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Red Flag Warning 68, NWS Cheyenne, WY

October 3, 2012

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this red flag warning at Oct 3, 2012, 11:45 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 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: Oct 3, 2012, 11:45 AM CDT (16:45 UTC)
Expired: Oct 3, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

885 
WWUS85 KCYS 031645
RFWCYS

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1045 AM MDT WED OCT 3 2012

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE
SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...

.GUSTY WINDS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH DRY AIR TO
PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE SOUTHERN
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE MID PART OF THIS AFTERNOON. SOME
GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL OCCUR. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO NORTHERLY BY
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT PASSES...WITH TEMPERATURES
FALLING BEHIND THIS FRONT.

NEZ313-032200-
/O.NEW.KCYS.FW.W.0068.121003T1645Z-121003T2200Z/
SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS-
1045 AM MDT WED OCT 3 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON 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
UNTIL 4 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 313 SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL 
  MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS.

* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...BECOMING 
          NORTHWEST TO NORTH BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN THE
  POSSIBILITY OF RAPID FIRE GROWTH ACROSS THE AREA...MAINLY OVER
  KIMBALL AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES.

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.

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

322 
WWUS85 KCYS 032219
RFWCYS

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
419 PM MDT WED OCT 3 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE HAS EXPIRED...

.TEMPERATURES OVER THE PANHANDLE HAVE COOLED QUICKLY BEHIND A COLD
FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE ALSO 
INCREASED RAPIDLY OVER THE AREA. THE RESULT IS THAT CRITICAL FIRE 
WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED OVER THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.

NEZ313-032330-
/O.EXP.KCYS.FW.W.0068.000000T0000Z-121003T2200Z/
SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS-
419 PM MDT WED OCT 3 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 313...

TEMPERATURES HAVE COOLED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE INCREASED
OVER THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH THE
WINDS WILL BE GUSTY THROUGH THE EVENING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS HAVE EASED OVER THE AREA AND THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  

$$

WEILAND

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 3, 3:49 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	CYS	Banner, Cheyenne, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff	12 hr
Oct 3, 3:49 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	CYS	Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more	18 hr
Oct 3, 3:20 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	CYS	Banner, Cheyenne, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff	19 hr

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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.