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Red Flag Warning 27, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at May 26, 2012, 5:11 AM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It took effect at May 26, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr. 15 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2012, 5:11 AM CDT (10:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 26, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 26, 2012, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1:30 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Grainfield, KS | TIME ESTIMATED. SOUTH FACING RESIDENTIAL GARAGE DESTROYED. CHURCH ROOF DAMAGED WITH BRICKS DISPLACED. TWO 10-15 INCH DIAMETER TREES BROKEN AND TWISTED WITH MANY 6 INCH LIVE LIMBS BROKEN THROUGHOUT TOWN. TRAILER BLOWN ACROSS BUSINESS LOT WHICH DAMAGED A FUEL PU |
| May 26, 3:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 10 S Sharon Springs, KS | |
| May 26, 3:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Winona, KS | SOUTH SIDE OF METAL ROOF PEELED OVER TO NORTH SIDE OF A LOCAL BUSINESS. ESTIMATED TIME OF ROOF BEGINNING TO FAIL. |
| May 26, 4:30 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Burlington, CO | |
| May 26, 6:16 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Seibert, CO | |
| May 26, 6:22 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | 5 W Goodland, KS | |
| May 26, 6:22 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | Goodland, KS | |
| May 26, 9:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 10 S Sharon Springs, KS | DIME SIZED HAIL ALSO REPORTED. |
| May 26, 9:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 74 | 7 Sw Sharon Springs, KS | |
| May 26, 9:53 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 63 | Tribune, KS | |
| May 26, 10:22 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Goodland, KS | POSSIBLY ENHANCED BY OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORM IN WALLACE COUNTY |
| May 26, 10:58 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 72 | Colby, KS | ENHANCED BY THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW. ALSO ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST REPORTED IN COLBY BY A SPOTTER. |
| May 26, 11:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | St. Francis, KS | |
| May 26, 11:03 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 82 | 2 E Colby, KS | ENHANCED BY THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW |
| May 26, 11:03 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 6 Wsw Colby, KS | SEMI BLOWN OVER, BY OUTFLOW ENHANCED WINDS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 2407 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
023 WWUS83 KGLD 261011 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 411 AM MDT SAT MAY 26 2012 COZ252>254-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-270000- /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0027.120526T1800Z-120527T0400Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 411 AM MDT SAT MAY 26 2012 /511 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ TODAY TO 10 PM MDT /11 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004...013... 014...015...016...027...028...029...041...042...079...080...081... 252...253 AND 254... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ TODAY TO 10 PM MDT /11 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 252 YUMA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 253 KIT CARSON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 254 CHEYENNE CO. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 CHEYENNE KS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 RAWLINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 DECATUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 NORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 SHERMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 THOMAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 016 GRAHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027 WALLACE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 028 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 GOVE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 WICHITA. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 DUNDY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 HITCHCOCK AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 RED WILLOW. * WINDS...SOUTH 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 TO 20 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
1 follow-up statement
912 WWUS83 KGLD 262348 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 548 PM MDT SAT MAY 26 2012 COZ252>254-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-270400- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120527T0400Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 548 PM MDT SAT MAY 26 2012 /648 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT /11 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004...013...014...015...016...027...028... 029...041...042...079...080...081...252...253 AND 254... * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 252 YUMA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 253 KIT CARSON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 254 CHEYENNE CO. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 CHEYENNE KS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 RAWLINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 DECATUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 NORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 SHERMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 THOMAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 016 GRAHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027 WALLACE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 028 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 GOVE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 WICHITA. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 DUNDY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 HITCHCOCK AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 RED WILLOW. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 9:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 34 min |
| May 25, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 14 min |
| May 26, 5:09 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 23 hr |
| May 26, 5:09 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 18 hr |
| May 26, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 44 min |
| May 26, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 33 min |
| May 26, 7:33 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | Dundy | 87 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Nebraska, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.