCYS.FW.A.0043.120830T1800Z-120831T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.FW.W.0057.120830T1800Z-120831T0200Z/ SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS- 401 AM MDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 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 TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 313 SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 18 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH ESPECIALLY OVER CHEYENNE COUNTY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS MAY PRODUCE CONDITIONS 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. && $$ WEILAND
2 follow-up statements
417 WWUS85 KCYS 302129 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 329 PM MDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...AND WILL RETURN AGAIN TOMORROW FOR THE EASTERN WYOMING PLAINS AND NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... .THE COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY STALLED IN NORTHEAST COLORADO WITH GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OCCURRING IN THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. HUMIDITIES ARE IN THE UPPER TEENS TO LOW TWENTIES ACROSS THE AREA...HOWEVER WIDESPREAD SMOKE IS PREVENTING TEMPERATURES TO INCREASE AS EXPECTED. IF THIS SMOKE CAN MIX OUT AND ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO INCREASE EVEN A FEW DEGREES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS...HUMIDITIES SHOULD DROP TO NEAR CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. WITH GUSTY WINDS IN PLACE...WILL MAINTAIN THE RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL MOVE BACK TO THE NORTH TONIGHT...AND WILL BRING MUCH WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS TO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING PLAINS ON FRIDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO TURN TO THE SOUTH BEHIND THE FRONT AND WILL GUST 30 TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE EXPECT A RETURN OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THIS AREA FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY RECOVERIES FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE VERY POOR ACROSS THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...WITH GUSTY WINDS PERSISTING OVERNIGHT IN THIS AREA. NEZ313-310600- /O.NEW.KCYS.FW.A.0044.120831T1500Z-120901T0300Z/ /O.CON.KCYS.FW.W.0057.000000T0000Z-120831T0200Z/ SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS- 329 PM MDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 313... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY 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 FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 313 SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN CHEYENNE COUNTY. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS WILL PRODUCE CONDITIONS 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-WYZ301-310-310600- /O.NEW.KCYS.FW.A.0044.120831T1500Z-120901T0300Z/ PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS- BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX- NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND-PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE- 329 PM MDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301...310...311 AND 312... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301 NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND...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...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...ESPECIALLY ALONG RIDGETOPS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY 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. && $$ RJM
847 WWUS85 KCYS 310023 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 623 PM MDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE EASTERN WYOMING PLAINS AND NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TOMORROW... .THE COLD FRONT WHICH MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LAST NIGHT HAS BECOME STATIONARY ALONG THE COLORADO AND NEBRASKA BORDER. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE BACK TO THE NORTH TONIGHT AS A WARM FRONT...ALLOWING HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TO RETURN TO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING PLAINS FRIDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO TURN TO THE SOUTH BEHIND THE FRONT AND WILL GUST 30 TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT AND WHEN COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. HUMIDITY RECOVERIES FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE VERY POOR ACROSS THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...WITH GUSTY WINDS PERSISTING OVERNIGHT IN THIS AREA. NEZ313-311200- /O.CAN.KCYS.FW.W.0057.000000T0000Z-120831T0200Z/ /O.CON.KCYS.FW.A.0044.120831T1500Z-120901T0300Z/ SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS- 623 PM MDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 313... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 313... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 313. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS WILL PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD AND FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NEZ311-312-WYZ301-310-311200- /O.CON.KCYS.FW.A.0044.120831T1500Z-120901T0300Z/ PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS- BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX- NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND-PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE- 623 PM MDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301...310...311 AND 312... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301...310...311 AND 312. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY 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. && $$ LIEBL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 4:29 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | CYS | 6 hr |
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Sources
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