Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this red flag warning at Mar 16, 2012, 9:48 PM CDT. It took effect at Mar 17, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 33 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 16, 2012, 9:48 PM CDT (02:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 17, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2012, 7:53 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
122 WWUS85 KCYS 170248 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 848 PM MDT FRI MAR 16 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301...AND ZONES 309 THROUGH 313 FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING... .WARM...DRY AND WINDY WEATHER WILL OCCUR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY OVER THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST 35 TO 45 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS...WITH THE STRONGER WINDS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ALONG WITH DORMANT GRASSES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. IN ADDITION...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOMEWHAT ELEVATED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ESPECIALLY JUST TO THE EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. NEZ311>313-WYZ301-309-310-171400- /O.UPG.KCYS.FW.A.0007.120317T1600Z-120319T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.FW.W.0008.120317T1600Z-120319T0100Z/ 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-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE- 848 PM MDT FRI MAR 16 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 7 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301...AND ZONES 309 THROUGH 313... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 7 PM MDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND LOCATIONS EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ON SUNDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS NEAR THE LARAMIE RANGE WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT ELEVATED SATURDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS OF 15 TO 20 MPH EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. * TIMING...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY THROUGH 7 PM SUNDAY. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL EASE SATURDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL RETURN LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 13 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...NEAR 80 DEGREES IN THE PANHANDLE WITH MID 70S EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE IN WYOMING. * IMPACTS...THE WINDY...WARM AND DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH DORMANT GRASSES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ANY FIRES THAT DO INITIATE. 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. && $$ RJM
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298 WWUS85 KCYS 170850 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 250 AM MDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301...AND ZONES 309 THROUGH 313 FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING... .WARM...DRY AND WINDY WEATHER WILL OCCUR LATER THIS MORNING AND SUNDAY OVER THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST 35 TO 45 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS...WITH THE STRONGER WINDS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ALONG WITH DORMANT GRASSES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. IN ADDITION... WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOMEWHAT ELEVATED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ESPECIALLY JUST TO THE EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. NEZ311>313-WYZ301-309-310-180000- /O.CON.KCYS.FW.W.0008.120317T1600Z-120319T0100Z/ 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-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE- 250 AM MDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301...AND ZONES 309 THROUGH 313... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND LOCATIONS EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * TIMING...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY THROUGH 7 PM SUNDAY. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL EASE SATURDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL RETURN LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 50S. * IMPACTS...THE WINDY...WARM AND DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH DORMANT GRASSES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ANY FIRES THAT DO INITIATE. 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. && $$
651 WWUS85 KCYS 172058 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 258 PM MDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301 AND ZONES 309 THROUGH 313 FROM THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING... .WARM...DRY AND WINDY WEATHER WILL OCCUR THROUGH SUNDAY OVER THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST 35 TO 45 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS...WITH THE STRONGER WINDS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ALONG WITH DORMANT GRASSES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. IN ADDITION... WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOMEWHAT ELEVATED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ESPECIALLY JUST TO THE EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. NEZ311>313-WYZ301-309-310-180500- /O.CON.KCYS.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120319T0100Z/ 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-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE- 258 PM MDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301...AND ZONES 309 THROUGH 313... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND LOCATIONS EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. * WINDS...SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTS WILL APPROACH 50 MPH AGAIN ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY THROUGH 7 PM SUNDAY. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL EASE TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL RETURN AGAIN LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...70S AND LOW 80S. * IMPACTS...THE WINDY...WARM AND DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH DORMANT GRASSES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ANY FIRES THAT DO INITIATE. 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
096 WWUS85 KCYS 172151 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 351 PM MDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301 AND ZONES 309 THROUGH 313 THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING... .WARM...DRY AND WINDY WEATHER WILL OCCUR THROUGH SUNDAY OVER THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST 35 TO 45 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS...WITH STRONGER WINDS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ALONG WITH DORMANT GRASSES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. IN ADDITION...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOMEWHAT ELEVATED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... ESPECIALLY JUST TO THE EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. NEZ311>313-WYZ301-309-310-181000- /O.CON.KCYS.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120319T0100Z/ 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-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE- 351 PM MDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301...AND ZONES 309 THROUGH 313... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND LOCATIONS EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. * WINDS...SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTS WILL APPROACH 50 MPH AGAIN ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM SUNDAY. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL EASE TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL RETURN AGAIN LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...70S AND LOW 80S. * IMPACTS...THE WINDY...WARM AND DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH DORMANT GRASSES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ANY FIRES THAT DO INITIATE. 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
897 WWUS85 KCYS 180110 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 710 PM MDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301 AND ZONES 309 THROUGH 313 THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING... .WARM...DRY AND WINDY WEATHER WILL OCCUR THROUGH SUNDAY OVER THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 55 MPH ON SUNDAY. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ALONG WITH DORMANT GRASSES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. IN ADDITION...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOMEWHAT ELEVATED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... ESPECIALLY JUST TO THE EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. NEZ311>313-WYZ301-309-310-181200- /O.CON.KCYS.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120319T0100Z/ 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-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE- 710 PM MDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301...AND ZONES 309 THROUGH 313. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND LOCATIONS EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM SUNDAY. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL EASE TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL RETURN AGAIN LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 50S. * IMPACTS...THE WINDY...WARM AND DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH DORMANT GRASSES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ANY FIRES THAT DO INITIATE. 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. && $$ RUBIN
124 WWUS85 KCYS 180755 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 155 AM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301 AND ZONES 309 THROUGH 313 THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING... .WARM...DRY AND WINDY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY OVER THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 55 MPH TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH HUMIDITIES DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ALONG WITH DORMANT GRASSES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. NEZ311>313-WYZ301-309-310-182330- /O.CON.KCYS.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120319T0100Z/ 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-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE- 155 AM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301...AND ZONES 309 THROUGH 313... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND LOCATIONS EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL RETURN AGAIN LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 60S TO UPPER 70S. * IMPACTS...VERY WINDY...WARM AND DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH DORMANT GRASSES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ANY FIRES THAT DO INITIATE. 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. && $$ TT
487 WWUS85 KCYS 181759 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1159 AM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301 AND ZONES 309 THROUGH 313 THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .WARM...DRY AND WINDY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY OVER THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 55 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH HUMIDITIES DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ALONG WITH DORMANT GRASSES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. NEZ311>313-WYZ301-309-310-190100- /O.CON.KCYS.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120319T0100Z/ 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-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE- 1159 AM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301...AND ZONES 309 THROUGH 313... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND LOCATIONS EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 60S TO UPPER 70S. * IMPACTS...VERY WINDY...WARM AND DRY WEATHER COMBINED WITH DORMANT GRASSES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ANY FIRES THAT DO INITIATE. 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. && $$ HAHN
086 WWUS85 KCYS 190053 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 653 PM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING EXPIRES AT 700 PM MDT... .AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY DECREASE THIS EVENING AND DEWPOINTS RISE SLOWLY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RISE ABOVE 15 PERCENT. BRISK SOUTH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. NEZ311>313-WYZ301-309-310-190200- /O.CAN.KCYS.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120319T0100Z/ PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLANDS- BOX BUTTE/SOUTH SIOUX- SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT/WILDCAT HILLS- NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE/MEDICINE BOW NF- PLATTE/GOSHEN/CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARAMIE- 653 PM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301...AND ZONES 309 THROUGH 313... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RISE THIS EVENING ABOVE 15 PERCENT AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND DEWPOINTS RISE SLOWLY. BRISK SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 55 TO 60 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$ RUBIN
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Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 4:04 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | CYS | Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more | 31 hr |
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Sources
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