Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 29, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Jun 8, 2012, 8:53 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; 4 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Nebraska. It took effect at Jun 9, 2012, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 11 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
- Jun 8, 2012, 8:53 PM MDT (02:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 9, 2012, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2012, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Dundy County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 591 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3386 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
161 WWUS83 KGLD 090253 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 853 PM MDT FRI JUN 8 2012 COZ252>254-KSZ001-013-027-041-NEZ079-091200- /O.UPG.KGLD.FW.A.0017.120609T1500Z-120610T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0029.120609T1600Z-120610T0300Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY- DUNDY- 853 PM MDT FRI JUN 8 2012 /953 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM MDT /10 PM CDT/ SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...013...027...041...079...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 10 AM MDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM MDT /10 PM CDT/ SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * 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 013 SHERMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027 WALLACE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 DUNDY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * IMPACTS... 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
3 follow-up statements
715 WWUS83 KGLD 091142 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 542 AM MDT SAT JUN 9 2012 COZ252>254-KSZ001-013-027-041-NEZ079-092000- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0029.120609T1600Z-120610T0300Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY- DUNDY- 542 AM MDT SAT JUN 9 2012 /642 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT /11 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...013...027... 041...079...252...253 AND 254... * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 252 YUMA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 253 KIT CARSON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 254 CHEYENNE CO. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 CHEYENNE KS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 SHERMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027 WALLACE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 DUNDY. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * IMPACTS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE) BULLER
614 WWUS83 KGLD 091954 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 154 PM MDT SAT JUN 9 2012 COZ252>254-KSZ001-013-027-041-NEZ079-100300- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120610T0300Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY- DUNDY- 154 PM MDT SAT JUN 9 2012 /254 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...013...027...041...079...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 013 SHERMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027 WALLACE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 DUNDY. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS IN AREAS WITH DRY VEGETATION. ANY FIRE STARTS WILL BURN QUICKLY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
313 WWUS83 KGLD 100309 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 909 PM MDT SAT JUN 9 2012 COZ252>254-KSZ001-013-027-041-NEZ079-100415- /O.EXP.KGLD.FW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120610T0300Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY- DUNDY- 909 PM MDT SAT JUN 9 2012 /1009 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...013...027...041...079... 252...253 AND 254... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Nebraska, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.