Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 3, 2012, 1:25 AM MST for Greeley County, Wichita County, Kansas. It took effect at Mar 3, 2012, 11:00 AM MST. 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
- Mar 3, 2012, 1:25 AM MST (08:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2012, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 3:50 PM MST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Greeley County, KS, Wichita County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3226 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
105 WWUS83 KGLD 030825 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 125 AM MST SAT MAR 3 2012 COZ254-KSZ027>029-030930- /O.CAN.KGLD.FW.A.0005.120303T1800Z-120304T0000Z/ CHEYENNE CO-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE- 125 AM MST SAT MAR 3 2012 /225 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2012/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 027...028...029 AND 254... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED...HOWEVER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 20 PERCENT IN THESE AREAS. $$ KSZ041-042-031630- /O.UPG.KGLD.FW.A.0005.120303T1800Z-120304T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0010.120303T1800Z-120303T2300Z/ GREELEY-WICHITA- 125 AM MST SAT MAR 3 2012 /225 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST /NOON CST/ THIS MORNING TO 4 PM MST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 041 AND 042... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST /NOON CST/ THIS MORNING TO 4 PM MST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 WICHITA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
1 follow-up statement
950 WWUS83 KGLD 032250 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 350 PM MST SAT MAR 3 2012 KSZ041-042-040000- /O.CAN.KGLD.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120303T2300Z/ GREELEY-WICHITA- 350 PM MST SAT MAR 3 2012 /450 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 041 AND 042... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL INCREASE AS TEMPERATURES DROP THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 1:22 AM MST | Wind Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more | 14 hr |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.